I'm pretty sure they're judgy until you start chatting and then maybe they change their mind if you're nice and a little bit knowledgeable about the watches you're looking at. :p
It's quite a long trip to go there, at least from Montreal, but I was lucky enough to go to play a show in a small town about an hour outside of Bordeaux. It was a real treat!!
Gladly! It's a place called Bijouterie Mornier in Bordeaux, France. They had a very nice selection of different brands, and even the super fancy clock that JLC make.
https://www.bijouterie-mornier.com/fr/aide/boutiques/maison-sainte-catherine
It's a nice memory! The guy was so nice even though he probably knew I wasn't going to buy anything 😅
One of my friends took a picture from outside the boutique, and you can see I was clearly not dressed to go into a fancy place to try on expensive watches! 😂
I tried an Omega Speedmaster in a nice boutique while I was on a trip, and only had my G-Shock DW-5600 with me so I didn't even think about it. While taking it off to try the Speedmaster, I mentionned it's really not as nice of a watch, and the guy said something like "G-Shocks are god tier watches!". He was really chill about it and even offered to let me try on the yellow gold Speedy with green dial afterwards!
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