I rather get a Seiko or Orient.
if u have more money try CW or UHR.

while waiting for nomos, I got this

gave up on stowa. if I am paying for a soprod A-10 Antea (EUR$620) might as well get a nomos ludwig date manual. or course price is ~2X.
in house movement, decorated movement, over 70% of watch is make in germany.

somehow I am not finding the stowa 365 soprod A-10 advertise on their site.

This post has been edited by patryn33: Nov 27 2010, 09:51 AM

This? where did U get it?

paid ~600?
http://forums.watchnet.com/index.php?t=tre...to=124621&rid=0

which thread on WUS?

this site? http://www.seagullhk.com/english/index.asp
no price on site.

I just found out nomos removed all their MSRP on their site!

This post has been edited by patryn33: Nov 27 2010, 10:13 AM

are U getting on sapphire or acrylic crystal? I understand sapphire isn't orginal

the black is stunning! are u getting it on display back? i know its not original.
Seagull 1963, Sapphire crystal, glass case back - US$223 (shipped to USA, to asia I think its cheaper by US$5)
http://forums.watchuseek.com/f72/my-first-...3-a-473435.html



found the thread
http://forums.watchuseek.com/f72/seagull-1...tly-420653.html


This post has been edited by patryn33: Nov 27 2010, 10:30 AM

on sapphire and glass back! thats sweet.

I understand to stay true to the original watch its on acrylic crystal and steel back and smaller in ~37mm. is yours 39mm or 42mm. I read that on the read. seem like there are a few sizes.

are they LE too? to 200 pieces?

This post has been edited by patryn33: Nov 27 2010, 10:33 AM

I also read there are 19 zuan and 21 zuan.
iirc the 19 are ST19 the 21 are ST21 or is it ST25? forgive I know very little about ST movements.

kinetic watches are quartz watches, they have a battery.
if U google around U find US Co perforiming such service
eg
http://www.qualitywatchrepair.com/seiko_kinetic.htm
http://www.yellowstonewatch.com/kinetic.htm
http://www.kineticrepair.com/

U should be able to get it fix for a few hundred dollars, how long did u own the watch?

its on a ETA 2836, a work horse. some ppl claim it is using a standard grade (check page 1 post 1 on movement grades)
Tissot is an entry level swiss brands.

http://forums.watchuseek.com/f67/tissot-vi...iew-459020.html

whats the price? I found it online going at ~1.6k, can get a ETA 7750 from UHR. thats also very classic (dressy too)

seem like U have an older batch of kinetic, the newer ones last ~8yrs b4 failing.

save up for the vintage explorer.
how old of a vintage U looking at? 1960s? finding maybe the hard part

http://www.yorktime.com/search?cid=6:sku=341


http://www.watchestobuy.com/dd_watches_for_sale.htm

really? still have grey flowing around online.
if new cost ~1.5K your target to 7-10K explorer drop quite a bit, if take U 2 weeks to save 1.5K alright, if more than 1 mth save the money if I were U

pre own explorer ~1980s closer to 10K.

oh.. U not wearing any watch now?

white dial in steel is very popular. retails at US$650 or ~RM2k. if can get 30% still at ~1.4K.
http://www.shoptissot.com/product/T0194301605100.html

can get a popular CW C5 auto for ~1k or the UHR for ~900.
vintage explorer is not easy to come by esp something U rate as satisfactory.
in any case prices of vintage prices also go up in price (inflation and demand) so expect a 5-10% increase every yr.
don't think its used it stay at 7k yesterday and 10yrs from now, more likely it will become 12-14K 10yrs later.

u may wanna check with CK77 where he find his vintage rolex.
our friendly neighbor does have a forum on rolex, maybe they can show U the way.

didn't realise those ETA 2893-2 movement can be found real cheap.
esp the STEINHART GMT-OCEAN 1 under 1.4k
the rest like CW go for ~2K, Ocean7 go for ~1.9K



This post has been edited by patryn33: Nov 28 2010, 10:51 AM

Jap: orient, citizen, seiko5
Chinese: http://www.alpha-watch.com/, http://store.taowatch.us/

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Added on November 29, 2010, 2:45 amU may have to hunt outside the local store. try forums

saw ppl posting it back in 30 Sept for US$1650
http://forums.watchuseek.com/f29/fs-rolex-...3-a-455347.html
http://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=145441&drgn=1

This post has been edited by patryn33: Nov 29 2010, 02:45 AM

U are asking for a analog display watch, for a moment I thought it is mechanical.
alot of the Seiko kinetic watches, and citizen Ecodrive watches fits your bill.

as for the part in bold? No idea what is "more nicely" or "nicer" as its subjective to your personal choice. no one can tell U this or that is nicer.

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Added on November 30, 2010, 1:48 amPM ck77!

presidents wear all kinds of things from Timex to rolex.

Oris TT1? this?


Diver have U checkout Doxa?


anonimo are great too.
http://www.anonimo.com/models/millemetri.html
http://www.anonimousa.com/price_lists.html



more $$ try http://www.graham-london.com/en-gb/collect.../2ovesb15a.aspx


for the budget I think Guinand isn't like the Rolex Sub



Rolex Sub for comparison


This post has been edited by patryn33: Nov 30 2010, 11:24 AM

when U say russain 1st thing that come to my mind is
http://www.rugift.com/watches/russian-nos-...rs-watch-30.htm


http://www.russia2all.com/shop-by-russian-...10411_1325.html


This post has been edited by patryn33: Nov 30 2010, 07:01 AM

try http://visiotime.com.sg/

this is listed for SGD 7,400, USD 5,830


get those Ferrari made by Pam and U are spending less $$ , this is listed at SGD 5,800, USD 4,570

ck77 got a pt here... 10K for a used PAM? 60% like new condition? those are hard to come by.

a base model PAM 000 used is going for over US$3.3K already 2yrs ago.
http://forums.watchnet.com/index.php?t=tre...to=283648&rid=0
this yr a used is going US$3.7K
http://watchcrowd.com/watch-forum-listing/...0-M-Series-3799

This post has been edited by patryn33: Nov 30 2010, 11:42 AM

2k tag or oris no way!!!
2K can try stowa, guinand, cw, uhr, steinhart.. they are all listed on page 1 post 1. more bang for the buck.
most entry level Oris uses ETA movement anyway found in above brands, don't even think they mod those movements. TAG mod it a little, in most case they can add a module from Dubois Depraz give it a new movement name.

This post has been edited by patryn33: Nov 30 2010, 08:51 PM