Crown & CaliberReviews of crownandcaliber.com

I bought a Breitling Colt Chronograph in November. By February it quit working. I thought no problem because they offer a warranty.......wrong. The said they couldn't fix it and it would have to go back to Breitling at my expense of course. Then they blamed me for the watch not working and refused to work with me at all.

Sent my Sea Dweller in and it wasn’t authenticated, upon return of the watch the front glass is completely missing. I haven’t been able to reach them as they are closed. I’m expecting they will have no idea as to where the glass is at now. Absolutely rediculous a high end watch company can’t manage to send back my watch in one piece.

I sold a watch to this company back inNovember 2021. They extended me a reasonable offer for the watch and I accepted. Iopted the express payment for a small fee. The check never arrived. I called in and customer service was polite and attentive. They noted that the check was sent through regular mail and it would be put to 10 business days to arrive. Ok. No problem. 10 days went by and no check. I gave it a couple of more days and still no check. I called back to track the payment and they issued a stop payment to the supposed check that was mailed and overnighted me second check. The firs check never arrived. I deposited the overnighted check through my bank app. The next day I received a notification from my bank stating that my account was. Under investigation an all my funds were frozen and my account was closed . I went to the bank to find out what was going on.To my surprise the bank said that the check I deposited was flagged as fraudulent. This is when the ordeal began. I finally got a hold of a supervisor named Elysse. Her poor demeanor and lack of customer service skills is astonishing. Throughout my conversations with her she made me feel like I was trying to pull a scam. I asked for a manager and I was connected with Timothy Carson, Director of Client Services. He is the one who responds to reviews. He assured that it was all going to be taken care of and put mein contact with Chantel Boddie, their comptroller. I would like to praise Chantel for doing everything she could in a courteous way and being extremely patient with me in moments of frustration. As nothing could had be done on her part I called Timothy Carson again to express my frustration and see how we could keep digging into the issue. At one point I left him a voicemail stating that if I see no resolution I was going to take this issue to court. In another conversation, this fool remarked on how $1,700 could be a big amount of money for some people. Which I replied to him that that amount does not make me any richer or poorer and that I wanted what is rightfully mine. It doesn't matter if is $5 or $1000 dollars. What a nerve he has. Absolutely prejudiced. I was referred to Tricia DelliPizzi, SeniorVice President of Business Operations. In her opening email she stated that she handled all legal matters. I thought great, finally a capable person. I provided her with all the documentation that the bank gave me to proof that the check never was cashed but this was not enough. I still was treated like if I was trying to pull a scam. I contacted the bank as their check and my account was in the same bank. The bank clearly told me that the issuer of the check needs to call the bank and verify the check number in order for the funds to be released. I relayed this information to aTricia and she was asking me to tell the bank to email her and set up a call. Who am | her assistant?? Many emails and back and forth and they have done nothing as of today, January 10 2022. It seems that this company does hands out big job titles to bozos with absolutely no people or customer service skills. They are shady and expect you to do all the work on figuring out what happened to a fraudulent check they issued. I finally got paid almost three months after accepting my offer.

I recently purchased a watch from Crown and Calibre as I had heard good things about them. My experience with the overall purchase was appalling considering their statement "While no company is perfect, we strive for excellence at all points of the watch buying and selling partnership". Aside from the purchase confirmation, I received no other communication for my purchase. No tracking number, no shipping status. They left me in the dark until FedEx contacted me that a delivery was expected. For a company that runs a YouTube channel educating people on watches their customer service team is suprisingly ignorant. I contacted them regarding a bracelet resizing for my purchase and they had no idea what I was talking about. I had to explain that the bracelet was probably too big and if they could actually size the bracelet down for me. Then as I had experienced with their customer service so far, they left me on read and never resolved my query. Upon receipt of my watch, they attached this red label on it where removing it would void the free return grace period. This is fine and all but removing the label results in the sticky residue to remain in my expensive watch. Are you kidding me? Have they no regard for what they sell that each purchase results in this sticky crap to ruin the watch. I had to go out of my way to purchase a removing agent just to clean my watch. My second day of wearing my watch I experienced one of the pin screws unscrewing. Keeping in mind this watch was maybe 1-2 years old at tops, this is a significant lack of attention to detail the C&C staff have on their end. My guess is that they bought the watch off the first user, just rescrewed in the links which were taken out without reapplying Loctite and that was that. Imagine what would of happened if the screw unscrewed all the way and my watch fell to the ground on my second day of ownership. A purchase with a "renowned" dealer like C&C should not be leaving me feeling insecure but here I am now afraid to wear my watch in case it disassembles itself. I now have to go out of my way to return to the Rolex Boutique (again, since I had to go the first time to size the bracelet) to be able to wear my watch with confidence. What kind of a show are you running? The buying experience felt like I was doing you a favour getting rid of stock instead of an actual purchasing experience. I'll only ever browse your site to price match for Watchfinder.

Notice the last 2 reviews on the BBB now detail Crown and Caliber's ("C&C") growing problem with False Advertisements. In fact, most of the reviews here outline very questionable business practices by this company. While an "error" or two may be an honest mistake, the large quantum of similar "errors" combined with the company's responses which seek to minimize their misdeeds, suggests an element of scienter in their approach to doing business. Don't brush off the 3/5star rating when considering whether to do business with this company. C&C understand the value of a watch depends heavily on it being part of a complete package including box and papers. The company advertised the watch I purchased as being a complete package that included the original watch and papers. The company then shipped the watch without the box and papers as advertised. When confronted, C&C admitted to the false nature of the advertisement and the lack of "box and manuals as advertised." Instead of offering a discount that would reflect the appropriate value of the watch according to well-documented industry standards, the company resorted to lies about the number of times they have been caught in similar false advertising situations. The company not only has shown no remorse for their false advertising but at every turn has actively attempted to minimize the magnitude of the moral failings.

I sold my watch to this store. First time they said my watch $3000, after over 2 weeks inspection they give me many reasons to get down the price. I lost 1 month to sell my watch and get a check. I never recommend you guys sell watch this store. So suck, so long time.