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Receiving your watch

When your watch arrives, four steps before anything else, about ten minutes in all. Your seven-day Secure Checkout window runs from the day it is delivered; the email that tells you it has arrived carries the exact date it closes.

  1. A courier handing a sealed parcel to a customer.

    Step 1

    Before you open it

    Before you open the box, photograph it from all sides, including the shipping label and any damage to the packaging.

    All sides of the sealed box and the shipping label. If the box looks damaged, photograph the damage before anything else and tell us the same day.

  2. A phone on a mount, recording a box being opened.

    Step 2

    Film the unboxing

    Film the unboxing in one continuous take, from the sealed box to the watch in your hands, showing the condition of the watch, its serial number, and everything received, including the papers and accessories.

    One continuous take on your phone. Show the dial, the case back with the serial number, the bracelet or strap, and every paper and accessory as it comes out. Do not pause or cut.

  3. A wristwatch resting dial-up on a soft cloth, seen up close.

    Step 3

    Inspect the watch

    Inspect the watch closely and compare it with the listing. Wind it and set it to see that it runs. If you are satisfied with your inspection, you may begin wearing it.

    Dial, case, crystal, case back, bracelet or strap, and the papers, in good light. Handle it gently, over a soft surface.

  4. Hands folding kraft paper around a package over bubble wrap.

    Step 4

    Your seven days

    Your seven-day Secure Checkout window starts on the day your watch is delivered. If anything is not as described, write to returns@dialist.com before it closes, with your photos and video.

    Keep the box, papers and accessories together until then. If anything is not as described, write to returns@dialist.com within the window with your photos and video and we will take it from there. The exact closing date is in your delivery email.

Why the photos and video

The photos and video are for your protection. They are what lets us act quickly and fairly if anything is not right, and they are the record the Secure Checkout window relies on.

What happens next

If all is well

Enjoy it. Once the window closes, the sale completes on its own and there is nothing you need to do.

If something is not right

Email returns@dialist.com before the window closes, with your photos and video. Every return runs through Dialist, never the seller directly.

Questions

support@dialist.com, or the Contact page. We are glad to help.

The full terms are in the Secure Checkout & Return Policy, and how the protection works is on Buyer Protection. For anything else, contact us.

Dialist Marketplace Inc. This guide accompanies your delivery. It is informational and forms no part of any agreement; the Secure Checkout Policy governs.

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