Yes, eBay.com is a popular global marketplace, yes, Micsrosoft currently holds talks about buying the auction business, yes, Google states that 1% of all search traffic goes to eBay.

I know that many watch collectors shop on eBay regularly and find great deals there. But eBay.com is not 100% safe place. Just keep it in mind. One should be on the alert all the time when you get offers too good to be true. Here is a story of a Girard-Perregaux watch seller:

When Al Iacofano’s dad asked him for help in selling a pricey Girard-Perregaux watch, the Perry Township man knew where he could get the best price.

He listed the watch on the popular Internet auction site eBay, confident that one of its 193 million members would bid at least the $1,600 he paid for it.

“Within 12 hours, I received a message from a man who offered to buy it for $4,000,” Iacofano said.
It was a good offer, just a few hundred bucks shy of retail - but not quite too good to be true.
But as with anything, especially selling a high-ticket item to a faceless customer halfway around the world, the devil is in the details.

Iacofano’s buyer turned out to be a thief with a seemingly endless list of stolen credit card numbers.
And while Iacofano caught the attempted fraud before it was too late, many buyers and sellers fall victim to scams like these perpetrated in the online marketplace.

Iacofano’s buyer, who claimed to be in Indonesia, made his offer through a personal message rather than by bidding on the item. This, experts say, is a common sign of fraud, indicating that the buyer is in a hurry to pay for the transaction, often because they are using a stolen credit card that they fear will soon be canceled. Other warning signs included the buyer’s low feedback score - a number that signifies an eBay member’s reputation from prior transactions.

He also wanted to avoid PayPal, a widely used online payment system, Iacofano said. All this raised some level of skepticism for Iacofano, who admitted a bit of wishful thinking with the prospect of a $4,000 sale.

“We kind of pushed some of those red flags aside, thinking, well, if he’s got a credit card and it gets approved, then we must be OK,” he said.

The buyer gave Iacofano 30 credit card numbers, all with different names.

Iacofano, in turn, reported each of the numbers to their respective companies in an effort to stop the thief.
While Iacofano recovered the watch after halting the shipment, he was out $235 in shipping costs.

[source: www.news-herald.com]

Well, the above scam is too easy to spot; there more advanced and intelligent scammers on this market who are more cautious and inventive. I remember I used to sell some stuff on eBay. One day a wholesale buyer from Nigeria contacted me via e-mail, he was ready to buy all my listings and more in one bulk at a good price. As a resident of Nigeria (the country is not supported by PayPal) he wished to pay me with a credit card and also asked to ship all products on the same day with DHL. I agreed. He promptly submitted the online payment. Then I checked the payment details – the payer was from the USA. Sure thing, I did not ship the products and never heard from that Nigerian guy again (just from another one in a few weeks).

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The GMT± Dual Time Big Date

Ulysse Nardin created an indispensable watch for travelers. It allows to avoid being late for important meetings and to keep your nose to the wind. Going into details, Ulysse Nardin invented a watch with plus and minus pushers to instantly adjust the hour hand to another local time; and the “Hometime� window which displays the time at home when one is traveling abroad.
No other watch is easier to read or more practical to handle.The GMT± Dual Time can be adjusted to a different local time without ever taking the watch off the wrist or interfering with the watch timekeeping.The hour hand jumps, one hour at a time, backwards or forwards. The minute hand continues to run and keeps the time.

Later Ulysse Nardin invented the Big Date double window display for easy reading of the date This extraordinary invention permits synchronized date changes when the hour hand is adjusted to a new local time across the dateline. This technical breakthrough was made possible by the use of 2 discs which enlarge the date display and was first embodied in the revolutionary Perpetual Ludwig in 1996. Now it is a feature of the GMT± Dual Time.

The GMT± Dual Time Big Date is available in various variants, including watches for ladies.

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When I buy a business or man’s magazine - watch makers/ dealers are top advertisers of those magazines. They beat car, PC, mobile phone, perfume, clothes makers/ dealers. I mean watch brands buy more adv and their adv are of better quality than the mentioned industries have. I conclude that it is an efficient way to promote and build their brands. As we know the Internet is so far not the place to sell and promote good watches.

I am sure watch companies pay big bucks to adv agencies who develop their promotional campaigns printed in magazines. Here is the sample that proves the importance of magazine adv for watch makers. This is the information posted at the official website of Chronoswiss, Swiss watch maker on May 15.

Advertisement of the Month

Good news for Chronoswiss: the readers of Uhrenmagazin have made their decision. The “To take time” advertisement (with the “Chronoscope” model) from Chronoswiss’ new advertising campaign won first place in a survey conducted in April 2006. Chronoswiss received nearly twice as many points as Longines, which placed second, and thus achieved the best response in the history of Uhrenmagazin.

Agency: semper smile

Chronoswiss have beaten their competitors (Longines and others). Not in watch making, but it is a nice fact for the company management anyway.

Would like to have a peek at the adv winner? Here come the link

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A nice beginner’s guide to wrist watch pricing was published by Mike Rundle. Why do we pay $50.00 for Japan quartz watches and $500.00 and up for Swiss made mechanical watches? I am sure most people believe that it is the brand name that makes the price so high (they are probably right to some extent). But added to that three elements that influence the watch price tag:

Watch movement (the simplest watch has a quartz movement, all expensive watches are mechanical). Mechanical watches do not require batteries in contrast to quartz ones. Mechanical watch movement needs either regular winding or consumes energy generated in the process we wear the watches on the wrist. It is an engineering science called horology

Extras (or: complications). What are extras that come with good watches? Calendar, chronograph, tourbillion, compass, alarm, altimeter, barometric pressure, thermometer, the list (as well as the price) goes on and on.

Material. Watches are no more the mechanism that keeps us updated on the current time. It is a symbol of prosperity. Gold, platinum, diamonds – just a few materials that are applied in the modern production of expensive watches.

Summary
It is a matter of personal attitude to watches. Most people use them as a sort of a handy mechanism, others use them as a sign of prestige, others regard them as the creations of art.

[source: phark.typepad.com]

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Tissot has released information about Danica Patrick Limited Edition Watches. The watches will be presented at the 2nd Annual Watkins Glen Indy Grand Prix (on June 04 in Watkins Glen, NY).

Tissot becomes more involved in motor sports, the company is the race sponsor. The company promises to manufacture 500 Danica Patrick T-Touch Limited Edition timepieces. The official presentation will be held on the race weekend. Tissot ambassadors in motor sports are mnot limited by Danica Patrick. Another ambassador and MotoGP star Nicky Hayden.

Tissot’s Danica Patrick T-Touch Limited Edition features: a compass, alarm, altimeter, barometric pressure, date, time, chronograph and thermometer. Plus white leather strap with red stitching. Case back features a racing car, signature and edition number.

Price? Retail price is 750.00$, available from Tissot watches dealers.

Tissot company is based in Le Locle, Switzerland. It is a member of the Swatch Group Ltd., the world’s largest watch manufacturer. Started back in 1853, Tissot is the top manufacturer in volume worldwide among traditional Swiss brands.

Tissot is an Official Timekeeper of:

• the MotoGP World Championship
• Ice Hockey World Championship,
• the Cycling World Championship,
• the Fencing World Championship
• NASCAR

Ambassadors for the brand include:

• IRL Danica Patrick,
• MotoGP star Nicky Hayden
• soccer Michael Owen

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