"WalMart?" No, not all. It was at an established ...
January 20, 09 08:50
vintage and second-hand store. They did/do lots of (international) fairs and have their shop for more than 20 years.
They call themselve "specialist store for collectores"

Interesting behaviour for such a shop ...
My decision: Forget about the watch and shop! (Lucky me that I made this experience before I bought something from them)
Regarding your "Porsche story", I did the same with a VW Golf years ago. I had an (so called) expert friend with me and got the same lesson as you
Thanks for your response
Oliver