interesting, he seem to change his sales direction.
iirc ck77 contacted collectorstime and they are OK with selling locally.
have to do somekind of overseas forwarding to get stuff from him now.
lucky I am overseas.

MSRP is now 13K? has iwc increase their prices for 2011? if not it maybe ~14-15k next yr!

Yes member in other forum bought from them before, COD locally.

went to check out the Orient special FET0H001B today, tried it on but found it less attractive...

1- black crown top seems fragile.. easily get scratch & reveal the silver base as its stainless steel
2- color too dull compare to the picture online

for the price MYR 780 my friend commented better get a seiko..

im really stuck now...



http://www.orientwatchusa.com/fet0h001b-p-432.html

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Added on October 23, 2010, 7:51 pmhowever saw a watch thats durable for swimming, trekking, every day wearing ^^

too bad its not auto...

http://www.thongsia.com.my/content/product...rid=55&pid=1778

This post has been edited by cloner: Oct 23 2010, 07:51 PM

why a Seiko better than Orient?
anyway, not used Orient. Black don't always equal to fragile. my cheap CQ is all black still OK, no scatches, no white showing
as for design, don't like go for a different watch.

or go russian. I like Aviator, Poljot, Vostok Europe, Buran
http://www.russia2all.com/shop-by-russian-...4161022533.html


http://www.russia2all.com/shop-by-russian-...4265602059.html


http://www.russia2all.com/shop-by-russian-...4262204045.html



This post has been edited by patryn33: Oct 23 2010, 08:19 PM

yep...black IP or PVD is quite resistant to scratches...there are some hairline scratches on my seiko IP bracelet...but no silver base revealed...
you can't get much with Seiko for rm780...probably some quartz chrono...
1 thing i find interesting about Orient is you get lots of complications at an affordable price...some comes with power reserve meter, world time, day/date...now that's great for that kind of budget...

orient are entry level watches, Orient Star are up class and this yr model do offer hacking.
most Seiko and Orient at entry level do not hack.

@cloner do you want hacking?

i contacted him few months back. at that time he was still okay COD locally.

pls dont mind me asking.. wat is hacking??? in IT language i know wat it means la..

but in watch ???

Means the seconds hand will stop when you pull the crown out to the 2nd stop...
non-hacking means the seconds hand will still continue to move when you pull out the crown..

finally i bought it.... final price RM1200 after hard nego with the seller at jusco bukit tinggi....

sometime ago we talked about the new citizen miyota 9015, that offer hacking and bidirectional winding.
http://forums.watchuseek.com/f21/miyota-in...5-a-278224.html

http://www.benaruswatches.com/moray/index.php

BENARUS MORAY 2 prices at US$550

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Added on October 26, 2010, 5:06 amIsn't this a Homage to AP royal Oak?
Swiss Legend 10541-GM-014 Trimix Diver
http://www.chronoshark.com/



This post has been edited by patryn33: Oct 26 2010, 05:06 AM

to sifu's out there ,

http://www.russia2all.com , is buying from this website safe ?

http://www.russia2all.com/shop-by-russian-...4265609060.html

http://www.russia2all.com/shop-by-russian-...4265602059.html

both this watch looks good to me , is it a good buy ?

and izzit can purchase it without vat ? roughly how much is the shipping cost ah?

thx thx

no worries. check out reviews here
http://forums.watchuseek.com/f10/russia2all-136283.html

no VAT!
U can find out by adding to your shipping cart. no company would bill you b4 you agree on the shipping cost.

Hi guys, i'm looking for watches as a present for men, budget around RM1k~RM1.5k ,style is like professional ,office looking 1 la, wearing 24hours a day ,so it needs waterproof (for shower),light…
I’m thinking of Tissot , do you guys have any idea? other brand also ok.
Please help me...Thank you
Here are some style that I looking for …



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no waterproof, I gather u are looking something at 100m water resistance.
try the below its rated 300m and within your budget.
http://www.christopherward.co.uk/men/view-...60-tri-sks.html
http://www.steinhartwatches.de/index.php?i...=14&Sel_ID=9#14

swiss movement made in usa, WR to 200m
http://www.bernhardtwatch.com/globemaster.html

or if your budget is a little higher
http://www.archimede-uhren.de/
http://www.autran-viala.de/DE/Cartouche.htm

the selection to tissot i think are all quartz. at a top budget of 1500rm I would get a mech watch

This post has been edited by patryn33: Oct 27 2010, 07:23 AM

TQ sifu

Hi guys, this is the 1st time I wanted to buy my watch....so I need the recommendations from you guys...and below are some of the criteria im looking for:-
1. Budget : RM1400 - RM1700
2. Swiss-Made Preferable, or other as well...
3. Mechanical, not battery-operated
4. The "clock" part preferable to look simple, as in won't have so many "smaller clock" inside, but if it looks cool then its alrite ^^...but able to show me day and date[optional]
5. I'm a 19 years old male with thin wrist[as im thin >_<], so won't want smtg tat might too mature for me..
6. Erm if possible waterproof...need not to be "very" water proof as i wont wear those to diving or even shower
7. The numbers and the hand in the watch glows in dark
8. I wear watch 24/7 even when sleep except shower
9. Leather Strap, not Metal Strap***

And also, please do suggest me where can I get those watch in KL[im a kl ppl] ..

Thanks ^^

This post has been edited by -Max91-: Oct 28 2010, 06:29 PM

You may want to look at pilot watches aka fliegers. A pilot watch with ETA 2824 movement would be well within your budget.
I believe a few of the brands are mentioned in the first post by patryn. Some are German made with Swiss movements, eg Laco, Stowa. Some are Swiss made, eg Christopher Ward (UK designed), Steinhart.

i sorta like the C60 Trident Automatic posted/recommended by Patryn, but does it comes with leather strap?? coz i really dun prefer metal strap >_<

There is one availble in black leather.

http://www.christopherward-usa.com/men/spo...60-tri-skk.html