All the time we spend looking at watches online will never give us a clear indication of how a watch is going to look on our wrist, which is one of the most important factors in buying a watch. Several times I have nervously opened up a watch box to see the new watch I’ve never seen before, but just purchased. My hope is that the watch looks good on me, and is what I expected. Thankfully enough, I’ve never been disappointed. In fact, I am usually pleasantly surprised. Regardless, for many weary watch buyers, the personal look of a watch is of the utmost importance.

The most obvious solution to this dilemma is to go into a watch store and try the watch on. For most of us, this is not an option as we do not reside near a retail location selling the watches we want, nor is a retail location even available. Without this option we resort to the extremes of caveat emptor, and gamble on taste and style. However, this might be less of an issue with a clever sales tactic I recently learned of. Wanting to purchase a Botta Helios watch he had just seen pictures of online, a consumer was concerned that the 39mm size of the watch would not look good on his wrist as he was used to a smaller 32mm watch. In response to this concern, the Botta retailer used a picture the consumer sent to them of his wrist wearing the 32mm watch, and Photoshopped the Botta Helios watch right on his wrist. With this picture, the consumer was given a good idea of not only how the size of the new watch looked on his wrist, but also how the watch looked on his wrist overall. What a wonderful tactic used by the Botta retailer who, in this case was Rufus Lin Designs, based out of Vancouver, Canada.

Not only was this excellent customer service, but a indicator that online watch shopping can yield excellent results and information for the discerning watch enthusiast. The consumer bought the Botta Helios, and Rufus Lin Designs has another happy customer. The lesson to be learned here for the typical watch consumer is to ask for this type of treatment. If you are concerned about buying a watch online, ask the seller to edit an image of your wrist and place the watch you want on it. Send them a picture of your wrist with a watch, and tell them how large the watch you are wearing is. With minor ability, they will be able to perform this simple Photoshop work and show you what the watch will look like on your wrist.

Even if the retailer does not have this ability, anyone who uses photo editing software can most likely achieve the same results. Find the right image of the watch you want online (or have the seller give you one), and then put it on your own wrist. This tactic will work well when buying on eBay or from other private sellers when value is a large aspect of the sale. You don’t want to bother n eBay seller or someone on a forum, so it is best to do this yourself.

Now you have yet another reason to feel comfortable about buying that watch you have been looking at for some time. Further still, watch stores would be wise to learn how to perform this simple task to increase sales. They can even use the consumer’s wrist to Photoshop other watches to their hand that look good for other possible sales. Please share your experiences with this process by commenting to this posting.

See what Adobe Photoshop or other photo editing software is available on eBay here.