Zurich - watch shops recommendations

[AdvocatusD]

I will be visiting the City at some point and am considering visiting a few watch shops.

I know the flagship stores down the Bahnhoff Strasse well, but I am looking for older watches on this occassion, so was hoping the collective widom here could point me in the direction of some good, reputed, shops that deal with pre-owned watches?

Address, numbers, contacts all welcome!

Many thanks.

[Adam B]

Not terribly helpful I know, but I was there this week and the GBP to CHF rate is a killer

[AdvocatusD]

Cheers Adam, it's better than the deathly silence in the thread!

[WelshBoyo]

If you are after classic watches there are a couple of shops in the Old Town, but can't for the life of me remember where exactly.

If you are after new watches then the main shopping street in Zurich is full of nice watch shops (this is Switzerland after all!).
Zurich Airport has a great selection and you don't pay the tax (although only small compared to the UK).

However as already stated the GBP to CHF will make any watches here seriously expensive!

[Adam B]

To give you some perspective a Rolex datejust was 15% more than UK list price! Nice lady in airport shop admitted XR was killing business

[sneijder]

I work at Oslo airport, they have a Jeweller there who sells the usual fashion efforts.

They also display Omega and Rado. I don't think they've ever sold one, the 'tax free' price is Goldsmiths top whack + 10% at least.

They had a Speedy Pro Buzz Aldrins Cats Birthday special edition in for a year, then it went. I thought they'd sold it, until I saw it in the window of their town centre shop gathering dust.