Watch Shopping in London and the Daytona...

[AK797]

Originally Posted by RICHARD_LEWIS

Go for a day trip/weekend away to Stratford-on-Avon and visit George Pragnell on Wood Street. They have a good selection of Rolex, Patek, Tudor, Carter, etc; are very friendly and will treat you with courtesy and respect - I go in dressed in Dickies shorts, oversized t-shirt and a snapback and they treat me with the same respect as someone wearing a suit. Can't recommend them enough.

I love Stratford, great excuse to go, had one of the best afternoon teas ever there and half the price of the extortionate London hotels.

Originally Posted by kultschar

Im visiting London on Sat. Hoping to see some Patek Nautilus and Aquanauts however realise my only chance is from places like Watchclub / Watch centre etc if they have them.

May I ask where the Platona was??? I have seen one before but never tried (a customer was hogging it last time I was in a Florida AD and I got fed up waiting)

I saw one at the Rolex Boutique on Bond St last week. Don't think they are that hard to see in ADs. Enjoy your day.

[kultschar]

Originally Posted by AK797

I love Stratford, great excuse to go, had one of the best afternoon teas ever there and half the price of the extortionate London hotels.



I saw one at the Rolex Boutique on Bond St last week. Don't think they are that hard to see in ADs. Enjoy your day.

Cheers! Will do my best! Watch browsing, collect new suit, nice restaurant and drinks with friends!

[R G]

Originally Posted by mattiamalchiodi

Some people working in most AD are not very kind.
If you don't dress a nice suit and don't have the look of someone with money they also look pissed off.

Why?! Because you always have to remember that they are simple employees representing prestigious brands.

Is funny when I visit any AD with running shoes, jeans and T shirt, the treatment is completely different from when I go in with a nice suit and 30k watch on my wrist.

In the end they are humas. Some are jealous some "abuse" of their work position.

Just enjoy the time pieces. And for nothing I the world don't be afraid to ask them to show you all the collection.

Annoys me to think about this...

Ironic, really as (most) staff in AD's are just retail workers earning awful salaries serving people who earn proper money with watch purchases.

I guess they need to feel important sometimes hence being smug and the attitude they give sometimes.

Fortunately, most of my experiences with AD's haven't had that element otherwise I'd feel compelled to remind them of the situation.

[Passionata]

Originally Posted by SC11

Exactly but your comment did come across as a general opinion of sales assistants rather then an individual.

Sorry for that my intention was totally different ,I m glad it s clear for everyone involved.enjoy yr day!

[brandrea]

Originally Posted by Rolex addict

Well, since the Platona impressed you so much, there is only one thing to do. Post pics once you buy it. Not that I would enable you or anything....buy it....buy it....buy it....

Love the soft sell approach Chad
Beauty shot

[SC11]

Originally Posted by Passionata

Sorry for that my intention was totally different ,I m glad it s clear for everyone involved.enjoy yr day!

Understand now

[scooba]

Platona is a beast so heavy

[cda555]

Originally Posted by OmegaJJH

I disagree with this.

I'm the customer! Why should I change my attire to give them MY money?

Whether I'm wearing flip flops or have just come straight from work and fully suited and booted it should make no difference.

Each customer should be given the same courtesy and level of service. I'm sure an experienced sales person could figure out pretty quickly whether someone is serious or a time waster by simply talking to them.




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100% agree with you on this. I wear casual clothes 99.9% of the time, and I really wouldn't want to get dressed up to spend my money.

[Token74]

Originally Posted by andyol1966

Hi Vince. I was in London this weekend myself and visited WOS Regent street. Sorry the Patek staff were offish,,,,don't let that put you off the 5711 though,,,it's a stunning watch in the flesh, iconic design,,as is the 15202. If I had known you were in London you could have tried my 5711 on. Agree the Platona is one heavy beast,,,,feels very special on the wrist. Good luck with the search, and I can thoroughly recommend the 5711 for smaller wrists and more under the radar and exclusive,,,,even the Rolex guy commented on the rare beast on my wrist.
Regards,
Andy

Super kind offer re: trying on your 5711 Andy, will shout next time I'm going yo London just in case you're around.

Thanks everyone else for all the comments, will maybe pop to Southampton and will deffo go to Stratford as it's a good excuse to go.

I'm not going to be put off PP by a couple of poor experiences, but in truth, likely to go for the Royal Oak as that's been the plan for a while.

As for the comment about me changing direction and going Platona, whilst it is a fantastic piece, I'm not really a PM man (now there's a statement that is bound to come back to haunt me at some point in the future!).

[Chiboy]

Originally Posted by OmegaJJH

I disagree with this.

I'm the customer! Why should I change my attire to give them MY money?

Whether I'm wearing flip flops or have just come straight from work and fully suited and booted it should make no difference.

Each customer should be given the same courtesy and level of service. I'm sure an experienced sales person could figure out pretty quickly whether someone is serious or a time waster by simply talking to them.

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I agree with you that it shouldn't matter and shouldn't be necessary. I do it because in the real world, it helps grease the skids. If you want to test drive a $100,000 car, it's easier to arrange if you show up in a clean, well kept $80,000 car than in a 25 year old pickup truck, even if your bank balance is the same.

[Token74]

The irony is that I actually made an effort to look smarter than I normally would!!

[AK797]

I can see how the PP staff could lose perspective as they deal with very rich people all day and then mistreat a normal buyer. The same sort of thing happened to me when I was at Uni, I made a short film and I was suddenly auditioning all these beautiful and tall women/models who were not only hanging on every word I said but also trying to impress me and make me laugh. It was a fantastic time for sure, very surreal too, but I lost perspective a bit back then and became quite dismissive of normal attractive girls I met for a few weeks... which ofc made me seem even more attractive but it wasn't cool.