Daily Archives: April 18, 2009

Store Review, Nordstrom, Oakbrook, IL

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Store Review: Nordstrom, Oakbrook, IL

Overview: Chain department store

Brands sold/spotted: Zodiac, Baume and Mercier, Longiness, AK, et al.

Prices: Retail ($40 to $4000)

Watch bands/bracelets sold there? No

Detailed Review:

This store has one watch counter with a very wide range of price points.  Anything from $45 Anne Klein fashion watches to $2,400 Longiness are right along side each other.  It is kind of odd, actually.  Like having Timex next to Rolex.  The staff was pretty helpful, but not the most knowledgeable about watches.  The younger salespeople are more eye candy than helpful.  Prices are pretty much retail.  They do have Zodiac’s, which are pretty neat looking watches, if you like quartz.  3 1/2 out of 5 stars.

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Interesting new Fossils

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Got a flyer in the mail for Fossil and on the back cover they have some decent looking Speedmaster look-a-likes:
Basic Black:

fossil_black_speedmaster

And a neat green:

fossil_green
There is also a white one, but with white on white hands and dial, it is a little silly.  All three are $95, list.  It looks like a different movement on these watches, 60 minute chronograph with 1/20 second subdial.  I have not seen these in the store yet, but the styling looks very nice.  I like the hands, very simple stick hands for the hour and minute with a nice dot tipped second hand.  The bracelet looks very close to a Speedmaster/Omega style as well.  Ill be sure to check them out the next time I visit a Fossil store and report on the quality.

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