Shipping a watch internationally.

[GCH]

Any recommendations?
Need to ship a vintage Breitling from Uk to Italy.
Royal mail dont offer airsure to Italy- only international signed for (which is basically useless as only trackable until it leaves the Uk), and parcel force want £30- but watches are excluded from their cover for damage...most useful.Not.

Any suggestions?
Just want it there via a trackable method, in one piece, and insured- doesnt matter if it takes a few days, its not really urgent or anything.

[GCH]

My carbon footprint from all my travelling is bad enough already.... 112,000 miles flown in 2007..... I have done crazier journeys than flying to Italy for a day believe me.
Fedex is pricing up at just under £50 which is fine. Was expecting it to be a LOT more than that.

Edited by GCH on Monday 28th April 21:59

Edited by GCH on Monday 28th April 22:00

[GCH]

After some extensive research plenty of phone calls (ive phoned each company several times to double check) and web browsing, here is the story:
DHL- wont transport watches. They are classed as 'negotiable' whatever that means.
Fedex- standard limit- $100. Can pay extra tp increase to $500, but watches have a $500 MAX cover limit.
UPS- Identical policy to fedex.
Parcelforce- watches not covered.

Unbelievable state of affairs. So be careful when shipping watches, as they probably arent covered. makes me wonder if any of my pieces being shipped from my AD to manufacturer to get serviced are insured in transit....


I shipped it fedex- underinsured- in the end as basically had no other choice. Bombproof packaging though!