I didn't mention anything about sacrifice. I was saying, "those who don't NEED to own a car and a house". these ppl probably already inherited, at least, a house and a car. And you are right, everyone has their priorities.

I wonder what the criteria used to claim they are first when Seiko already had their perpetual calendar for many years.

You are right. The 1st perpetual watch for their brand, "Equipped with a totally new G15.561 quartz movement, the Tissot Tradition is the brand’s first ever analogue perpetual calendar timepiece."

Thanks for clearing that out for me.

For LCD watches, there are 3 important major components a buyer should aware of, the battery, the circuit board and the LCD display. When the company mentioned the battery lasted as long as the watch, did they refer to the circuit board or LCD display? Generally, a watch LCD panel has a life of 7 years. The watch is rendered useless (died) when the LCD panel or the circuit board dies. Assuming the the watch battery lasted 7 years, at that time, when you changed the rechargeable battery it will cost you couple of magnitude more compared to ordinary battery that you changed every 3 years. IMO, we live in a place where battery is ubiquitous there is no need for rechargeable battery apart from the coolness factor which is why you buy the watch in the 1st place

I read about the LCD lifespan in the owner manual. It is my mistake, I shouldn't generalize it too early.

When the time comes to chg the rechargeable batt, I hope u r mentally prepared to pay for batt.

These super rich sportsmen (Tiger wood included) were paid for advertising the watch and get it for free. We, on the other hand, who are not rich or so rich has to pay for it. The rich just get richer

Or Diaz with a Sub in the movie Knight and Day

The price is about right.

I suppose you can change it urself. the swatch battery holder is outside the case.

RM35K there about for S.Steel. Double or more than double for precious metal.

From the casing (looked elongated) and bracelet (Sub C has no holes on the clasp side) this is an older sub model

Rolex date change is instantaneous that you don't often see in IWC, Omega and other leading luxury brands.

It is a hard choice now. Do you want a well known brand, an iconic diver watch with a proven calibre or a newly desgined "better" calibre?

Accuracy is important to me but I won't get a quartz. For quartz it is given, for mechanical watch it is an effort. I am not talking about atomic clock accuracy but I don't think anyone want to wear a watch than run faster or slower more than 1 min/day

I concur.

You mentioned your old tag bought for rm150??? that made it double fake

nice. i find the date frame made the digit looks small on the dial.

Don;t think you can get Spring Drive for anything less than rm20k. The cheaper ones are around rm15k. If the discount was better I think GS will pick up. Their 9s series calibres are fantastic. The calibres are polished but not much colors compared to Swiss calibres. Some of the models the bracelets are not as good as IWC or Rolex.

Few thousands of RM is a bit too much. Service a rolex set you back about a thousand RM, more if need to replace worn parts.

With service cost like it is very hard for GS to pick
up. I dunno if thong sia has any hand in controlling the service or not. as far as watches concern, GS price pretty steep in MY

COSC requires a watch to be -4 ~ +6s

For laco i think it should be around 10~15s/day. I suspect the watch was magnetized. if that the case just get the watch checked (if it is really so) without opening the case and get it demagnetized. it is a less than 5mins job and they might not charge you.

It is far more accurate than any Swiss mechanical watches. I found that the bracelet for some models are not as good as other Swiss watches like IWC or Rolex. I do not mean that it feels cheap. It feels sturdy and solid. It is minor at the clasp where there is a mm gap when it is closed.

Another concern is, should you have problem with GS, it will be sent back to Japan to service. It might take a month or so and it eats into your warranty.

Which GS model are you looking for?

This post has been edited by sshark: Jun 18 2012, 03:11 PM