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Wow you get 30 days? Cousins wont even give 1 day. They force you to waive your consumer rights when you make an order by stating that it’s a b2b sale rather than b2c. i have vowed never to use them again on many occasions in the past but I still kept going back for one simple reason, their website and ordering process is extremely convenient and their shipping service very dependable. one time, they provided a damaged mainspring - clearly visibly damaged as seen through the packaging, complained, refused to replace, ordered another as were on a tight time frame - the next one cAme through in just as bad condition. Ended up ordering from gleaves and got the job done. Zero customer support from cousins. Still ordered from them again. you lost $5. How about $89 for an eta we ordered which was a non runner. Had to replace one of the 5 coils from one I had in stock to get it working. That was a foil packed movement. Zero help from cousins. 30 days? You are lucky to get that

Recent additions to my collection . Both are vintage Swiss made watches of brands I have been looking at for a while , and are good examples of the second hand sub dial version . First is the Doxa…. And next is a Beauty Avia ,…a really nice piece of eye-candy…. I hope you have enjoyed looking at these watches as much as I do….Aloha….

Some US stores have good prices but not only does it cost quite a bit to buy something from the EU, for example, due to taxes and shipping but also some require that you spend a minimum of 100$ or so... Just out of curiosity are there any other stores out there other than cousinsUK that people use ?

By the way - this is not old, I remember many years ago when cousins had a sales counter in Romford. I went in with a huge order. Had everything laid out on the counter ready to pay including a calypso water resistance testing machine. About a grands worth of invoice. Remembered I needed a part for a watch I had in my possession but I had neglected to write it down. I just needed to borrow a case knife to take the back off and get the calibers number of the movement - they adamantly refused to let me borrow their case knife which was not new and just right there. On that occasion they lost my business for more than 10 years!

Moved to watches & industry chat as that is the subject.

Unfortunately rigid is a key word in the watch part industry. I feel like most entities selling watch parts are rigid from my experience... A bit sad that they can't realize that by being an honest, genuine and decent person you'll basically make more money.

I had the blue demag I think it cost me around £15, it certinly wasn't made in bloody China. Be careful with Chinese stuff when it needs electric power, the power leads can be very poor and do catch alight.

That blue 39$ demag can be bought from china for 7-8$. I have it and it has worked fine for me. I'd strongly suggest you don't pay 40$ for something that costs less than 10$. It's the same thing just branded differently and sold for a lot more money.

Hi All I'm just learning this as a hobby. I see that Esslinger here in the US sells cleaning machines that range in price from $35 here https://www.esslinger.com/gemoro-sparkle-spa-ultrasonic-jewelry-cleaner-new-and-improved-model/ up to $700 here https://www.esslinger.com/cleaning-supplies-1/?sort=bestselling&page=3 There are also a number of demagnitizers here https://www.esslinger.com/demagnetizers-1/. My tweezers are already magnitized! What is recommended for someone who's just learning and plans (hopes) to fiddle with cheap vintages pieces from time to time? Thank you Charlie

Moving to "Tools & Equipment", since it's not a walk-through.