Watch shopping in NYC 1/04/24

[Steele]

Today it’s 40 degrees and freezing so I was a frozen popsicle by the time I finished

My goal is to hit Every AP I can I have racked up 15 so far. Lots of them in Europe and I love to see and talk to the SAs in every house and experience the difference between them all. YES there are differences and YES there are locations Easier than others to get pieces.

I hit the AP house in the meat packing district yesterday and then the Boutique off 5th today

I made an appointment through my Nomad
First off the mini museum at the AP house was unexpected and a great experience
Next the house was smaller than expected but a very nice man cave feel with a very comfortable feeling and I never felt rushed by the SA and had a great experience talking watches and the wifey tried on a rose gold 34mm piece
(The wifey likes bling so it was not her style lol, the more ice the better)
The House had about 20 pieces lots of mid sized pieces on display that was a lot more than I expected to see honestly and they asked if we wanted to try any pieces on.
The service was great the mood was relaxed and friendly other customers came and went while we where there and I didn’t see any pieces actually getting sold

57th I think that’s the street it’s on the Boutique, I was a walk-in and no problem to get in. the staff was great they had about 12-16 watches on display again a good amount of them are mid sizes 37-38s I tried on a 38mm it’s like a Daytona 😂 IMHO. I hung out and tried on the Green Dial chrono RO SS it was much darker than the pictures online look it’s almost black.
Again me and the SA shot the shit for a while super nice guy. I told them I just like to visit the Stores all over the world and they still didn’t rush me or anything we had some good watch talk about what’s coming (they didn’t really know) and I did ask them about Barcelona and Madrid store. I know they are remodeling the Barcelona store to have more events there was what I was told in Barcelona
The service was great they asked me to try on a few watches super friendly and chill.


Overall I was happy to see so many pieces in the store to try on and I checked two APs off the list

[Armis]

Nice report, and impressive effort

[1William]

Nice. Thanks for sharing.

[LUDA]

I don't think they need to remodel the Barcelona store to have more events, I've been there and has lots of space and an awesome terrace, they can easily do events.

The issue seems a "remodel" of the SA in Madrid and Barcelona.