Tom Adelstein

by Tom Adelstein Famous Swiss watch companies seem content to remain oblivious to threats from which they cannot recover. While trying to increase profit margins by producing watches with lower labor costs, economies of scale and off-the-shelf parts, the prideful Swiss have nothing to protect them from competition other than their trademarks and denial of […]

by Tom Adelstein The H68421333 is a popular watch on eBay and one sold by a familiar cast of characters. Take a look at the Google Search of this watch. It’s not in Hamilton’s Catalog and appears to have been a limited edition sold in 2003. Something seems odd about this “new, authentic” watch. Hamilton

Tiffany Inc. v. eBay Inc., 600 F.3d 93, established that trademark owners have the burden of policing for counterfeit items when their products are sold in an online marketplace. United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. eBay and Amazon do not have to police their sellers. The trademark owners must do that through a program known as VeRO

by Tom Adelstein Occasionally, I run across a nice Hamilton watch with a broken balance staff, which makes it inoperable. I consider that a boon, since I have a chance to repair the movement sell it and sell the case. That may seem odd to others, but it makes sense to me. Parting out pre-1948

A Hamilton watch like the one below, sold on eBay for $103.50 with $8 shipping.  You can find the listing, here. Eight bidders, made 20 bids for a watch with no back, it’s regulator pegged to fast – probably a worn mainspring, uncertainty about the shape of the balance, a missing case screw and a