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My tv sky guide says it is on at 2230, Swiss Military.What happened to the collectors show tonight? Supposed to be Swiss Military
My tv sky guide says it is on at 2230, Swiss Military.What happened to the collectors show tonight? Supposed to be Swiss Military
What happened to the collectors show tonight? Supposed to be Swiss Military
When I was still travelling for work, there was a big hotel just off the A5 in Hinkley, that was used by salespeople and firms for conferences mainly. The hotel (I forget the name, but it always did well, so I bet it’s still there) had loads of display cases all down a long corridor, all stuffed full of Klaus Kobec and Zeitner watches (which, I think, were under the sane ownership). The sales model at that time (and this must be 20 years ago now) was exactly the same as IW are using now - quote a massive RRP, but also offer a permanent and quite ludicrous reduction. The goal in the hotel’s case was to try to convince the drunk salesperson that he (20 years ago, the salespeople were generally all men) could win brownie points by buying his partner (or his secretary) a watch as a peace offering (or a gift). The hotel got commission, just like (I assume) IW. Reductions were silly- usually from around £500 to around £99, or even to £49.The Fields are not watchmakers, just con artists.
They work more like fashion brands, ie they don't actual make or assemble their own watches, they get watches with their names on the dials made for them by some Chinese watch supplier. they'll have gone to somewhere like HKTDC Sourcing and searched for watches and suppliers. Oh and anyone can have their own watch (or any other product) made up with their own brand name, just need to be able to buy a minimum quantity and your off and running.
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Daddy fields was never a watchmaker, he's been involved in supplying Chinese watches under made up name brands for years. He was involved with Klaus Kobec (the football watches), fell out with a fellow director and left, ended up in a dispute about who owned the trademark with the director of Klaus Kobec and the legal battle costs ended up putting Klaus Kobec out of business. He's been a Director of 47 companies at one time or another, only four still survive, the other 43 have been dissolved.
Between 2010 and 2014 he (and another director) weren't allowed to be a Director of any company, his punishment for being involved in a dodgy loan dealing so they could avoid having to pay £500,000 of corporation tax.
At the moment he's down as being a Director at Swiss Watches Worldwide, registered in 2018, same address as Fields Luxury ltd, but they don't seem to have done trading yet.
Great post!When I was still travelling for work, there was a big hotel just off the A5 in Hinkley, that was used by salespeople and firms for conferences mainly. The hotel (I forget the name, but it always did well, so I bet it’s still there) had loads of display cases all down a long corridor, all stuffed full of Klaus Kobec and Zeitner watches (which, I think, were under the sane ownership). The sales model at that time (and this must be 20 years ago now) was exactly the same as IW are using now - quote a massive RRP, but also offer a permanent and quite ludicrous reduction. The goal in the hotel’s case was to try to convince the drunk salesperson that he (20 years ago, the salespeople were generally all men) could win brownie points by buying his partner (or his secretary) a watch as a peace offering (or a gift). The hotel got commission, just like (I assume) IW. Reductions were silly- usually from around £500 to around £99, or even to £49.
The watches themselves were fine - stock ETA quartz mechanisms - but they were very clearly £99 watches. The one thing they always did well was the presentation - wooden boxes, supplied cleaning cloths, lots of bling but no inherent value (crystals round the dial to look like precious stones, coloured painted dials to look like enamel, etc.)
So here we are, 20 years later and a former director of Klaus Kobec sells watches on Ideal World, with a very high RRP, at a massively reduced price that seems much more likely to be somewhere closer to a true value (though in my opinion still high when you can buy the same watch with a different name on it much cheaper via Ali Express).
Like you, I just can’t see how that makes the Kobec director a part of 4 generations of watchmakers.
Then I hear tales of how ‘their’ designers worked for ever on the dial. I hear garbled stories of British history that even mix up WW1 and WW2. I look at the strangely non-working complications their watches have - always a favourite with the cheaper end of the Chinese bulk watch suppliers (chrono buttons that actually adjust the date, tachometer dials that appear on non-chronographs etc etc) and it feels to me that ‘look’ matters much more to this company than quality or functionality. And if I was right about all of that, and look does matter more to the seller than quality or functionality, then you might well be advised by that seller to tell your friends this is a £900 watch, because a selly-telly salesperson said you should, and lying to friends is something they seem to be advising you to do.
And they wonder why we see them as shady salespeople? Sheesh!!
Sorry if I went on a bit, there!
When I was still travelling for work, there was a big hotel just off the A5 in Hinkley, that was used by salespeople and firms for conferences mainly. The hotel (I forget the name, but it always did well, so I bet it’s still there) had loads of display cases all down a long corridor, all stuffed full of Klaus Kobec and Zeitner watches (which, I think, were under the sane ownership). The sales model at that time (and this must be 20 years ago now) was exactly the same as IW are using now - quote a massive RRP, but also offer a permanent and quite ludicrous reduction. The goal in the hotel’s case was to try to convince the drunk salesperson that he (20 years ago, the salespeople were generally all men) could win brownie points by buying his partner (or his secretary) a watch as a peace offering (or a gift). The hotel got commission, just like (I assume) IW. Reductions were silly- usually from around £500 to around £99, or even to £49.
The watches themselves were fine - stock ETA quartz mechanisms - but they were very clearly £99 watches. The one thing they always did well was the presentation - wooden boxes, supplied cleaning cloths, lots of bling but no inherent value (crystals round the dial to look like precious stones, coloured painted dials to look like enamel, etc.)
So here we are, 20 years later and a former director of Klaus Kobec sells watches on Ideal World, with a very high RRP, at a massively reduced price that seems much more likely to be somewhere closer to a true value (though in my opinion still high when you can buy the same watch with a different name on it much cheaper via Ali Express).
Like you, I just can’t see how that makes the Kobec director a part of 4 generations of watchmakers.
Then I hear tales of how ‘their’ designers worked for ever on the dial. I hear garbled stories of British history that even mix up WW1 and WW2. I look at the strangely non-working complications their watches have - always a favourite with the cheaper end of the Chinese bulk watch suppliers (chrono buttons that actually adjust the date, tachometer dials that appear on non-chronographs etc etc) and it feels to me that ‘look’ matters much more to this company than quality or functionality. And if I was right about all of that, and look does matter more to the seller than quality or functionality, then you might well be advised by that seller to tell your friends this is a £900 watch, because a selly-telly salesperson said you should, and lying to friends is something they seem to be advising you to do.
And they wonder why we see them as shady salespeople? Sheesh!!
Sorry if I went on a bit, there!
Hope he took his Vostok watch, for everyone to congratulate him upon owningMike Mason is on honeymoon
In reality his watch is probably a gold Rolex, or a Patek-PhilippeOh no, people will be stopping him all the time asking where he bought his magnificent watch from!!
He'll be wearing his beloved Omega Seamaster.In reality his watch is probably a gold Rolex, or a Patek-Philippe
Oh no, people will be stopping him all the time asking where he bought his magnificent watch from!!
As well as his over inflated egoImagine, the Goddess on her honeymoon having to play second fiddle Mason's "Mr Grey" watch.
Well he's on now with Roamer and another story teller
Oh not much of a honeymoon thenWell he's on now with Roamer and another story teller
He said he buys all his watches from IW and yet his new wife works in a very nice jewellers.