I worked at
Tourneau in San Francisco shortly after they opened in 2002. I got to meet a lot of the "big swinging dicks" of the Tourneau backroom as they often came to San Francisco to help nudge our little fledgling store into existence. I was blessed twice - I had someone who saw something in me - Javier Perrigo.
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And a second time with a group of extremely knowledgeable sales reps who came in to give info. The
Baume & Mercier rep was perhaps the nicest, most knowledgeable and patient reps I have ever met. And the
Rolex rep coined the phrase that still in many ways rings true: In response to the question - What is the one thing that Rolex does so well? "It's not the one thing we do so well, we do EVERYTHING so well!" They were all fine exemplars of their brands.