I went shopping with the wife today, I knew there was an Omega dealer nearby so I was quite selective in what I wore, (clothes and watch) dressed smartly with my Ingenieur on my wrist.
Now I know its been said before but its really amazing how you get treated when you look the part ,
I wanted to try on thePlanet Ocean 45.5 Black Bezel, white numbers as Ive ordered on from Josh.
The guy in the shop couldnt have been more helpful, that was until I took my Ingenieur off , I thought
his tongue was gonna fall out he was all over it like a rash, he said that he liked the brand but his boss wasnt interested in stocking them, theres no way on this earth he knew it was a rep, then his boss came over and walked past , stopping when he saw my Iwc , he said may I Sir, then picked it up and gave it a good looking at
he was well impressed and said so , from that moment on I swear I could have tried anything in the shop on, no problem.
On to the Omega,
I told him I already had the 'smaller orange bezel' and wanted to see about the 'larger black one' for size,
In person the larger one has a lot more presence than the smaller one, I was very pleased with the look and cant wait to get mine.
I asked him about the rubber strap as an extra, now I thought these were going to be expensive and they may well turn out to be exactly that, but he didnt seem to think so , he couldnt give me a price till monday
as it was the weekend but he seemed to think they were only about £60.
I also looked at the new Bond versions , the SMP and the Planet Oceans with the 007 second hand, limited editions (about 5000 or so) the 007 hand looks well cool .
He asked me was I interested and I said I was, his manager chipped in to say that If I bought today he would include the rubber strap, I said it wasnt going to happen today as I was with my wife and I didnt want her knowing how much my watches were!.
I got several catalogues from him as well Cartier, Raymond Wiel, and Breitling (very thick).
I felt like a real fraud -- NOT
Getting back to the Omega Planet Ocean , I know Pugwash has stated this before , but there really is quite a big difference in the A/R on this watch compared to the rep, I'm going to enquire about getting this done when I know what shade to go for.
on a slightly different note does anyone if the Gen 42mm PO bracelet is the same size as the rep?,
Cos I'm getting a rubber one for my 42mm if it is, and if he's close on his price of £60
Now I know its been said before but its really amazing how you get treated when you look the part ,
I wanted to try on thePlanet Ocean 45.5 Black Bezel, white numbers as Ive ordered on from Josh.
The guy in the shop couldnt have been more helpful, that was until I took my Ingenieur off , I thought
his tongue was gonna fall out he was all over it like a rash, he said that he liked the brand but his boss wasnt interested in stocking them, theres no way on this earth he knew it was a rep, then his boss came over and walked past , stopping when he saw my Iwc , he said may I Sir, then picked it up and gave it a good looking at
he was well impressed and said so , from that moment on I swear I could have tried anything in the shop on, no problem.
On to the Omega,
I told him I already had the 'smaller orange bezel' and wanted to see about the 'larger black one' for size,
In person the larger one has a lot more presence than the smaller one, I was very pleased with the look and cant wait to get mine.
I asked him about the rubber strap as an extra, now I thought these were going to be expensive and they may well turn out to be exactly that, but he didnt seem to think so , he couldnt give me a price till monday
as it was the weekend but he seemed to think they were only about £60.
I also looked at the new Bond versions , the SMP and the Planet Oceans with the 007 second hand, limited editions (about 5000 or so) the 007 hand looks well cool .
He asked me was I interested and I said I was, his manager chipped in to say that If I bought today he would include the rubber strap, I said it wasnt going to happen today as I was with my wife and I didnt want her knowing how much my watches were!.
I got several catalogues from him as well Cartier, Raymond Wiel, and Breitling (very thick).
I felt like a real fraud -- NOT
Getting back to the Omega Planet Ocean , I know Pugwash has stated this before , but there really is quite a big difference in the A/R on this watch compared to the rep, I'm going to enquire about getting this done when I know what shade to go for.
on a slightly different note does anyone if the Gen 42mm PO bracelet is the same size as the rep?,
Cos I'm getting a rubber one for my 42mm if it is, and if he's close on his price of £60
