[Shepherd Seph]

I was at the mall this evening, and stopped by the store that has Breitlings displayed through their windows. While there I noticed several placards in their display cabinets next to the watches warning about buying a Breitling online, that they had no warranty, were gray-market, etc.

Is this for real? Are there no true authorized dealers for Breitling online, or was this mall AD just trying to sell watches?

 

[Scott D]

By the letter,that's accurate. AD's are not allowed by the manufactures to sell watches online, and those you do find online are almost always gray market watches that will not have a mfr's warranty. They may & usually do come with a warranty from the seller, but Breitling will not honor the warranty. This is pretty common in the upper end watches.

Now a few AD's advertise online, but they 1) won't sell online (you'll have to call or email them to order) and 2) they won't disclose a price online (you'll have to call or email). This technically is keeping inline with their agreement not to sell online & really is just an advertising tool to reach larger amounts of people. But, there are not many that do this.

So short answer is it's true, with a very few exceptions.

 

[Shepherd Seph]

Well thanks for the info. It's new news to me!