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#1,043 ·
I gave up the waiting room from the factory and now just shop for them used to reduce the downtime.

Even if I am not ready to buy, I can always find something I like and can track until I am ready to purchase, and can get it usually within a week or so.
 
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Nokie said:
I gave up the waiting room from the factory and now just shop for them used to reduce the downtime.

Even if I am not ready to buy, I can always find something I like and can track until I am ready to purchase, and can get it usually within a week or so.
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I wish this were the case with the Partitio. I tried tracking down one used and there seems to have been only two sold in the last year. The most recent one was about 2 months before I started looking. If I could have avoided the wait, I definitely would have.
 
#1,047 ·
Now waiting on a Flieger, after considering other brands I just could not resist the Stowa. The marine is also a lovely, simple watch... one at a time!
 
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DrLeeDetroit said:
Drat! I ordered a MO on 3 July, at which time the website was saying end of August for delivery. The very next day the website changed and said mid September, but I was holding out hope that I'd just made it...
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Don't forget that August isn't over and he order an Antea not the MO. I don't know precisely how Stowa production works to know how the process goes with different models and due dates.

One thing I can tell you though is to check your original email for your order. There is a column titled "delivery time" which tells you when you item is due to be finished. So that should let you know whether you made the cut off for August or not.
 
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calbear13 said:
So I have a "Waiting Lounge" success story.

I I ordered a Baumuster B in the middle of June, with an approximate wait time until mid-October. Ok I thought, it is a long time but I've wanted this style of watch for a good while and I think anything of a certain level of quality is worth a wait.

Fast forward to early this week and I received an email from Barbara saying that my watch was already available if I wanted to bump the time schedule up and pay for it now. Almost couldn't believe it. I think someone in this last batch must have canceled their order last minute?

In any case I paid for the watch, congratulated Barbara on the World Cup win, and my watch will be here Monday!!! It's awesome when little things like this turn up and surprise you.
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Same story here... I had paid in full at the time of ordering my Baumuster B in June and got a mid-October delivery date at the time... However I was pleasantly surprised this morning when I got the tracking number for my watch to be delivered on Monday!!
 
#1,056 ·
The model i am interested in says end of september 2014 delivery estimate. Does this mean if I ordered a while ago or if I order today? I don't want to wait 3-4 months from ordering today is all.

Thanks for help.
 
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cb23 said:
The model i am interested in says end of september 2014 delivery estimate. Does this mean if I ordered a while ago or if I order today? I don't want to wait 3-4 months from ordering today is all.

Thanks for help.
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I'm not 100% sure I understand the question, but it means if you order now. I seemed to time my order badly (delivery date changed from late Aug. to mid Sept. the day after I ordered), and it will have been 2 months plus 2 weeks for me when my watch arrives. I think a wait of 2-3 months is not at all uncommon, but I'm led to believe it's worth it!
 
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cb23 said:
The model i am interested in says end of september 2014 delivery estimate. Does this mean if I ordered a while ago or if I order today? I don't want to wait 3-4 months from ordering today is all.

Thanks for help.
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The shipping schedule on the website is from ordering now, it generaly doesnt change a lot when ordered. If you want a stowa you have to wait a little, but then you have a awesome watch.

I wear my flieger now for 4 months and I think its great; wears nice, low profile, the stock strap is great. Im tempted to order my second one, but still want a small seconds handwound with date which isnt offered by Stowa.....

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While the subject of shipping times is being discussed I have a question.

So if one has a delivery time of end of Sept, what does that mean exactly?

My understanding is that Stowa contacts you for payment and then about 10 days from payment your watch will be in the mail.

So I'm trying to figure out is the "end of Sept" when I should expect to physically have the watch or is that when Stowa will be contacting me for payment. I know it sounds trivial but my method of putting money away for the payment has been to toss a bit of cash into my PayPal account every pay check. However it takes around a week before the funds are available so if Stowa is going to ask for payment more towards mid Sept then I probably should just keep the last bit of payment in my bank account as the funds won't be available on PayPal in time to send payment.
 
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