There is the Speedmaster line if you are into chronographs.

But a true skeleton watch is not currently available in the Omega catalogue, I believe.

Anyways, that is a really nice Tag. I won’t mind buying one for myself.

Yup. Tag can be a serious brand. It’s just some misguided collectors who dismiss Tag. Probably the same bunch who brush Rolex off as just another mass produce watch.

The Autavia and Monaco are to Tag what Submariner and Speedmaster are to Rolex and Omega respectively. It’s their most iconic designs.

Now if you want to disrespect Hublot however, you don’t see many collectors defending the brand..

Hey buddy. It may be a typo. I seriously can’t remember why I include your post in my reply.

Sorry about it.

Any place I can get a watch box with a glass top for 6 watches?

I have consolidated my collection again and now only have 6 watches. Sold/gave away two watches so now my 8 watch box looks redundant.

Ps - looking back. I went from 14 watches and shaved it down to 10. Then 8. And now 6. Hopefully, before 2018 is up, I can consolidate my collection further.

This post has been edited by friedricetheman: Dec 21 2017, 04:17 PM

My current box is around RM900 only. It is also made of wood but in high glossy black lacquer.

Don’t mind paying more if his quality is better.

The cushion on mine has two levels of adjustment but even without taking out the outer layer, the cushion fits my watches fine.

It’s 10% nowadays. Swatch group have really tightened up their distribution channels.

If you have purchased zero watches from the AD before this, expect also 0% discount. Swatch group is going around taking away distributorship from any AD who is giving excessive discounts. So, they will not sell you at a good price unless you are already a regular customer.

My first few watches I have purchased from my AD was at MSRP. It was after my AD started feeling comfortable with me, that I started to get discounts as good as grey market.

So, my advice is to buy watches from the same AD and build up a relationship.

Which mid-range brand?

Tag Heuer?

It’s better to just throw the watch inside your drawer and keep it there. If you do sell it, it would go for pennies to the dollar. Not worth the trouble and time to sell the watch.

For example, a Ball watch bought new for RM7k; will go for RM3k in the preowned market if it is complete with box and papers. If it is only the watch alone, expect to get less than RM2k..

Like I said. Not worth the hassle.

Ok cool. Thanks.

Try Singapore watch exchange forum (swx.com.sg). I usually post there whenever I consolidate my collection. If you find a buyer, Singapore is just a short trip south to meet up and do the transaction.

I too hate to post on Malaysian Watch Forums as you will usually get low balled. Singaporeans do negotiate but generally they will not go below fair value. All my unwanted watches were sold to Singaporeans.

This post has been edited by friedricetheman: Dec 29 2017, 05:24 PM

Considering that Tudor BB takes its design cues from its older brother, the Submariner, there are plenty of homage watches out there.

Try Steinhart. Seiko. To name a few.

So you mean the fluted bezel and crown is also in yellow gold since the bracelet is two tone?

From my understanding, the only part that is gold in a steel colored jubilee Datejust with fluted bezel is the bezel which is in white gold. The rest of the parts are stainless steel including the jubilee bracelet. Unless you are talking about a white gold Datejust of which everything is in white gold.

Rolex don’t do two different metals in one color. If it is Rolesor, then the gold parts should be in yellow or rose gold. If white gold + stainless steel watch, then only the bezel is in gold.

This post has been edited by friedricetheman: Aug 13 2018, 12:46 PM

Two tone is nice. Even now in my 30s, I am warmed up to the idea of two tone and gold Rolexes.

Any place to send it for servicing locally? Looks like it is using an in-house movement. I tend to avoid watches that do not have local authorized service centers.

That would be painfully expensive and slow. Plus, things may get lost in the mail and insurance will not pay out the full amount. If only they have a Service Center in Malaysia, I would buy one in a heartbeat.

True. But from my past experiences, I rather not go through it again. Better to buy watches which have local service centers for in house movements.

It’s the equivalent of buying a 2018 FIAT 124 spider and finding out that there is no official service center in Malaysia.

This post has been edited by friedricetheman: May 25 2019, 12:11 AM

Been wearing my old beat up Tissot Touch Expert and Apple Watch series 3 a lot nowadays. I dunno why but I no longer have the urge to wear expensive watches. All my other watches are kept in the watch box and only taken out for occasional winding to keep the oil moving.

Anyone else also in the same situation?

I personally prefer citizen as I have been to their service center when it was in Wisma Cosplant (not sure if it’s still located there or not) and the service technician there helped me save money by trying to salvage a watch that had a bent crown stem. He bent it back, checked the watch movement and didn’t even charge me a single cent for the servicing even though it was after the warranty period.

Should be normal. I don’t have any solar powered watch at the moment as my Tissot Touch is the older battery operated version.

Is there any advantages to solar watches compared to normal battery watches? I read somewhere that the solar cells will need replacing down the road too just like a battery.

Why need to upgrade every year? Rolex and PP don’t release a new Daytona or Nautilus every year. The previous Daytona model was in production for 15 years before it was replaced and the previous model is now selling for a lot more than the newer model. Same thing with Nautilus also.

Only cheap ass brands release new models every year. Brands like Oris and Ball do face lift on their models yearly while Omega does their face lifts every 3-5 years.

Most are no longer wearing luxury watches because super fakes are so common nowadays. For a fraction of the price of a real watch, you can get a replica that is almost 99.999% accurate.

This post has been edited by friedricetheman: Jun 19 2019, 08:31 AM

Corum Bridge Titanium. Nice.

I hope you bought it used as the preowned prices hover at around RM28-38k, which is like a 50% depreciation from it’s MSRP.