Lee's Watch Thread for MM'ers of Impeccable Taste

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Would it be possible to sticky some of the buying outlets on the first page of this thread? I've been looking to add a vintage seiko divers watch to my daily collection. I really like the
example you purchased for your bro, Lee. Exactly what I want except add a NATO band.

I don't know how to do that but I can list out a few here that might get hit by forum searches:

Lee's Favorite Online Sites to Buy Watches!

1.  New watches

• Jomashop - www.jomashop.com - This is a well-known and trusted "grey market" site that is legit despite the shady sounding name.  I have personally bought at least three watches from them and been very pleased with the products and their customer service.  They also run regular flash deals and lightning sales on rotating brands that give you silly discounts.  I honestly don't understand how they make money
  
• Bob's Watches / DavidSW / Crown and Caliber / Hodinkee etc. - There are a number of trusted high-end watch buying sites that you can comfortably do business with.  Those I just listed are great for Rolex and other high end stuff if you are looking to save money off retail (and probably sales tax too) by buying used
  
• Ebay - Ebay is actually a pretty decent go-to for really hard to find JDM-only watches.  You can get anything under the sun on Ebay but I don't know that I would trust to buy a brand new Rolex on the bay, just too risky
  
• Amazon - the giant among giants ain't a bad place to find good deals sometimes but they are not always the lowest price especially for sought after models
  

2.  Used watches

• Watchuseek Forums - http://forums.watchuseek.com/f29/  WUS is one of the biggest watch forums and I believe one of the biggest forums in the world.  They have a really well-connected global community of watch buyers and sellers and a good reputation tracking forum and actively work to ban scammers.  I have bought and sold a LOT on WUS and have been really impressed with how smooth the vast majority of my transactions have been.  Just like any other online buying forum make sure you ask lots of questions and research the buyer / seller, but this is one of the best outlets to locate that tough to find watch you're looking for (and find buyers for your watch)
  
  
• Reddit WatchExchange - https://www.reddit.com/r/Watchexchange/  All the young kids like reddit nowadays, I personally think it is trash.  The Watch Exchange subforum is okay, I've sold one watch on it but the platform tends to be filled with more tire-kickers than actual buyers
  
• Ebay - Ebay is still one of the best places to find used watches as well, especially vintage as there is a massive global community of vintage watch people buying, refurbishing and selling
  

3.  Accessories / Straps / Etc.

Metal Bracelets

• Miltat/Strapcode: https://www.strapcode.com/store/miltat-m-38.html
  
• Ebay
  
• For modern and vintage Seiko divers:  Uncle Seiko - http://www.uncleseiko.com/ (very high quality)
  
• Yobokies:  he uses a Photobucket as his web store, I'm not even going to try to link that trash but his quality is pretty good
  

Leather straps

• Hirsch
  
• Amazon
  
• Ebay
  
• Miltat / Strapcode
  

NATO / Cordura

• Crown & Buckle
  
• Clockwork Synergy (Amazon)
  
• Ebay
  
• Miltat / Strapcode