Thanks to my buying a Fossil watch that didn't quite fit, I called the Fossil store closest to…read morewhere I live (Camarillo) to ask about adding a link or two. They told me there's an onsite watch technician at this Camarillo outlet, so I went there to have the links added.
Lo and behold, I walked into this amazing store, actually TWO stores, filled with a plethora of watches. One store is all things Fossil, so that includes much more than watches, too, like handbags, wallets, other jewelry. Honestly, I didn't even pay attention to much else because I was focused on getting the watch links added.
However, one of the female salespersons walked over to me and noticed the watch I had. She immediately and correctly identified it by the specific name that Fossil had assigned it ("Raquel"), and she and I began discussing it. One thing led to another, and she mentioned how it looked just a Michele watch. We then embarked on a Michele discussion because I LOVE those watches... just can't afford them. Then she said it... they OFTEN have sales on Michele watches... BIG sales. Like 60% off. Sometimes more. WHAAAAAAAT ???? Then she dragged me into another store, which anyone could get to from inside of Fossil..... called Watch Station International. In there is every OTHER watch known to mankind..... well, no, that's not true, but many brands are certainly there, and MICHELE happens to be ONE of them. OMG, be still my heart.
Great salesperson as this woman was, she walked me over to the Michele watches, and to be honest, I had never seen them in person before today. All my viewings were online, and I was in love with just the style of them. I figured, who needs real diamonds. So many of the watches have Swarovski crystals or other beautiful rhinestones, so who needs to pay for real diamonds? Welllllll, now that I've seen these watches in person, I won't say that any longer. They were even more gorgeous than I had envisioned... and yes, the diamonds make them worth every penny. And to think, for whatever their reason is, this store will discount them to unbelievably low prices. Wowwwwww !!!! And NO, I did not buy a Michele watch today. However, as the saying goes, never say never.