Met an interesting local jewelers

[volks al]

Went to look in a local indy dealer and was pleasantly surprised with their stock, Bremont, Omega and a few of the usual makes. But a nice selection of pre-owned, A Brietling emergency, Sub's and the ones that drew me into the shop an Omega Kojak and Montreal scoreboard watch. Very refreshing to talk to the dealer and his stock, trying a few things on. Showed me the Red Sub he was wearing and then as I was telling him about my military background got two very interesting watched out the safe.

He wouldn't let me take pics of them though The first was a Omega Seamaster with special caseback for 3rd Recon Forces from the Marines, and he has the line with them to sell, the second was for the boys in Poole and a very nice GMT with SBS caseback. Would have loved either of these. Still thinking on the Kojak or 'Scoreboard' Omega's. Both pricey but great condition and all boxes papers etc.

[detee]

That sounds interesting, good independent dealers are hard to find. Whereabouts in the UK is it?

[volks al]

detee said:

That sounds interesting, good independent dealers are hard to find. Whereabouts in the UK is it?

Inside the M25

[Miguel Alvarez]

volks al said:

detee said:

That sounds interesting, good independent dealers are hard to find. Whereabouts in the UK is it?

Inside the M25

Oh you're one of those lol. I used to be like that with record shops. There was no way I'd tell mates where I got my rare white label Royal Flush 12" from.

[volks al]

I'm happy to tell just wasn't sure if the dealer wanted lots knocking on the door to look at watches for the hell of it. Although no publicity is bad publicity.

They are an Indy in the High Street of Ruislip

[TonySim]

I can highly recommend that dealer, and Rob in particular. Top guy who really knows his stuff and happy to strike a deal.

[Miguel Alvarez]

volks al said:

I'm happy to tell just wasn't sure if the dealer wanted lots knocking on the door to look at watches for the hell of it. Although no publicity is bad publicity.

They are an Indy in the High Street of Ruislip

Fair enough. Jokes aside it is nice finding something a bit different to normal when out shopping.

[volks al]

TonySim said:

I can highly recommend that dealer, and Rob in particular. Top guy who really knows his stuff and happy to strike a deal.

Yes it was Rob I had the great chat with.

[Gareth135R]

Does he do online sales?

[TonySim]

They are at the train station end of the high street. They have a web site but I don't think they are set up for online sales:

www.csbedford.co.uk

[JAM35F]

Cheers, I'll wander down there on saturday

[Timsterrs4]

My first post, so Hi !

Thanks for the tip about the Ruislip store..... I've just got back from visiting Rob. Nice bloke, spent ages with me..... which was a good thing as I've just bought my very first Bremont :-)

Silver faced ALT1-C, with the extra thick Vintage leather strap (imho heaps better than the standard one)

Have been deliberating for weeks as I was initially looking for the usual black/white pilots watches (IWC etc).
However, as soon as I saw this version in the flesh..... it just seems so classy.

I'm not a collector, so this will be with me for years (hopefully) :-)

[5avvy]

As soon as I read the first post, I knew it was Rob at CS Bedford. A really nice family run AD. My favourite watch shop - can't recommend them highly enough.

[Adam B]

Timsterrs4 said:

My first post, so Hi !

Thanks for the tip about the Ruislip store..... I've just got back from visiting Rob. Nice bloke, spent ages with me..... which was a good thing as I've just bought my very first Bremont :-)

Silver faced ALT1-C, with the extra thick Vintage leather strap (imho heaps better than the standard one)

Have been deliberating for weeks as I was initially looking for the usual black/white pilots watches (IWC etc).
However, as soon as I saw this version in the flesh..... it just seems so classy.

I'm not a collector, so this will be with me for years (hopefully) :-)

Enjoy the watch, really like the silver dial one with dark brown strap

[volks al]

Nice watch, I like the Bremont's and almost went with a U2 last year. Glad you liked Rob as much as I did.