Which is the best Watch shop in London

[Streetrod]

Hi guys, as mentioned on another post I am now in a position to buy my first decent watch and I have a budget of between £8000-£12000. Could someone please advise me of a good London based shop that can offer very good advice and a quality watch selection. I have no real exp of buying a decent watch so dont want to be ripped off, I just want good honest advice. Thanks in advance.

[Soovy]

Streetrod said:

Hi guys, as mentioned on another post I am now in a position to buy my first decent watch and I have a budget of between £8000-£12000. Could someone please advise me of a good London based shop that can offer very good advice and a quality watch selection. I have no real exp of buying a decent watch so dont want to be ripped off, I just want good honest advice. Thanks in advance.

http://www.marcuswatches.co.uk/


Pure p0rno shop.

[Dominic H]

Streetrod said:

Hi guys, as mentioned on another post I am now in a position to buy my first decent watch and I have a budget of between £8000-£12000. Could someone please advise me of a good London based shop that can offer very good advice and a quality watch selection. I have no real exp of buying a decent watch so dont want to be ripped off, I just want good honest advice. Thanks in advance.

Hi Streetrod,
At your budget you should end up with a beautiful watch. If you are unsure of what you are looking for, I suggest you take a day to look at the selection of brands stocked at the following.

Selfridges - The Wonder Room. Nearly all the luxury brands are stocked.
Harrods - Fine Jewellery Room. "
Marcus - Old Bond St. As Soovy has confirmed, real wrist porn.
Watches of Switzerland- Various London stores. A market leader.

My advice is to visit the stores, have a really good look at all the different types of watches that £12k wil get you. Once you've decided, contact a watch broker and find out how much you can save on the store price......

Have fun!

Dominic

[Maxf]

Also, have a look in Burlington Arcade is slightly older watches float your boat - I would image you could pick up something very nice for £12k cash with the questionable economic outlook and dealers sitting on stock.

[Healey73]

Dominic H said:

Streetrod said:

Hi guys, as mentioned on another post I am now in a position to buy my first decent watch and I have a budget of between £8000-£12000. Could someone please advise me of a good London based shop that can offer very good advice and a quality watch selection. I have no real exp of buying a decent watch so dont want to be ripped off, I just want good honest advice. Thanks in advance.

Hi Streetrod,
At your budget you should end up with a beautiful watch. If you are unsure of what you are looking for, I suggest you take a day to look at the selection of brands stocked at the following.

Selfridges - The Wonder Room. Nearly all the luxury brands are stocked.
Harrods - Fine Jewellery Room. "
Marcus - Old Bond St. As Soovy has confirmed, real wrist porn.
Watches of Switzerland- Various London stores. A market leader.

My advice is to visit the stores, have a really good look at all the different types of watches that £12k wil get you. Once you've decided, contact a watch broker and find out how much you can save on the store price......

Have fun!

Dominic

Any recommendations for a watch broker then?

[Dominic H]

Healey73 said:

Dominic H said:

Streetrod said:

Hi guys, as mentioned on another post I am now in a position to buy my first decent watch and I have a budget of between £8000-£12000. Could someone please advise me of a good London based shop that can offer very good advice and a quality watch selection. I have no real exp of buying a decent watch so dont want to be ripped off, I just want good honest advice. Thanks in advance.

Hi Streetrod,
At your budget you should end up with a beautiful watch. If you are unsure of what you are looking for, I suggest you take a day to look at the selection of brands stocked at the following.

Selfridges - The Wonder Room. Nearly all the luxury brands are stocked.
Harrods - Fine Jewellery Room. "
Marcus - Old Bond St. As Soovy has confirmed, real wrist porn.
Watches of Switzerland- Various London stores. A market leader.

My advice is to visit the stores, have a really good look at all the different types of watches that £12k wil get you. Once you've decided, contact a watch broker and find out how much you can save on the store price......

Have fun!

Dominic

Any recommendations for a watch broker then?

No, they're all shifty buggers....

[g@ry]

ooooooohhh 12k
many,many fine options
i,d get jacob and co. (hides) and a daytona

[Dominic H]

g@ry said:

ooooooohhh 12k
many,many fine options
i,d get jacob and co. (hides) and a daytona

A Jacob?

Heretic!

[Streetrod]

Guys thanks for all the advice. Now just to show how clueless I am are there any particular questions I should ask a dealer that will test their metal and show me that I am not being duped. As I say I know what I like from a visual point of view but when it comes to the technicalities I am lost. In general I am a very technical bloke having built various cars and having a degree in Physics, but the watch market is new to me, so again thanks in advance.
By the way the £12000 is the top end, I hope I dont have to spend that much.

[F1sh]

Other than Dominic, I'd recommend Jura watches.

Fish

[Soovy]

Seem to recall this went for about £12k.

OH GOD HOW I WANTED IT!!!



http://www.watches.co.uk/watch.php?wid=5291S

[Dominic H]

Soovy said:

Seem to recall this went for about £12k.

OH GOD HOW I WANTED IT!!!



http://www.watches.co.uk/watch.php?wid=5291S

A days wages for you boys!

[seaninog]

F1sh said:

Other than Dominic, I'd recommend Jura watches.

Fish

+1

[CmdrBond]

Another vote for Jura Watches in Burlington Gardens. Have a look at their website -


www.jurawatches.co.uk

[Seb d]

Selfridges Wonder Room is appropriately titled.

[Streetrod]

Thanks for the advice guys, I have checked out the web sites and they have opened my eyes. The problem is that now some of the watches I have instantly falling in love with are well outside of my £12000 budget.. AHHHHHHH and Damn!!!!

Anyway I will be checking these places out over the next few weeks to see what I can get as the money is currently burning a rather large whole in my pocket.

[shadowninja]

Seems that at any price, there's so much opportunity to get it wrong when choosing a watch. Fortunately, at that price range you could choose a Panerai or IWC...

[digger_R]

shadowninja said:

Seems that at any price, there's so much opportunity to get it wrong when choosing a watch. Fortunately, at that price range you could choose a Panerai or IWC...

Shirley you couldn't get it more wrong than that

[shadowninja]

digger_R said:

shadowninja said:

Seems that at any price, there's so much opportunity to get it wrong when choosing a watch. Fortunately, at that price range you could choose a Panerai or IWC...

Shirley you couldn't get it more wrong than that

I love their simple designs.

[Seb d]

For that kind of money I'd be thinking of a Dornbluth, A. Lange or Glashutte, personally.