10 Reasons to Choose a Brand Name Wrist Watch

There are many reasons why you should avoid the department store versions of the wrist watch. Today we are going to cover 10 of them.

1. Quality: One of the most obvious differences between a departments store wrist watch, and one purchased at an official dealer is quality. Cheaper wrist watches are often assembled in pieces, where the movement, the band, and the other parts are all bought from the cheapest bidder. This leads to a much lower quality wrist watch. Some of them are so poor that they don't even keep time correctly.

2. Style: When it comes to brand name watches you will find styles that fit today. We carry some stylish watches from some of the best designers and watch manufacturers out there. To the department store wrist watch: well nothing says stylish like cheap plastic!

3. Warranty: Brand name watches come with a manufacturer’s warranty. Purchasing a quality wrist watch means you can get it fixed if something goes wrong.

4. Service: When you purchase your new wrist watch from a brand name dealer (such as Watch Shop UK), you can rest assured that we stand behind what we sell. You'll have us there to help when you need it. With some of the more modern watches, many people do have questions. Try getting an answer on how to set your watch from if you bought yours from a department store.

5. Image: This is actually a big one. What does your wrist watch say about you? You've invested in a new suit for you job interview. Your pumped and ready to go! What will your prospective boss think, though, when he sees that you couldn't match it with a decent watch? To many people it would be like showing up in a suit with your old running shoes on. It doesn't project much of an image at all. A quality wrist watch does project a better image!

6. Experience: Many of the watches that we sell are manufactured by watch makers who have been around for a while. This experience not only ensures that you get a better quality watch, but also that your dealing with a company who is experienced at making wrist watches. Some of the Swiss manufactured watches we sell, are made by companies that have been building wrist watches since their inception.

7. Materials: This one is another big reason to buy a brand name wrist watch. Companies who take watches seriously use quality materials. Things like real quartz movements, crystal face, and real leather bands may seem like little things, but they affect the overall quality to a large degree.

8. Allergies: If you have an allergy to nickel or are prone to sweat rashes, you'll want to avoid wearing cheap watches. Even when they advertise them as stainless steel, they use such low quality materials that the nickel content is still high. Most of the watches we sell are manufactured to be hypo-allergenic.

9. Name: This may not seem like a big one, but let's try it for a moment. Names like Royal London, Rotary, Calvin Klein, and most of the other brands we carry – mean something when someone asks you what type of watch your wearing. For the department store wrist watch – the answer would be “I don't know”.

10. Purpose: Here is another one that it important. What if you need a watch with a purpose? Will the department store diving watch suffice? Hardly! With their poor quality it's likely to break while you’re down 100 meters, and then you'll end up with bends because you couldn't monitor your depth. Save yourself the trouble and buy a real watch!