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Re: Gray market Omega triple date
In Response To: Re: Gray market Omega triple date ()

: If the watch is pre-owned, it doesn't qualify
: as a grey market purchase, correct? I think
: grey market only applies to buying a new
: watch from a non-authorized Omega dealer.

Buying pre-owned is buying pre-owned, but you can buy a "pre-owned gray market watch". A gray market watch is any watch that wasn't purchased from an authorized dealer and doesn't come with the dealer stamped warranty card. That watch can change owners 20 times, but it will still be a "gray market watch". A watch with its serial number removed is the worst type of gray market watch to buy, since Omega can't verify its production date. Serial number removal is done to prevent Omega from being able to track the watch back to the original authorized dealer who sold the watch to the gray market dealer.

As a general rule, watches with no serial numbers don't hold their values as well as those with serial numbers.

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