rodwc Posted December 8, 2007 Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 I read recently that the watch markets at Guangzhou have declined in size or disapeared alltogether. Does anyone know what the situation is?, only I am going to be there in Feb. 08. I am assuming that the traders deal in the local currency and not $ or English pounds.? Will be on the look out mainly for the Swiss ETA watches. Any help or advice would be most welcome, as , apart from what is going to be an exiting trip, I would love to take advantage of the things which hopefully will be on offer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
towcat Posted December 8, 2007 Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 I read recently that the watch markets at Guangzhou have declined in size or disapeared alltogether. Does anyone know what the situation is?, only I am going to be there in Feb. 08. I am assuming that the traders deal in the local currency and not $ or English pounds.? Will be on the look out mainly for the Swiss ETA watches. Any help or advice would be most welcome, as , apart from what is going to be an exiting trip, I would love to take advantage of the things which hopefully will be on offer. If you're looking for gen ETA's, I wouldn't be doing it in China. But that's my opinion. I spend about six months out of the year in GZ and the outlying areas, HK and Macau also. I haven't found anything that comes close to the quality you can find in the forums but I've found many that will satisfy the curious. Deal in local curency, you are already a marked man for being a westerner, you don't want the locals giving you their form of an "exchange rate". Even though I am chinese, I don't look like a local due to a diet of cow's milk and beef over the years. This too puts me at a disadvantage when dealing with the locals. good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodwc Posted December 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 If you're looking for gen ETA's, I wouldn't be doing it in China. But that's my opinion. I spend about six months out of the year in GZ and the outlying areas, HK and Macau also. I haven't found anything that comes close to the quality you can find in the forums but I've found many that will satisfy the curious. Deal in local curency, you are already a marked man for being a westerner, you don't want the locals giving you their form of an "exchange rate". Even though I am chinese, I don't look like a local due to a diet of cow's milk and beef over the years. This too puts me at a disadvantage when dealing with the locals. good luck! My thanks for the candour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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