Is It a Good Idea to Buy watches In Australia?

Hey People,
I am currently in Melbourne Australia. I love this fucking place. It’s a combination between the US, England, India and Spain and god knows what else. The only problem is that women are impossible to talk to and Wifi is a four letter word that is taboo and is impossible to get, unless your at Mcdonalds and when you leave you smell like a monkey’s balls. In any event, I am being treated like gold.I have hit all the hot spots for dinning, lounges and clubs. They are fantastic! Which leads me to the obvious, watch stores in Melbourne. Well, I didn’t have the pleasure of visiting my mate, the legendary Michael Tay’s watch establishment, The Hourglass, but I did visit another establishment located in the Crown Casino Hotel.

This store is known as LK Jewelery. I have never heard of it. The store is dark and small with that shop in shop concept that was popular like five years ago. Although the important brands are very much available like Patek Phillipe and Rolex. These are the brands that most people want when staying in international hotels, boring sods! They also have Chopard, Bulgari, Vertu and Puke Bucheron! The people working in this retail environment were reasonably nice like Ralph this super cool Asian guy and this super pissed off Asian women who I was too scared to ask her name. I was surprised that they had Vertu and not IWC or Panerai or any Richemont brand. I suppose Hourglass has that relationship locked down tight. I guess in a world where Richemont is cutting back and focusing on opening their own boutiques, it makes sense.

I was also shocked to see that the price on a Rolex green crystal Milgauss was $9,000 retail which is about $2,500 more expensive than America, which is a complete fuckin rip off, but they tax the shit out of everything and their costs are higher to import. It just makes you think. who the fuck is going to buy watches Down Under in Australia?, but then again if your from Australia, it’s not like it’s easy or economical to travel to another country on the fly, because it takes too much time and it’s expensive. This raises the question, Is it A good Idea to buy watches in Australia?