How not to sell a $2150 watch.

I was looking at Baily Banks and Biddle *again* and looking at this watch:

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It’s a Breitling, SuperOcean in Coral. Pretty nice looking watch. The bezel turned well, with a little slop. Only 60 clicks, but acceptable. Oh, did I mention it costs well over $2,000? At the time, I was wearing this watch:

That’s my SKXA55K1 “Orange Bullet” The saleswoman held the watch up next to mine and mentioned that the Seiko had a richer looking orange face than the Breitling. Looking at it, I had to agree. The black, 120 click bezel on the Seiko stands out much better as well, another thing the saleswoman pointed out. I appreciate her honesty, but this is really not a good way to sell a $2150 watch! The Seiko costs well under $200.

Not that I dive, but if I did, I think I would appreciate the large markers and broad hands on the Seiko as opposed to the Arabic numbers and narrow hands of the Breitling.  I also don’t think many people would wear a $2000 watch for diving.

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2 Responses to How not to sell a $2150 watch.

  1. Tiff says:

    I’ve always been amazed what salespeople say. THRICE now, I’ve worn a piece of jewelry and I am looking at ‘new’ jewelry with the help of a saleswoman and they compliment my current jewelry. It’s like saying to me ‘your jewelry looks amazing, why should you buy another piece?’ and I end up not buying more. It happened with 2 necklaces and 1 ring.

    Sometimes I’m amazed at their honesty, as if they don’t want a sale that day.

  2. Dave the watch phreak. says:

    It has happened to me several times now as well with my new watches. Even my humble looking green military style has gotten several compliments from salespeople. All of my watches are very unique and not what you typically see in mall stores, so I guess that is why they get noticed.

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