Most legitimate retail landlords would not allow an operator to sell unlicensed merchandise. Can't imagine Breitling is letting just anyone open a store with their name. Would be highly risky for both parties.

 

What were the prices like? When I search on “Breitling Outlet” a number of different locations pop up, and they do show up in a the official Breitling store locator.

If there are good discounts to be had that would be awesome!

 

Used to be a Tag outlet in that mall too.

 

It is strange to me that Breitling would need to have an outlet store.

 

2 reasons come to mind:
They dumped a lot of stock in the grey market when they were PE acquired.
They have a lot of outdated watches.

 

A lot of outlets sell factory seconds. That's perfectly okay if you're shopping for tube socks. Less so if the "slightly irregular" item is a watch.

 

Quite a few luxury brands have stores in outlet malls. Heck, there are such things as 'Premium Outlets' where the entire outlet mall is luxury shops.

 

Clothing is seasonal. Prada has to dump all their Chinese made crap that they cant sell. High-end watches are jewelry...they don't have to be dumped at the end of the season. It lowers value of the brand...grated this isn't Cartier or Rolex but it is still a premium brand.

2 reasons come to mind:
They dumped a lot of stock in the grey market when they were PE acquired.
They have a lot of outdated watches.

I didn't realize that they sold. I would be curious to see what exactly is on offer at a Breitling outlet. I still wear my SuperOcean from the early 2000s. It isn't out of date to me...but maybe if I had one of their Bentley watches I would feel differently.

 

I tried a few watches there a few weeks ago, that’s what got me to end up getting a Superocean but I got it grey market. The prices were a little less than retail. Cabazon is a “luxury outlet” for whatever that means.

 

There is a Breitling outlet here in S.Florida as well. They typically have discontinued models for sale along with some less common color combos of current models (read less desirable color ways).

They sometimes also carry discontinued LEs.

They do discount, unlike a Breitling boutique.

They do operate under some different rules, however. You can’t exchange something you purchased at a boutique at an outlet store.

Hope this helps.

 

I checked the official Breitling webpage and the store at the Cabazon Outlet Mall in Cabazon California is not listed there. This finding makes me assume that they store is selling gray market watches.

 

This one?

 

How did you find the Cabazon Outlet? I went to the "Stores" selection on the Breitling webpage and it would not find the Desert Hills Premium Outlets Store.

 

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Anyone know where the Omega outlet is?

 

We got 2 in Honolulu....er well, boutiques...

 

I was at this outlet store about 6 months ago. They had a few older generation super oceans but none of the current generation. They had some nice models of other lines but mainly the sizes and versions of models that sell less. The prices were not that amazing maybe 20% off. I also went into the tag outlet. They had more of the most recent releases but at about 15-20% off.

 

I am not surprised.

Clothing companies understood many years ago that what were originally factory outlets (smaller agglomerator companies buying unsold / last year's / slight defect goods at a severe discount and putting a small markup on them to shift them in their own stores located in less desirable areas of cities) was becoming popular with consumers as they could get a luxury branded item for 1/3rd the "boutique" cost, so what if it had a slight blemish ?

So, at least in Europe, large groups of clothing / luxury goods companies opened their own "factory outlets". What they are, in reality, are just retail stores (some offer an actual "deal" on goods, others offer no discount in reality). In the minds of people, they still think they are getting a deal, because it is a "factory outlet". It seems even watch company such as Breitling has gotten in on this practice now as well.

Here are a few of these places in Europe:

Homepage

Vicolungo The Style Outlets, where shopping, entertainment and relaxation combine to satisfy all your desires. The place where quality, style and value for money meet, with 150 prestige brand stores: men’s, women’s and children’s clothing, sportswear, accessories and cosmetics with 30% to 70%...

vicolungo.thestyleoutlets.it

FoxTown Outlet a Mendrisio | Outlet con oltre 160 negozi a soli 50 Km da Milano

Il tempio dell'eleganza e del lusso con 160 negozi a prezzi scontati dal 30 al 70% tutto l'anno, si trova a Mendrisio, a soli 50 Km da Milano.

www.foxtown.com

Designer Outlet near Munich | Ingolstadt Village

Enjoy luxury open-air shopping with more than 110 boutiques from designer brands at Ingolstadt Village, just off the A9 motorway.

www.tbvsc.com

 

"Breitling" and "Outlet Mall" just don't seem like two words that would go together.........?

 

I was at a Breitling outlet a few years ago at the Woodbury Common Premium Outlet.

It basically had all of the ugly watches that I wouldnt personally want lol.
Had a few nice womens models though.
Basically things that didnt sell well and were discontinued at that point.

 

It is really interesting that by using google and googling "Breitling Cabazon Outlet", it will bring up the page of the Breitling.com website that shows the Breitling Cabazon Outlet. Bottom line is that the google search engine can find it on the Breitling webpage.

Now it gets really strange...

If I go the Breitling.com in my web browser, and search for "stores" on the webpage, it does not find the Cabazon Outlet. Can anyone explain this? It is like it is hidden on the Breitling webpage.

Thoughts?

 

Have you seen the size of this mall/small town... no real lepers for neighbours that's for sure.