DHL Delivery Driver Called Me Out

My UPS guy has gotten so used to asking me to sign for packages that he said he doesn’t need to ask me for ID anymore. 😬

Be careful, he might be casing your house 🤣

I’m not worried about him haha he seems like a really nice guy

All my watches gave no indication that there is a watch in the parcel. The return address never says XXXX Watch company. I wonder how he knew what as inside.

Customs description

It turns out my mailman is a watch guy. He asked me about it after a few deliveries and now we chat about watches often.

Nice watch 👍

We get so much delivered that we'll wave an acknowledgment if he's driving by me walking the dogs. They deliver so many parcels in the day I doubt there's time to try and figure out what's in each package.

The stories that come out of US delivery are just not something we're used to in UK. I can't remember the last package that went astray.

What's the verdict, I was think of getting one..

This is my second bronze Seagull 1963, it’s a great watch

I can't relate to this, firstly, because I've never ordered a watch online that came via a courier (I did order my Seiko 5 from Amazon, but that was delivered to my cousin and he brought it back from America to save money on duties) but mostly because whenever there is a delivery man, I almost always happen to be in my bathrobe with messed up hair, at which point I usually affect a Chinese accent when I leave the house to confuse them further. It's even funnier because most of the parcels I get are for my mother.

So the poor delivery driver has to see a barely-clothed man with a Chinese accent sign the wrong name on his paperwork. It's just a way of getting inside of people's heads.

It's a sickness of which we have yet to find a cure 😄

I was like “damn you too? Who are you, my wife?”

How does he know it’s a watch?

I posted a comment earlier but the customs declaration says what it is right on the package. I was taken aback because I wondered the same thing lol

I’ve been there. If we are confessing, my lowest moment was driving around my neighborhood and tracking down the USPS lady! I gave a her a story that I was heading out of town for work and needed that package. She definitely gave me some strange looks. I couldn’t even wait 30 minutes for the mail to arrive. The watch was a a Seiko Spork.

Oh wow! I wouldn’t want what I purchased advertised on the packaging. That leads to theft by the delivery people. But you have no control. I have a watch in route from Japan. I hope they don’t write “watch“ on the box. Scary thought.

I love it! Sounds familiar.

I get a lot of deliveries as well, I have no idea what my delivery guy thinks....lol

99.9% of them do a fine job.

If it is going through customs it will have a declaration note in most cases saying what is inside. It might not specifically say "watch" but they usually have to say something.

I'll find out shortly!

Ordered a watch and received an empty wat h box. Not a great day!

Customs is different. I have a watch coming from Japan next week. But it’s all good. The postal guy just doesn’t need to know your business.

Hahaha. Same with me. I even saved the number for the DHL and several local courier services guys so I'm not surprised at who's calling me.

They know me by sight now and we wave or honk at each other when we crossed paths.

While it looks good, I am sorry to say it’s a fake version of Seagull 1963. You deserve an authentic 1963 here https://seagullwatches.com/pages/seagull1963

Yeah, I'm aware of the distinction, but I still like this one just fine 😎

I wouldn't call it a fake, more like a licensed, improved alternative by Red-Star. There are definitely fakes out there though. This is using a genuine ST1901 movement by Sea-Gull still. https://seagull1963.com/product/seagull-1963-bronze-38mm-lume-edition-sapphire/

I should clarify that by "fake", I meant counterfeit copies that illegally replicate the design while using cheap, subpar materials and selling at a lower price. These hurt Seagull's brand image. As long as users don't misrepresent these pieces as official Seagull releases, no deception occurs. Thank you for explaining this market segmentation - it provides helpful perspective.

I don’t believe this falls into the category of counterfeit as they have actually changed the design slightly. They do use premium materials as well. It’s a $500 watch. I know the history of this watch is muddy but as far as I know this is not considered counterfeit in any way. The company is headquartered in Belgium

To clarify my other comment. It is my understanding that both the Seagull and Sea-Gull are homages to the original and Red Star started producing re-issue homage watches of the original 1963 which prompted Sea-Gull to re-issue their own version. Sea-gull is considered more authentic because they were involved with the production of the original movement after buying the equipment from Venus. To this day, Sea-Gull produces the movements for both seagull and Sea-Gull 1963 models as well as many other microbrands that use the movement