Advice on puchasing a watch...

Lovelyboy

Evening all,
My birthday is coming up and I would like a new watch. I'm not very clued in but am looking for something a little different but classy, between €150-€200, not too formal. I'm not a bit fan of metal straps but willing to be convinced. Any ideas or suggestions appreciated. :P

Bullseye1

Will it be an everyday watch, sports watch? So you would prefer leather strap or rubber but not bracelet?

mad muffin

I too am on the hunt for a new watch and on my many internet travels I have come across people mentioning this place as a great source to buy watches.

http://www.creationwatches.com/

Prices are much cheaper than you would find here or on Amazon and they ship free via FedEx.

Just need to settle on a watch.:pac:

Lovelyboy

A stylish watch- don't really want sporty either. Would prefer a leather strap.

petes

mad muffin wrote: »

http://www.creationwatches.com/

Prices are much cheaper than you would find here or on Amazon and they ship free via FedEx.
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Anybody use this site? I'm in the market for a watch myself.

Sorry to hijack OP!!

blindsider

Taken from the Creation Watches web-site, which is based in the USA:

Please note that customs taxes / import duties are not included in our price. It is the buyer's responsibility to pay for any customs taxes or import duties imposed by the customs of the buyer's country.

artomur

do you pay customs only over €150 ??

blindsider

Lovelyboy wrote: »

Evening all,
My birthday is coming up and I would like a new watch. I'm not very clued in but am looking for something a little different but classy, between €150-€200, not too formal. I'm not a bit fan of metal straps but willing to be convinced. Any ideas or suggestions appreciated. :P

Back to suggestions:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Seiko-SNDC89P2-Mens-Chronograph-watch/dp/B005HIREJK/ref=sr_1_11?s=watch&ie=UTF8&qid=1345549860&sr=1-11

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rotary-Quartz-Analogue-GS90021-21/dp/B001UK2YMG/ref=sr_1_12?s=watch&ie=UTF8&qid=1345550046&sr=1-12

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Citizen-Analogue-Display-Leather-BM6782-01A/dp/B007P2U4IE/ref=sr_1_29?s=watch&ie=UTF8&qid=1345550568&sr=1-29


these are just some random watches from Amazon. There are hundreds there so worth spending time on.

Anjobe

bedlam wrote: »

It's a much lower cut off than that, I forget exactly but it's somewhere between $25 and $50.

To figure out what the end costs, including duty/vat, will be use DutyCalculator

Duty Calculator is a handy tool for sure, its a complicated business trying to figure it out for oneself.

Choosing the standard parcel post rather than Fedex shipping option from Creation Watches gives a decent chance of avoiding the customs charges. Also, the web site says that Creation don't ship Seiko watches to EEA, but I'm sure there are a few on this forum who have bought Seiko from there...