Well after doing some lengthy research regarding Balmer, Wohler, Louis Richard and Duboule Jarrow Watches I have come to some greater understanding regarding their origination. I placed a bid through Air Force UBid site through AAFES. After receiving the watch I had a watchmaker examine it and found it to be "Made in
Always At Market
Service Department
After carefully tracing the IP addresses for each supposed manufacture, I found a company "CrystalTech Web Hosting"
1125
+1-602-263-0300
OrgName: CrystalTech Web Hosting Inc.
OrgID: CRTW
Address:
City:
StateProv: AZ
PostalCode: 85027
Country: US
NetRange: 216.119.64.0 - 216.119.127.255
CIDR: 216.119.64.0/18
OriginAS: AS14992
NetName: CRYSTALTECH-BLK-1
NetHandle: NET-216-119-64-0-1
Parent: NET-216-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Allocation
NameServer: NS1.WEBCONTROLCENTER.COM
NameServer: NS2.WEBCONTROLCENTER.COM
Comment: ADDRESSES WITHIN THIS BLOCK ARE NON-PORTABLE
RegDate: 2001-04-27
Updated: 2010-01-25
RAbuseHandle: ABUSE842-ARIN
RAbuseName: Abuse
RAbusePhone: +1-602-263-0300
RAbuseEmail: [email protected]
RTechHandle: NOC11316-ARIN
RTechName:
RTechPhone: +1-602-263-0300
RTechEmail: [email protected]
OrgAbuseHandle: ABUSE842-ARIN
OrgAbuseName: Abuse
OrgAbusePhone: +1-602-263-0300
OrgAbuseEmail: [email protected]
OrgNOCHandle: NOC11316-ARIN
OrgNOCName:
OrgNOCPhone: +1-602-263-0300
OrgNOCEmail: [email protected]
OrgTechHandle: NOC11316-ARIN
OrgTechName:
OrgTechPhone: +1-602-263-0300
OrgTechEmail: [email protected]
Domain name: balmerwatches.com
Registrant Contact:
Balmer Watch Company
P Essig ([email protected])
Fax:
Administrative Contact:
Balmer Watch Company
P Essig ([email protected])
972-242-4045
Fax:
Technical Contact:
Balmer Watch Company
P Essig ([email protected])
9722424045
Fax:
Status: Locked
Name Servers:
ns1.webcontrolcenter.com
ns2.webcontrolcenter.com
Creation date: 09 Oct 2003 13:26:30
Expiration date: 09 Oct 2010 13:26:00
CrystalTech Web Hosting is the web host for all mentioned websites along with Always at Market;
www.balmerwatches.com
www.duboule.com
www.louisrichardwatches.com
www.wohlerwatches.com
This is quite ironic considering their website advertisement. On each site they give elaborate histories and elude to their location of origin but at Balmer they specifically show a map of manufacture origin, which is in
Don't be fooled by their unfounded claims and pricing. What you are buying is a Made in
Black - 125 pieces
Silver - 100 pieces
Blue - 125 pieces
Brown - 125 pieces
Green - 125 pieces
I've personally counted far more than the 125 pieces from the many dealer and auction sites spread across the internet. They are falsely advertising their location of origin, numbers of limited additions and misleading potential buyers with claims of comparison costs and worth. You'd be lucky to get less than %5 of the suggested retail cost and many time much less. So buyers beware (Caveat Emptor.) Us the old adage "If it looks to good to be true, then it usually is. As of this writing, The most interesting fact is after doing further research I found out all four companies are registered to;
Always at Market
CEO/President
John House
Ex 333
Vice President of Operations
Frank H. Rusch, Jr.
Ex 313
CFO/Treasurer
John B. Walker, Jr.
Ex 257
Vice President of Merchandising
Susan Reding
Ex 229
Vice President of Sales
Paul Gardner
Ex 227
Customer Service (Toll Free)
1-800-322-7315
Send mail-in repairs to:
Headquarters
Always at Market
Attn: Repair Department
Phone: 972-242-4045
Fax: 972-242-7630
AAM Current Auction Partners Include:
Quixtar.com
PropertyRoom.com
CompUSA.com
ShopatHometv.com
Canoe.com
Canoe.ca
UBid
Shop NBC
PropertyRoom
This is how they distribute their Made in
Top of Form
Related Domains for BalmerWatches.com
You can view their BBB report at: http://www.bbb.org/dallas/business-reviews/internet-shopping/always-at-market-in-carrollton-tx-90033627
Pay special attention to the customer complaint history!
Youll also want to refer to; http://www.aboutus.org/BalmerWatches.com
Needless to say Im filing a deceptive and fraudulent advertising complaint against Always at Market with the FBI, FTC and the
I'll follow up as I find the manufacture in
Cheers
Mr. X
Nationwide,#2Author of original report
Thu, May 13, 2010
Well I may as well tell the rest of the story about watched that are being sold by Always At Market. www.sugwatches.com, www.duboule.com, www.jacotwatches.com, www.wohlerwatches.com, www.romillywatches.com, www.rousseauwatches.com, www.bernoulliwatches.com, www.louisbolle.com, are all registered brands under "Always At Market". They use the same web hosting company "CrystalTec Webhosting" which is employed to do the internet web site for the afore mentioned companies. If you will do a Google search on the TY-2714 movement you will see all the companies listed in the first three pages. The TY-2714 movement is Chinese made and can be bought for approximately $53.00 retail, reference; http://www.ofrei.com/page1119.html. It is not a robust Swiss Action and longevity is doubtful for more than 2-3 years of active service. What's interesting is, last week all of the listed web sites have a his troy section which provided elaborate histories eluding to the connection to famous Swiss and french watchmakers. In reality they aren't! Now each of the sites history sections comments with the exception of Balmer, have been removed and the section has been put under construction. Look for yourself. They obviously had a great deal to hide. They are still misleading the public with their outlandish claims of worth and comparison of pricing to other watches of much higher value and worth. They openly advertise the history of the Non-Magnetic Watch Company of America as part of the history around the development of the Balmer Watch when in fact this is a lie. I have provided the brief history of the Non-Magnetic Watch Company in a previous update. Their false and misleading claims are nothing but fabrications which are directly plagiarized from several web sites word for word. As of today a complaint has been filed with the FTC and FBI.
JRMSR53
Albuquerque,#3Author of original report
Tue, May 11, 2010
This just gets better and better as I inquire. I sent an email to both ETA the supposed supplier of the watch movement and the exporter Montres CHOISI SA and you guesses it, no record of an order from Balmer. I also asked if the they were made in Neuchatel, Switzerland and they stated, "No"! See the Attached Photo. I went to the other sites which belong to Always At Market and guess what? All of a sudden they have removed their elaborate histories and are under construction. This is after I made several complaints on other site about their false and misleading advertisements. Now this has happen in a matter of days since the posting complaints on other sites. Go see for yourself!
JRMSR53
Albuquerque,#4Author of original report
Tue, May 11, 2010
Well so far I found a supposed location of Montres Choisi SA, 19 flakenstr, 2500 Biel 4 who is the supposed importer. Funny thing is the building is totally vacany and available for rent. So this is a dead end! The other thing is there was this emportation document which was carefully packaged with the Balmer Watch which indicated the importer was Balmer Watches. Not the oversea exporter but the receiver with no destination address. Again this further solidifies that the watches were not made in Switzerland. I checked with ETA SA to inquire about there claim of swiss movements. They have not returned my email as of this date but did acknowledge the email and said they would review my request. Montres Choisi S.A. Falkenstrasse 18, 2502 Biel/Bienne does exsist but is not at the address listed on the exportation document. The building belongs to an Architect Firm named Mader and Partner. They say their new address is as of 2010 Choisi SA Kapellstrasse 26, Grenchen Switzerland but this building is up for rent by a realty company named Ebosa. I checked with them and the entire building is vacant. I did find ETA on 2010 Choisi SA Kapellstrasse 26, Grenchen Switzerland around the block. So it's possible that they may have exsisted but I'm able to confirm. I called the number listed and received no answer. I'm still trying to find out more information so stay tuned.