The company’s founder Mr Shonie Herbath has had a life-long passion for vintage and collectable time pieces. He is considered one of the worlds’ pre-eminent authorities in Patek Philippe time pieces and has an extensive knowledge of other high grade brands such as: Vacheron & Constantin, Audemars Piguet , Rolex, Jaeger Le Coultre & Cartier. In mid 2008 after almost two decades the company moved from High Street Armadale to offices in South Yarra to better serve the changing nature of the business.
Now located in the heart of the Melbourne CBD at 83 Collins Street, our new high security premises provide a comfortable and discrete place for our discerning clients to trade and discuss their requirements. We also provide a valuation service.
Our principal Mr Herbath is a member of the N.A.W.C.C. No: 0127108 (National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors) and I.W.J.G. No: 2225. (International Watch and Jewellery Guild). Mr Herbath is also an eBay power seller: (shonie0) European Watch Gallery has grown from its’ roots in Melbourne to trading globally. Mr Herbath is Australia’s most prominent trader of high grade watches in Hong Kong (world’s largest market for Swiss watches) and South East Asia. Mr Herbath has traded some of the rarest and most important watches to come on to the world market for an array of clients including Hollywood celebrities and European nobility.
When purchasing from us you can deal in confidence with a service second to none. If we have not described an item accurately, we will return the purchase amount in full upon return of the item. We are totally dedicated to providing our clientele with the level of service one would expect from an establishment dealing in the finest brands in the world.