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Watch Buying On The Las Vegas Strip


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I know this is a replica forum but many will eventually purchase a genuine since our appreciation of timepieces is on a higher level from rep. collecting. I just came back this week from a convention and had the pleasure of touring all the watch stores that I could find on the Las Vegas strip. Of course the 3 tiered-level Tourneau Store in Ceasar's Forum Shops was a must (with a great selection of pre-owned watches) but several stores in the Bellagio and the Venetian rounded out all the luxury brands Tourneau may have missed. I had researched a lot of pricing (Panerai never is given a discount) and spouting hororological knowledge didn't hurt in sizing me up as a customer. One store everytime would give me "their" price which ran very close to the lowest prices I could find on the internet or at the Diamond Mart in Los Angeles. That was HOROLOGIO in the Venetian, I was pleasantly surprised at their willingness to sell below their list, almost 27-30% off on pretty much everything I was interested in. Tourneau claimed they could discount the prices but it was only 10-15% in most cases. That gave me the incentive to purchase a watch from HOROLOGIO (an AD rather than an internet site). Just a tip if your into picking up a watch in Vegas. :victory:

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Ya everytime I go to vegas (which is about twice a year) I always go the shop in ceasers. Next time go all the way up to the top and they have the $150,000+ watches. The lady took one out and handed it to me and I promptly handed it back to her before I owned it due to droping it on the floor!!

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One store everytime would give me "their" price which ran very close to the lowest prices I could find on the internet or at the Diamond Mart in Los Angeles. That was HOROLOGIO in the Venetian, I was pleasantly surprised at their willingness to sell below their list, almost 27-30% off on pretty much everything I was interested in. <<snip>> That gave me the incentive to purchase a watch from HOROLOGIO (an AD rather than an internet site). Just a tip if your into picking up a watch in Vegas. :victory:

I don't remember if it was the same store (are they an Omega AD, Omni?) but I have a similar experience from my one and only visit to Vegas and a watch shop at The Venetian. I was eyeing up the SMPs and a salesman spotted my ubiquitous but now increasingly rare '99% perfect' rep. He said "I see you already have one!" to which I replied that I did and I was just checking their prices! Rather than throw me out ( :black_eye: ) he noticed immediately from my accent I was from the UK and said he could probably beat the prices I was used to seeing by at least 30%!!

I had little intention of buying, but the salesman's candidness and helpfulness was a refreshing change from the usual anals you find working in AD's.

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The store is in St. Mark's Square (The Main Piazza) in the Venetian Canal Shoppes, I don't remember or think they had Omegas. @r11co, yes, it is refreshing being offered good discounts by an AD.

Answer to what did I buy? Without getting into "Jetmid" status, it was a substantial purchase. I'll probably purchase there again next year, same time, same convention.

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The store is in St. Mark's Square (The Main Piazza) in the Venetian Canal Shoppes....

Sorry, but for all I enjoyed Vegas, as an Italian citizen I find describing the concrete and glassfibre warehouse with the artificial dampness on the floor tiles being decribed as 'St. Mark's square' rather comical. My impression of 'The Venetian' compared to the real Venice was like being in a Walt Disney cartoon version of reality.

Out of all the hotels in Vegas, the only one that didn't have me laughing out loud was The Bellagio as it didn't try to ape another part of the world.

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Sorry, but for all I enjoyed Vegas, as an Italian citizen I find describing the concrete and glassfibre warehouse with the artificial dampness on the floor tiles being decribed as 'St. Mark's square' rather comical. My impression of 'The Venetian' compared to the real Venice was like being in a Walt Disney cartoon version of reality.

Out of all the hotels in Vegas, the only one that didn't have me laughing out loud was The Bellagio as it didn't try to ape another part of the world.

:lol: You got that right, every mega resort hotel in Vegas is a cartoon of reality. Having stayed in suites in both Bellagio and Venetian, I'd say the latter was better just on personal preference. But having been to the real Bellagio on Lake Cuomo, I think good or bad, the Italian themes are the best. Think how I felt when I traveled 2000 miles from Maui and stayed at the Mandalay Bay with its artificial surf and beach pool!

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Answer to what did I buy? Without getting into "Jetmid" status, it was a substantial purchase.

Now everyone is just more curious. So let me rephrase the question; WHAT WATCH DID YOU BUY!!!!!

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r11co,

I was in Las Vegas a few years ago and stayed at the Venetian. Wow, this is really cool, I thot. I also saw a documentary shortly thereafter about how they painstakingly recreated so much of Venice. Real cool, I thot.

Then last year my wife and I spent a couple of weeks in Italy, and after visiting Venice I can honestly say that there absolutely NO comparison between the real Venice and the fake one. Not even close. There is so much life and vibrancy in the real Venice that is lacking in the plastic fakeness of Las Vegas.

Basically, Las Vegas is one big shopping mall and casino joint with "themes." Nothing more.

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Sorry, but for all I enjoyed Vegas, as an Italian citizen I find describing the concrete and glassfibre warehouse with the artificial dampness on the floor tiles being decribed as 'St. Mark's square' rather comical. My impression of 'The Venetian' compared to the real Venice was like being in a Walt Disney cartoon version of reality.

Out of all the hotels in Vegas, the only one that didn't have me laughing out loud was The Bellagio as it didn't try to ape another part of the world.

But when I went to Venice 2 yrs ago, rode on the gondola, it was pretty sad. Because the entire town was a ghost town. No one lives there anymore, buildings were dirty and in ruins, and its all run up by shops trying to lure tourists.

So I thought I'd be totally impressed by Venice, but I was left with a feeling of sadness and emptiness

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Basically, Las Vegas is one big shopping mall and casino joint with "themes." Nothing more.

Gosh, you think? Were you also disillusioned at discovering that Disneyland is not actually the "happiest place on earth" but a theme park, nothing more?

But seriously . . . c'mon, it's VEGAS baby. You go for the gambling, food, strip clubs and the fact that you can stumble around drunk 24 hours a day if you want. The fancy hotels exist to talk the wife/girlfriend into going to Vegas. If a person goes really expecting the Venetian to be like Venice or New York New York like New York or the Luxor to be like Egypt then you deserve to be disappointed.

On the other hand it is true that I have met people who have said in all seriousness "why go to New York or Venice when Vegas has it all?" and those people make me cry a little inside.

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