WEBSITE TERMS OF USE
This website (hereinafter referred to as the “Site”) is edited and owned by KAURI WATCHES LLC (hereinafter referred to as “Kauri”), its head office is located at 21 Route de Nyon, 1196 Gland, Switzerland and is registered under the Swiss company number CHE-444.130.526.
The hosting services of our Site are provided by Infomaniak which is registered in Switzerland.
The Facebook, YouTube and Instagram webpages with content provided by KAURI are hosted by other companies; please refer to their respective host’s terms of use.
Access to the Site is free but its usage is subject to the terms and conditions of use hereafter (the “Terms of Use”). Therefore, usage of the Site constitutes a total agreement to these Terms of Use by the user and the user is committed to use the Site and the services it provides in full compliance with the Terms of Use.
Please read the Terms of Use carefully before using and browsing the Site. If you do not agree with the Terms of Use, the user must refrain from using the Site.
PRIVACY POLICY
The gathering of information by the Site, such as the type of information KAURI collects regarding the users of the Site and the ways which we can use said information, are regulated by the provisions of our Privacy Policy.
SALE OF KAURI WATCHES – TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE
Please refer to the General Conditions of Sale hereunder. KAURI reserves the right to modify all sale prices shown on the Site at any time and without prior notice.
SELLER IDENTIFICATION
KAURI WATCHES LLC
Head office: Gland
Address: Route de Nyon 21
UID: CHE-444.130.526
CH-ID: CH55011851676
Email address: s.gillioz@kauri-watches.ch
ORDER VIA THE WEBSITE
On the website, the customer selects via the order form the watch with the options they desire.
The KAURI company will then draw up an offer related to the customer’s request.
The order will take effect when the company has confirmed the availability of the chosen model and the payment has been deposited by the customer.
PRICE
The KAURI WATCHES company reserves the right to determine the prices of the different watch models. This price can vary in accordance with special promotions at certain periods of the year.
The prices that are indicated on the website do not include Swiss value-added taxes (VAT). Customers outside of Switzerland must take up the costs of potential duties and applicable taxes within their geographic area.
ONLINE ORDER
Order process:
When the product is chosen, the customer adds it to their cart.
The customer will then be redirected on the cart webpage where they will be able to delete or modify the articles that have been added.
They can then confirm their order and register their personal information as well as their bank details and then finalise their order.
Receipt and acceptance of the order:
If you wish to order watches or accessories, you can do it using the order process on our website.
The watches and accessories available on the website are exclusively intended to of age consumers.
The customer must fill out each field of the contact and details form for their order to be validated.
Following reception of the order, the seller will send an order confirmation email to the customer specifying the products that have been ordered and the billed amount.
This confirmation acts as acceptance of the customer’s order by the seller.
Refusal of an order by the seller if:
- The customer is located in a country that is not covered by their carrier.
- There is a dispute regarding the payment of a previous order.
- The customer’s bank details are incorrect.
- The shipping address provided by the customer is incomplete or does not exist.
- The indicated price included an apparent error.
- It does not conform to these general conditions of sale.
- Or for any other legitimate motive.
The KAURI Watches Company cannot under any circumstance be held accountable in case of stock shortage or unavailability of the Articles.
DELIVERY OF THE WATCH
Delivery of the articles is the responsibility of KAURI Watches.
Delivery of the articles will be carried out after the order’s amount is settled.
A direct retrieval of the order by a customer is also possible via appointment in a mutually agreed upon location.
Delivery deadlines:
Delivery deadlines are indicated in business days and can vary depending on the destination.
The KAURI Watches company is working with several carriers to guarantee a fast delivery.
Upon delivery, the Customer must check the packages as well as the goods in order to verify if they are damaged or not. If the goods are damaged, the customer must refuse the delivery.
RIGHT OF WITHDRAWAL
The articles must be sent back intact and complete in their original package cases in a 7 day time period following the date of purchase. (The postmark will be taken as proof of submission).
The KAURI company will then commit to refund the amounts paid by the customer.
The reimbursement of the order’s amount will take effect at the latest in a 30 day period following the day the seller is informed of the decision of withdrawal. The reimbursement can be postponed up until the product is recovered by the seller.
Articles that are returned incomplete, damaged or deteriorated (by the customer) will not be reimbursed.
For any return, please make contact through the contact form that is available on the contact tab of the website.
WARNING
For anyone who has a severe peanut allergy: the oil that is used to protect the wood can cause skin reactions as it is made from nuts.
USE OF THE SITE’S CONTENT and INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
The site’s content, its overall structure, its presentation, as well as its texts, photographs, still or animated images, logos, graphs and/or any other element that comprises it (together referred to as the “Content”), are protected by intellectual property rights of which KAURI is the owner or owns a licence agreement.
KAURI created its Site to promote its products and services for your personal use. Despite the efforts made to ensure that the images of KAURI products that are shown online are representative of the original products (colour, design, etc.), slight variations or differences may appear compared to the original products due to technical issues such as your browser or your computer settings for example. Therefore, we advise you to get in contact with KAURI before making a purchase.
The user can download a copy of the images or print other pieces of Content made available on the Site for personal use and private purposes only provided that the intellectual property notices, such as the copyrights© or trademarks™ are kept intact.
However, you are not authorized to use the Site’s Content for advertising or commercial purposes without being given written approval by KAURI beforehand. Users who wish to reuse or replicate part of the Site’s Content commit to ask permission by contacting KAURI by email at this address info@kauri-watches.ch
Any representation, imitation or reuse, total or partial, of the Site and/or its content without prior authorisation, express and written by KAURI would constitute a violation of the Site’s Terms of Use.
YOUR SUBMISSIONS AND UNSOLICITED COMMUNICATIONS
This section concerns the communications sent to KAURI. It does not relate to the communication of personal data to KAURI pertaining to customer’s requests, to the use of its services or to the purchase of goods by telephone or through the Site.
Any communication or unsolicited document the user sends to KAURI via the Site or its social media platforms or by any other means, including questions or answers, comments, suggestions or other (“User Communications”), will be treated as non-confidential and non exclusive by KAURI. By sending User Communications to KAURI, the user automatically grants KAURI the definitive and non exclusive right to use these User Communications for any purpose, without limitation and on any support. The user will not be entitled to any payment for such a use by KAURI.
In its capacity of young watchmaking company, KAURI possesses its own creative sources. As a consequence, KAURI is not interested in receiving any ideas or other propositions related to third-party creations. KAURI therefore asks you not to send such suggestions.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
KAURI strives to ensure that all information available on the Site is accurate and updated. However KAURI does not by any mean guarantee the fact that all information is accurate, complete or up to date. KAURI does not ensure any guarantee, express or implied, regarding all or part of the Site.
KAURI has no control over the risks in connection with the functioning of the Internet and draws the user’s attention to the existence of any such risk regrading the use of this network. KAURI does not guarantee that the functional and/or technical aspects of the Site or that the servers granting access to the Site are virus-free or free of any other malware. If using the Site or its content results in the necessity to repair or replace hardware, equipment, or any other element, KAURI will not be responsible for these costs.
Subject to the provisions specific to online sale, KAURI cannot be held accountable for any damage direct or indirect, no matter the cause, nature or consequence, resulting from consulting or Using the Site. In particular, KAURI accepts no responsibility in case of interruption or inaccessibility to the Site, occurrences of bugs, of any damage resulting from fraudulent acts from third parties (such as intrusions) from the Site.
Without limiting the foregoing, all of the elements that are provided to you by the Site are so “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” AND, SAVING ANY LEGAL PROVISION TO THE CONTRARY, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTEE OF ANY KIND, EXPLICIT OR IMPLICIT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IN TERMS OF COMMERCIAL VALUE, OF SATISFACTORY QUALITY, FITNESS FOR A SPECIFIC USAGE, WITH REASONABLE CARE AND SKILL OR OF NON-VIOLATION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.
KAURI shall not be held responsible for direct or indirect damage, of any nature, cause, origin or consequence whatsoever, resulting from the use of information available on the Site or related to the usage of the Site unless otherwise contrary expressly legal disposition.
LINKS AND CONNECTION
KAURI could reference other websites for information purposes via outgoing hyperlinks, or other resources available on the Internet. These hyperlinks are beyond KAURI’s purview and cannot incur its responsibility especially with respect to the information that is published on these websites.
With regard to inbound hyperlinks, KAURI can authorize the implementation of a link forwarding to its Content, provided that you do not pretend under any circumstance that you are linked to KAURI and you respect the spirit of its Site, which especially excludes websites that broadcast information and/or content that is illegal in character and/or controversial, political, religious, pornographic, xenophobic in character or that could, broadly speaking, be deemed offensive to web users. Users who wish to embed such links to the site are committed to ask prior authorization by contacting KAURI using this email address info@kauri-watches.ch
TERMINATION AND SUSPENSION
You hereby accept that KAURI can without prejudice to its other rights: terminate or block your own right to access and use the Site, with or without forewarning, in case of breach on your part of any of the Terms of Use, or in case of breach on your part to the rights of KAURI. You accept that KAURI cannot be held responsible to you or any third party following such a modification or suspension. The provisions entitled “Limitation of Liability” and “General Provisions” shall survive termination of these Terms of Use.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
KAURI does not make any statement saying that the Content is appropriate or available for use in every country of the world. The user is responsible for verifying the conformity of the Content with all applicable local laws, while bearing in mind that access to the Content might not be legal for certain people or in certain countries.
If one or several provisions in these Terms of Use are considered to be invalid or seen as such with respect to application of a law, of a ruling or a decisive decision of a competent court, they shall be deemed unwritten and the other provisions will remain in effect.
These Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between the user and KAURI, with respect to the use of the Site.
A waiver of its rights by KAURI following the infringement of any given disposition of these Terms of Use cannot be interpreted as a waiver of its rights following any other infringement or any prior infringement.
CHANGES TO THE TERMS OF USE
We can at any moment make adjustments to these Terms of Use. We hereby recommend that you consult this page regularly in order to keep informed of updates. The latest version of these Terms of Use will always be available on the Site. Every updated version of these Terms of Use will take effect at the date they are published on the Site and are deemed accepted without reservation when you access the Site following their publication.
APPLICABLE LAW AND JURISDICTION
These Terms of Use are governed and constructed in accordance with Swiss law, without reference to conflicts of law which the user accepts. In case of dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to these Terms of Use, the user agrees to try to find an amicable solution with KAURI, while making every reasonable effort to do so.
If the dispute has not been settled amicably within the thirty (30) days following its notification, unless a longer deadline has been agreed upon, the dispute will be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts of the Swiss Canton of Vaud.
When Swiss legislation differs from the binding legislation relating to consumption law in your own country, we will grant you a similar protection.
CONTACT US
If you have questions or comments regarding these Terms of Use, or questions of a general nature, please contact us at the address indicated below. You can also use this address if you wish to request a copy of the details of personal information that we hold about you.
These Terms of Use were originally written in French and translated into English in January of 2021.
Last Updated: September 2020