What's a good watch store in SF?

E__WOK · Jan 19, 2001

I'm looking for a place that sells Omega's, specifically the X-33. Price is not a factor.

yeedude · Jan 19, 2001

Hi E_WOK,

If memory serves, the Union Square Macy's has the silly/fun Omega X-33.

"Price is not a factor?" Wow! You da man!

blackz28 · Jan 19, 2001

E_WOK,

I purchased a SMP in burlingame at http://www.topperjewelers.com/ last year. They are an authorized Omega dealer and gave me a 30% discount

Ed

yeedude · Jan 20, 2001

Not sure which X-33 variant you're interested in, but Luxury Square.com is selling Model 3990.50.06 (Titanium case, Kevlar strap) for $1687; suggested retail for it is $2595. For more info, see here

FWIW, I have no affiliation with the company whatsoever. In fact, I've never even done any business with them before at all. Caveat Emptor.

E__WOK · Jan 20, 2001

yeedude, that's the one I'm interested in. I went to several stores yesterday, but no one had it in stock. They said they can special order one...

$1687 is one of the lowest prices that I have seen.

yeedude · Jan 23, 2001

For anyone who isn't familiar with this watch, here's a link to Omega's page for it.

E_WOK - I hope you don't mind my asking, but is there any particular reason why you're thinking about getting this watch? To my tastes its an expensive and glorified Casio.

E__WOK · Jan 23, 2001

Yes, it's expensive but you only live once. Besides, I like the way it looks. Which Casio are you talking about?

yeedude · Jan 23, 2001

E_WOK: Don't get me wrong; I understand about the spending money for goodies that one wants. I've got, for example, an automatic Omega Seamaster Professional that I use for daily wear.

But what I was trying to say was that spending $1700+ for a digital watch is to me (note the cheesy qualifier

) kinda weird/silly/etc. To me if you're going to spend over $1000 for a watch, it should be a mechanical one with less features, be less accurate and generally weigh more.

In any case, I wasn't speaking with any particular Casio model in mind. I was just using it as a relative comparison; hence the "glorified Casio" remark.