Shopping Report: The Watch Co Online Experience

What I discovered and what I feel about it.

For me whenever I look at shopping online several fundamental areas truly should be in place.

I actually have a dislike for unwieldy, sluggish to load, sites that simply make the whole process to be too drawn out.

Let's face it, we shop on-line for efficiency and convenience because of the crazy pace of life that we tackle in today's society. So anything that slows us down is really annoying, even more so if we are going to spend hard earned funds there as well.

So when I was asked to do a review of The Watch Co my initial thoughts were "ok let's see what you do!"

So let's get started.

Ok so I went over to The Watch Co

First impression... Excellent slick design. Loads quickly. Clean and clear layout

Love the shop by..brand,price,styles and lifestyle section. Real timesaver. Very easy.

One more thing I like to do when I'm reviewing a site is I want to see what they stand for.

Do they have a concept or is it purely about diversifying and "cashing in" on the online market.

Okay I am pleased to say that Watch Co do really care about what it is they have.

Excellent, another site to include in the list.

In my recent experience I find most online shopping sites and ...are no exception, do have a genuinely different ideology to customer service than virtually all traditional retailers.

Now this may be driven by the fact that the power is in the hands of the customer more than ever with the on-line shopping framework but I also think that in the latest medium of the net there is a consciousness that does identify with the customers, and that a higher level of service and paying attention to detail is required to hold the customers attention.

An on-line transaction is only ever a click off from losing the customer.

Well enough about the online shopping picture, how about the functionality.

I found the site to be very user friendly. Not perfect but what is? Unquestionably a smooth and simple browsing experience. Catalogue, selections, facts and sizing also excellent.

Shopping Cart process, really fast, smooth and secure.

Extremely positive feeling, as a visitor to the Watch Co website.

It's a great site actually. The left hand sidebar really directs well and let's you know everything they have at a glance. Like Skagen Wall Clocks! Now I know where to find them.

Another thing, I think that in dealings with all reputable websites now, the whole issue of credit card security is a non issue.

You can shop with trust.

I'm don't mean just give up your details anytime anyone asks but with this grade of online store and most online shopping sites, the danger of credit card scam is pretty much zip.

Then my thought on The Watch Co:

... is a fantabulous online shop.

User friendly

Fantastic variety of products.

Effortless to navigate, select etc.

Shopping Cart process excellent.

Overall rating 10/10

Maria De Rota is a Senior Online Marketing Analyst. Be sure you check the extensive online shopping information at theOnline Shopping Supa Mall at Crazy Sales Info. Avoid an unsatisfactory online shopping experience. Online Shopping Supa Mall at Crazy Sales Info

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This post was written by Maria DeRota on May 25, 2010

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Early Wrist Watches

As with many fashion trends in times gone by, the wrist watch was initially made hot by royalty -- especially Queen Elizabeth I who was given one in the second 1500s. The first widely worn watches were designed solely for girls and called wristlets.

Men of the late 19th century and early 20th century still kept track of time by employing a pocket watch frequently on a chain. They considered the wristlet a fashion trend that would, like any other trend, appear and disappear, and the watch would at this point never be considered by men as anything except a female bauble for ladies. The wrist-watch as a convenient way to keep time for men actually started as a wartime prerequisite. The English army in their battle with south africa in the boar War in the early 1900s strapped pocket watches to their wrist so they could hold their weapons at the same time.

The first wrist-watches for men were promoted to the regiment for men going into active service. Many of these influential men found the advantage of not fishing in a pocket for their watch necessary even after returning from the field. The flexible band pieces that attached to the open-faced watch made it easy to fix a leather strap, which kept the watch safely attached to the wrist.

Now wrist-watches were standard armed forces issue for the associated troops of World War I. In 1915, The Rolex Watch Company, formerly known as Wilsdorf & Davis, was set up. Rolex was recognized as a frontrunner in this research and received the first wrist-watch Chronometer award given out by the high-school of Horology in Bienne.

In the mid-1920s, following the war, men started to associate watches with the brave heroes who fought and no longer viewed them as for girls. Rolex grabbed on to this new image and continued through the 1950s to market watches in particular targeting their efforts to enticing men. Masculine-style watches were invented to be worn by men in sundry fields of work, and today are as commonly found in non-military environments as they're in the armed forces.

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