Watches in New York

[pia1361]

Hi

I've got a short trip to Manhattan coming up and thought I might treat myself to a present while I'm out there.

Any recommendations in terms of shops or dealers, preferably looking for pre-owned but maybe new too ?

Thanks

John

[Irish]

pia1361 said:

Hi

I've got a short trip to Manhattan coming up and thought I might treat myself to a present while I'm out there.

Any recommendations in terms of shops or dealers, preferably looking for pre-owned but maybe new too ?

Thanks

John

Even with the exchange rate I found them more expensive than London. Will dig out some cars - few good second hand watch places.

[pia1361]

That would be great. Thanks

[PaulHogan]

Possibly over budget (It was certainly over mine ) but you *must* visit the Patek gallery on the mezz floor of Tiffany's on 5th Av.

[magnus911]

A friend of a friend runs a site called gemnation.com

He's quite a bit below retail, based in NY and apparently will negotiate.

I have no affiliation with him nor have I bought a watch from him. Just saying.

[magnus911]

Also, as he sells below retail i understand you wouldn't get the manufacturer warranty; but you will get a gemnation one. i don't know how often that happens with non-authorised dealers.

M

[elster]

Torneau shop.

Has such a wide selection of watches.

I would also visit the Breguet shop who are quite possibly the nicest staff ever and were wanting to get watches out for me to have a close look at even though I had said on entry I was just looking as way out of my price range.

[Irish]

elster said:

Torneau shop.

Has such a wide selection of watches.

I would also visit the Breguet shop who are quite possibly the nicest staff ever and were wanting to get watches out for me to have a close look at even though I had said on entry I was just looking as way out of my price range.

These were one of the guys I dropped into (opposite panerai NYC). They passed me around the corner to another shop which was a treasure trove (with Heuer McQueen). Need to dig out the details.

Adrian

[Stefan SRT8]

There's plenty on the section of 5th Avenue and the mid 50's.

Had a nose around there over Christmas and New Year just gone.

There's a big Tourneau on 5th/57th East, opposite the new Breitling store which is also worth a look, very nice staff and there's a kind of mini museum on the 2nd or 3rd floor.

There was a store near the Rock that had a nice collection of used and vintage pieces, can't for the life of me remember the exact location though!

Don't expect too much (if any) discount from these stores though, although I did work out that a Breitling watch I bought here with a 20% discount was the same price there (and I would have got a nice freebie), not including any import duty on the way home (if caught) of course!

Have a great time, no other place like it.

Stef

[Dr JonboyG]

Stefan SRT8 said:

There's plenty on the section of 5th Avenue and the mid 50's.

Had a nose around there over Christmas and New Year just gone.

There's a big Tourneau on 5th/57th East, opposite the new Breitling store which is also worth a look, very nice staff and there's a kind of mini museum on the 2nd or 3rd floor.

Around that area there's another interesting shop in little shopping arcade, also on one of the side streets, but I can't remember its name. It's between 5th and 6th Avenues (or 4th and 5th), might be 56th St?