Status: Back in the US for a few hours
I will be getting on another plane bound for Taiwan in a few hours. I am looking forward to some good food and warm weather. I should be able to check e-mail and address any urgent issues early next week.
Basel was bigger and better than last year. There were new brands and a lot of new products in stark contrast to 2006. Rolex put out two new watches this year to some mixed reactions. The re-issue of the Milgauss was very cool and drew a lot of gawkers but the Yachtmaster II seemed to be decidely less popular. The Omegamania auction took center stage over the weekend and was quite an event. I would have grabbed a catalogue for the auction but it was the size of a phonebook! The watches overall seemed to be markedly bigger than last year…which hardly seems possible. Also I think one can expect a lot more watches derived from the Hublot Big Bang styling and the Bell & Ross BR-1.
Thanks to Jocke and Tony for their help and showing me how the other half lives. I am extremely jealous. As always Mike (Urtid.com) and Ernie Romers (www.watchseek.com) it was good to see you again!
Stingray: Pre-order Shipment E-mails
E-mails with your sales order’s attached were sent out on the 10th. The PDF copies of your sales order has the estimated ship date listed. The order status portal has been updated with most of the orders received but does not include accurate ship dates or payment status information.
I will check e-mail again around the 20th of this month. If you didn’t get your sales order please e-mail me at the “orderstatus” address and I will provide the sales order number and estimated shipment date via e-mail.
Status
The last of the watch orders due before my trip will ship tomorrow. I will begin answering e-mails and taking care of overdue paperwork tomrrow, including the scheduling of Stingray orders.
Status: Shipments
Customer watch orders due to have shipped before 3/31 are going out today. There is a problem with the USPS site so I can’t print the normal labels I use and as a result notifications aren’t going to go notify customers automatically about shipment. I will have to manually e-mail the delivery confirmation information later tonight once I return from the post office.
Basically all watch orders have been or are close to completion. At this time there is one Seiko and a few Blackwaters due to ship out later this week. The Blog has been updated with revised shipment information.