Is jomashop ok to buy from?

[elaow11]

Hello,
I have a base logo 1084 that I bought 2 years ago that really doesn’t get much wrist time. I saw the Pam 2683, tried it on and I love it. I will wear it daily to work.
My local dealer offered me 3,500 as a trade which puts me at about 7k and some change. (Retails for over 10k)
I found a new one on jomashop site and got a trade evaluation from them(still need to send it for full appraisal) for about 3k. The jomashop watch is 8.200 before trade.

I know they have a 2 year warranty from them but I’m just making sure there isn’t something major I’m missing.
Thank you!


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[TheVision]

They are grey market sellers so obviously, ya can't take the watch to a local Panerai AD nor register the watch on their website (ya won't get any warranty card other than their inhouse piece of paper that says warranty is thru Jomah).

Which basically means, if something goes wrong, ya have to send the watch back to Jomah and they use a 3rd party repair company and then will send the watch back to ya.

I've bought plethora of Tags/Hamiltons from them over the years and did use their repair one time on my Aquaracer but it was a gruelling experience. I sent the watch back..they sat on it for a while...more emails/calls to them..finally they sent it to 3rd party..fixed and mailed back to me. I noticed the return address was from some repair shop in Los Angeles (this is like 10 years ago). The repair took almost 2 months. I ended up selling the watch for cheap afterwards.

Personally, for higher purchases, I stick to box/papers from the forum sponsors here. I just bought a Bi tempo gmt from a reseller and warranty is registered on Panerai website till 2028. Plus I have a Pam AD 90 mins drive from my house who also handle repairs, etc.

Or keep searching on WatchRecon to see if your model comes up for sale with box/papers etc. When it comes to Omega/Rolex/Pam, I'd rather get box/paper deal than grey market but thats just me.

[Wingman244]

Originally Posted by TheVision

They are grey market sellers so obviously, ya can't take the watch to a local Panerai AD nor register the watch on their website (ya won't get any warranty card other than their inhouse piece of paper that says warranty is thru Jomah).

Which basically means, if something goes wrong, ya have to send the watch back to Jomah and they use a 3rd party repair company and then will send the watch back to ya.

I've bought plethora of Tags/Hamiltons from them over the years and did use their repair one time on my Aquaracer but it was a gruelling experience. I sent the watch back..they sat on it for a while...more emails/calls to them..finally they sent it to 3rd party..fixed and mailed back to me. I noticed the return address was from some repair shop in Los Angeles (this is like 10 years ago). The repair took almost 2 months. I ended up selling the watch for cheap afterwards.

Personally, for higher purchases, I stick to box/papers from the forum sponsors here. I just bought a Bi tempo gmt from a reseller and warranty is registered on Panerai website till 2028. Plus I have a Pam AD 90 mins drive from my house who also handle repairs, etc.

Or keep searching on WatchRecon to see if your model comes up for sale with box/papers etc. When it comes to Omega/Rolex/Pam, I'd rather get box/paper deal than grey market but thats just me.

Wait what???? If I have a Panerai watch why can't I get Panerai to service it? If I am willing to pay the service fee won't they back their own watch? I figure if I save $2,500 on the watch via Joma or SwissWatch then that more that covers the ~$1,000 possible fee for a full service from Panerai.

Am I missing something here?

[Andy0331]

Originally Posted by Wingman244

Wait what???? If I have a Panerai watch why can't I get Panerai to service it? If I am willing to pay the service fee won't they back their own watch? I figure if I save $2,500 on the watch via Joma or SwissWatch then that more that covers the ~$1,000 possible fee for a full service from Panerai.

Am I missing something here?

Panerai will service it, just not under warranty.

[John Deaux]

I've purchased a couple of Omegas from them. Both transactions were perfect. As long as you know what you are getting (warranty, papers, etc) then there is no issue (at least from my experiences).

[emtee]

You should be able to get pretty much any PAM from a decent grey dealer for about 20% off retail including full warranty/papers in your name.

[dannyboy123]

I bought a PAM510 from them a good 6 years ago and had it shipped to New Zealand. No problem with them or the watch.

[thsiao]

It’s a hit or miss. If you get lucky there won’t be any issues.

[2000-NJDEVILS]

YES.
Here’s my experience:
Don’t pay attention to their ask price - just counter offer and they match or meet in the middle on most watches and models>…….

[rolexjackson]

I’ve heard horror stories from friends who have tried to deal with them to sell a watch to. I personally would use the trusted sellers here.


Life is short buy the watch-

[911cz]

No issues in the past using them here. Some items took a few months to get in but other that all good.