Random musings and general banter.

Hammy60 said:

Peter coming out with some bullshits.

Most watches are hand assembled, and it's a 21,600bph movement not 28,000.

As for the crazy price £329.99, it's £325 direct from Kev's web site.

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Muttley said:

It's changed so much these days. Liberty's is still there but its not really my cup of tea. Just got John Lewis in Oxford Street now, I use that a lot. There's a few nice shops in Regent Street but it's a different world these days. Hamley's is still there, got so many memories of being taken there as a child.

I don't go to Oxford Street very often, I'd rather go to Westfield (either Shepherds Bush or Stratford) as its under cover and there's a proper food hall.

And of course we had the 2 huge C&As in Oxford Street, they're Primark now. I don't buy many clothes there but their homeware is great.

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Duke of Cheese said:

Army & Navy in Victoria, Whiteley’s, Arding & Hobbs, Gamages, Marshall & Snelgrove, Barkers of Kensington …Proper department stores all gone now. My Dad was catering manager at Marshall & Snelgrove in Oxford Street. He used to let me wander round the toy department after closing time (I was 23 at the time) and choose a toy or two. He always said he paid for them, but I don’t think he did. Oxford Street in the late 1960s was full of great shops. Now it is full of not much at all. Nothing much for the looters to steal any longer in many UK city high streets. Nottingham where I live now is absolutely awful for city centre shops nowadays, too.

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galesgal57 said:

We go to London every December to go to the Royal Albert Hall carol concert, and we always go to Liberty's. I love their Christmas shop, and it's reasonably priced compared to the rest of the goods they sell.

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Muttley said:

I remember Whiteley's well as I don't live that far away. What I remember was a very old fashioned shop. When the department store closed the building was converted into a shopping centre which was reasonably successful for a while, it had some good shops but wasn't brilliant and shops started closing so it closed down

It's being redeveloped again but I haven't walked past it for a while, I'll check it out one day.

It's sad that high streets are suffering.

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galesgal57 said:

As if Muriel would be interested in these watches.

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Muttley said:

I love Christmas concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, its a fabulous venue, I go every year too. I'll have a look at Liberty's Christmas shop this year.

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Duke of Cheese said:

Pauline is buying, apparently? Muriel for her great great great great great grandson, too. Has Hammy been mentioned yet?

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galesgal57 said:

You will love it.

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Muttley said:

Pedro and Kevin Reynolds. Pedro said they'd worked together nigh on 30 years selling the best watches in the world.

I'm no watch expect but I don't remember them selling Rolex...

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galesgal57 said:

Not yet. I seem to be the favoured buyer at the moment.

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galesgal57 said:

30 years ago Pedro was dressed as a clown, selling burgers.

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