Buying my first watch.. any ideas on picking online AD or tips on buying o line?

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Go in person. Also unless you’re in Delaware or Oregon figure out if the AD can “ship” out of state and save 6-10% sales tax

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Sweet thanks! Til

Do a lot of DD by looking at YouTube videos and photos to see how it looks I. Different lightings, lists, etc.

You can use chrono24 for the secure escrow checkout and the customer reviews plenty of legit sellers AD or grey.

Tldr: buy the seller and watch videos

Any reason you don’t want to buy in person? I think building that connection with an actual dealer is half the fun of buying watches.

Cool, I see myself buying iwc, Rolex, Tudor, omega and seiko. I’ll go the AD route, this has been helpful 🙏🙏🙏

If you’re looking omega - I would skim omegaforums - there are a ton of reputable second dealers that will save you big $

I’ll try this too.

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