Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Didn't know that these were still cherished as WWII relics, that's all. Philippe Op 29-mei-07, om 00:15 heeft Jerry Lehrer het volgende geschreven: > Phil, > > So does Leica, Rolleiflex, Porsche, BMW, and Walther. As does > Nikon and Mitsubishi. So what? > > Jerry > > > Philippe Orlent wrote: >> BTW, Tutima has a bit of a WWII past... >> >> >> >> Op 28-mei-07, om 21:44 heeft Rob McClure het volgende geschreven: >> >>> One must be very careful buying new watches on the internet. >>> Most quality manufacturers won't permit their authorized dealers >>> to sell directly over the net. As a result the watches sold by >>> online sellers like world of watches, amazon.com dealers, >>> overstock.com, etc. are gray market. This means they were >>> obtained through backdoor deals in foreign countries from >>> dealers, distributors and who-know-who... Sometimes the watches >>> are "Frankenwatches", made from different components or are >>> factory returns. Some sellers grind off the serial number so the >>> origin may not be traced. Usually these gray market watches >>> carry an "international warranty" which is only honored by the >>> seller or some other third party. Some manufactures will not >>> work on gray market watches. Ebay is even scarier. One of the >>> Omega newsgroups monitors the Omega auctions and finds up to >>> Omegas being sold are fakes. I am sure other quality brands have >>> the same issue. Be careful out there! >>> >>> Rob McClure >>> >>> >>> On May 28, 2007, at 2:30 PM, A. Lal wrote: >>> >>>> Here's a price list from an unlikely source: >>>> >>>> http://www.overstock.com/search? >>>> keywords=iwc&resultsPerPage=100&taxonomy=sto4 >>>> >>>> Not sure if the warranty will apply if you buy from them, but >>>> you may want to use this as a guide when negotiating with an >>>> authorised dealer. >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: <vick.ko@sympatico.ca> >>>> To: <Thinkofcole@aol.com>; <lug@leica-users.org> >>>> Cc: <vick.ko@sympatico.ca>; <glehrer@san.rr.com> >>>> Sent: Monday, 28 May, 2007 2:01 PM >>>> Subject: Re: Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Watches - can you provide >>>> advice orsites that >>>> >>>> >>>>> Thanks to Bob and Jerry >>>>> >>>>> I just looked over the Tutima site - very nice. >>>>> >>>>> Do you have a distributor near you so that you can look at the >>>>> watches? >>>>> >>>>> There is no distributor in Canada, only the USA one. >>>>> >>>>> Vick >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> From: Thinkofcole@aol.com >>>>>> Date: 2007/05/28 Mon PM 01:42:55 EDT >>>>>> To: lug@leica-users.org >>>>>> CC: glehrer@san.rr.com, vick.ko@sympatico.ca >>>>>> Subject: Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Watches - can you provide >>>>>> advice or sites that >>>>>> >>>>>> Jerry, I, too, was just about to mention the Tutima for >>>>>> Vick...It's in the >>>>>> same price and quality bracket as an IWC and some of the >>>>>> models look very much >>>>>> like the IWC...Tutima also has some models around >>>>>> 36mm...Here's one from >>>>>> Tutima's website...They say they never sell their stuff on the >>>>>> Internet...regards, bob cole >>>>>> >>>>>> _http://www.tutima.de/_ (http://www.tutima.de/) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >