vintage watch shops in New York City??

[johnfm]

Off to New York next week for 5 days. Would love to stumble across a tatty old 1969 Heuer Monaco in a quaint little backstreet vintage watch shop.

Any idea if there is a 'watch district' in NYC?

[anonymous-user]

No but if you find any let me know, because i'm going in August

[johnfm]

Going on Thursday. Is there a 'watch' district in NYC like Bond Street area in London?

[johnfm]

After much internet research, I expect I'll find a few on 47th strett. Hurrah!! Going tomorrow - hope to find a Heuer Monaco...

[filaborg]

let us know how you get on, keep us posted.

[jshell]

You might get a shock at just how expensive watches are in NYC...... The exchange rate being good doesn't mean anything when you see the prices over there!

[johnfm]

I'm not after a new watch - but most people I speak to have found dealers lopping 25%-30% off retail. No sales tax if you get them to ship the watch out of NYC.

I'm after vintage, so I'll just see what's there.

[johnfm]

So I track down a 1970's manual winf Heuer Monaco in a vintage store in NYC over t'internet. You would not believe the price - in a bad way!!

May as well look at Heuerboy insead...

[16610LV]

johnfm said:

So I track down a 1970's manual winf Heuer Monaco in a vintage store in NYC over t'internet. You would not believe the price - in a bad way!!

May as well look at Heuerboy insead...

...how much was the quote? £2.5k?

[Maxf]

johnfm said:

So I track down a 1970's manual winf Heuer Monaco in a vintage store in NYC over t'internet. You would not believe the price - in a bad way!!

May as well look at Heuerboy insead...

I did the same - they wanted about $6k!