simon

The best thing is that you can trust what they tell ... they are Swiss customs.

It's not that worse. I had confiscation problems too. As long as you are not a dealer it's for personal use and the lawyers wont do anything against you. But all the colleagues are right. You are tracked now. Maybe for now only with Fedex but in future also for all other delivery agents as they will soon cooperate. Let them send only by registered airmail from now on.

Hi alltogether I was not here for more than a year now and i am the proud owner of more than 30 copies and 3 originals. Is the www.watchsilix.com and www.silix-prime.com still the same dealer as before? What chanced regarding this dealer compared to one year ago? From time to time we have dealers disapearing and others working with the same or similar names as the names are branded already. Please do not make reference to the dealer sector as I know the situation very well. I really want to know about the concrete situation with silix. Cheers

You are registered. Believe me ... i know. I wont have any problems as long you buy only one watch after the other. The frist time customs has evidence that you are a dealer who sells as well you will be in trouble here in Swizterland. You can be sure about that.

Its me again. Polynomial. Here is ETA's link. There you find all the production plants in Switzerland. I am talking about high quality originals that are made 100% in Switzerland. Did you know that not only watches are replicated but also watch movements? http://www.eta.ch/

Polynomial I don't know how experienced you are. I am living in Switzerland and spent already more than 100'000 dollars in watches. Believe me. I know the local and international market the market of the originals and of the replicas. As we all know there are watches made 100% in Switzerland. Watches like Patek Philippe, Vacheron Constantin and even Rolex who certify every single as made in Switzerland. Not only this. The watch industry is that important here that we have several special intrest magazines about the topic here. I little bit like with the Swiss Banks. I am not talking about the cheaper ETA movement from Swatch company. Mr. Hayek produces some of the cheaper movements abroad but we are talking about the high end market here. Bud anyway .... I do not think that this is the topic here.....Our colleague wants to know how customs treat you if one of your watches is cought at customs and i told him to take care if he is cought for the first time as he will be registered.

I am also from Switzerland and a watch addict. I have imported many watches. As we are not part of EU you will always have problems with customs. It does not matter from which seller you buy. The problem is not in the exporting country but here at Swiss customs. If you have a problem once only you get a letter from customs that they are going to destroy your watch and you have to give your approval with a signature. Do that, its no problem. Please be aware that you are in their books from now on. If you import several watches and are cought many times they quote you as a dealer and you might have problems with the watch indurstry here. Please remember that we are in the country of all the originals and its a good right to protect the local industry. If you want to have further anwsers contact me directly.

There was a colleague in old RWG forum who found a place in Goungdong. It must be huge and he found everything we are talking about here. He described all his experiences in old RWG forum. You will certainly still find it there.

With reps it's the same thing as with other items. you want to be more than you are ... and that is the reason why people don't like them.

I always swim with my Rolex Submariner from Paul. Never had any problems. I have it for more than one year now.