congratz for part 3!!!
giving up on CW as well but they are the only affordable watch with swiss movement.

any other suggestion?

Budget around RM1k-1.5k can be stretched a bit

automatic movement
simple dial
leather strap

is it possible?

wow! thank you so much. love it! any idea where in malaysia to get it? how much does it roughly cost? check amazon and it cost around USD585.

chinese? sea gull? is it a good brand? was browsing for it earlier.

nice. ocean 7 looks pretty interesting but i fell for the tissot visodate. gonna try to visit some watch store when i have time.

if you like that one on emporio, maybe you will like this

http://www.amazon.com/Tissot-T41148353-Loc...h/dp/B000JKWXCO

they have the leather strap version. not so sure about the price though.

you don't need to tell me about stowa. was already eyeing on antea 390 ever since someone (was it you?) post a picture of it in the previous thread. really love the design of stowa.
will definitely get it, if money permits me

you can only get them online. but its very hard if you use malaysian credit card. try paypal maybe you have better luck than the rest of us. There was a group of people that wanted to buy from them. but cancelled because the hassle didnt worth it.

whoa. still aiming for CW huh? i admire your presistence. good luck to you and dont forget photos when it arrives

anybody bought from http://www.mywatchgallery.com.my/ before?

This post has been edited by liat-liat: Jan 17 2011, 07:52 PM

guys, just want to share some information i get from the internet. this is about ashford.com. didn't mean to offend anybody.

http://www.chronocentric.com/omega/consume....shtml#policies

http://www.chronocentric.com/watches/graymarket.shtml

This post has been edited by liat-liat: Jan 18 2011, 06:05 PM

For those who are interested with chinese movement.

It's called Parnis Portuguese Power Reserve Automatic. As you can see from the photo, you can probably guess which watch its trying to copy.

Chinese Seagull automatic movement. ST25 if I am not mistaken

The movement is very noisy I must say. But nevertheless, still enjoys it very much.

price is around RM 268. Very cheap and for that price plus automatic movement, you just cannot complain. I recently acquired it in China. google "parnis" that's the brand. you will see a large homage collection.

yeah I owned one for a few days now. so far so good. It does use seagull movement like patryn said but there are more choice in term of dial.
Again chinese watches the QC is a fit and miss. so all the best with it. I was lucky to get the good one.
For website you can go to what patryn has said and take a look. another option would be to go to www.taobao.com and use a taobao agent. there are a few agents in the forum. google around with it.

PS: if you are getting it. pay attention to the upcoming CNY. Might disturb your shipment.

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Added on January 21, 2011, 12:51 pmnope. just online. as far as i know the online seller are mostly based in china or hongkong.

This post has been edited by liat-liat: Jan 21 2011, 12:51 PM

All i got from the seller is a black box that is looked like that its made of leather. and the watch. the watch is wrapped with plastic protector and thats it.

I agree with ck77 that parnis is too cheap to replicate.

So far lurking on watchuseek forum about chinese movement watch there wasnt much concern about the authenticity. They are more worried about the quality because it is sort of hit and miss.

it does feel good in my hand. Not too light not too heavy. Just right. It does feel sturdy but i dont think it can take much beating. dont drop it from tenth floor or run it over with a car but again its personal preference.

movement is very noisy though. you can hear the thing spin from 10-20cm away. some said its the ball bearing.

Leather definitely bad, thinking to change it but still have to wait, currently with CNY coming up there aren't much choice.

This post has been edited by liat-liat: Jan 21 2011, 07:44 PM

if you like the dial and worry about the RM200 price tag go for this.

Wow. Stowa, I thought you have to wait until at least March to get it?

I am wondering. can a watch be both automatic and digital at the same time?