There’s no shortage of conversations about tariffs impacting watch prices, though I hadn’t considered secondary markets until today.

When the warm weather hits, I like to stock up on a few inexpensive rubber straps in various colors for rough and/or casual use in the summer. My go-to merchant for these straps is Aliexpress, which I prefer over Amazon and Temu. Today though I’m noticing something interesting: several of the straps I’ve chosen say can’t be shipped to the US (where I live)…

Tariff trickledown: straps

The facts:
I have a Meraud Antigua, and I’ll start by saying I love this watch, it’s absolutely stunning. It was announced about a year ago, but shipped ~6 months ago in the fall. It has a 2-year warranty.

The situation:
A couple of months ago I noticed the chronograph function was behaving erratically so I emailed Meraud with a video of the problem. No response initially, but after a week I sent a follow-up email and got a response from Stijn, the owner of Meraud, saying he’d taken a few…

Meraud Watches – Buyer beware? Unsure what to do