Retail seems to be down from last Christmas. Many stores I remember from last year are gone. Replacements seem sub-par vs what was there (e.g. Sony left, replaced by a Toys R Us outlet).
Big shakeup in watch stores. Many brands I'm used to seeing are gone, especially when two stores carried the same brands, now just one. Is it possible contracts came up in 2010 and weren't renewed?
Reis Nichols didn't lose anything, but I don't remember seeing Breitling, so maybe that. A remodel at Reis in the watch area means a lot less Rolex on display / less stock.
Hoffmeister lost Rolex, their main watch brand, so their displays were sad. They even covered wall displays with wrapping paper to look like presents to hide the empty shelves. I wonder what they'll do once the season is over.
Barrangton was about the same, shuffling a few brands in/out. Maybe a little less Tutuma, which never felt current.
Went to Moyers up in Carmel for the first time. They had Breitling, Tag, Bell & Ross, Victorinox, Carl Bucherer, and a few others. Stock levels very good. they had some rarer Tags- 2Silverstones, 2 Grand Carreras. The Breitling Super Ocean is BIG, and I liked the brown dial and LOVE mesh band (with removable links). The blue dial wasn't bad either. Used, they had a Deep Sea, a 2-tone Sub, and an IWC Chrono in yellow.
Midwest Jewelry had used Baum & Mercer Capeland S Chrono at $1200. The butterfly clasp wasn't working correctly- the buttons had to be pushed to close the clasp, as well as release it.
Aronstam lost Breitling and had no sport brand to replace it, so nothing for me.
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