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Old 10 October 2005, 02:38 PM   #1
TARDIS
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Arbutus Ny?

She saw the watch she wanted on Ebay and I bought it. When it arrived, it looked impressively presented in its box and she took it out and tried to get it on her wrist. I made the adjustment to the last hole on the leather bracelet strap and she couldn't even fasten the clasp over. The maximum size would fit a wrist diameter of 15cm or less. They didn't tell us that it was for a female of anorexic proportions. I examined it with my loupe and found it a small five letter word 'China' on the lug. The site that sells the watches here in Australia give all the signs that the watch company is based in NYC and therefore old souls like me and her thought that it would have been made in the good old USA!

WRONG

I was not successful in getting the seller to accept the watch back. He said it wasn't their policy and that was that.

My questions for the forum is has anyone heard of ARBUTUS and are they made in the USA? Is the watch I've got a Chinese replica of the real thing?

It is a self winding regulator with a glass case showing the movement. The dial is nice, the rectangular case is a bit on the thick side.
She's dead set on a rectagular case. Cartier is out of my league. Any ideas guys?

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