Not specifically watch related, but I was very brave and ordered a motorcycle part from a retailer in the Netherlands (who use UPS to deliver). They were obviously well organised, didn't charge me Dutch VAT, and the part arrived at my house in 4 days. I got an e-mail from UPS wanting to me to pay UK VAT when it arrived in the UK, which I did to avoid any delays, though I think I could have paid the delivery guy. So everything worked out pretty well, the only irritation being that UPS charged me £11.50 handling fee for sending me a few automated e-mails, taking an automated web-based payment, and forwarding my VAT to HMRC, presumably via an automated payment system!!