how much would a used SRPB99 sell for usually?

have a look at their presage lines, most if not all of them look great. can't say the same for their movement accuracy though.

while they make everything in house, they're not as great as a performer when compared to those ETA driven watches from swiss counterpart, and I'm speaking from experience.

IMO, I'd look into Swiss territory with that kind of budget range; ie maurice lacroix, mido, oris to name a few. if you don't mind older and preowned, omega and tudor are accessible at around 6k and above.

looks suspicious to me, the new skx are well over 1k for retail afaik before discount.

guys, how much is an skx013 or 007 now if it's new old stock?

if GS sell cheaper in japan, everyone will be ordering from there

Can send to your AD and they'll help send to Thong Sia, who will then send back to Japan for service

before covid it was like a 3 months wait to receive my watch back (staying in penang). with the current situation, you might be looking at the same time frame if you're located in KL, havent had seiko since my last presage disappointed me as well

i didnt send in the presage, i had a prospex samurai padi which was actually nice for its price. i dont know what happened, but it probably got magnetized one day cause it was gaining few minutes a day so i sent it for RMA and it took 3 month to receive back.

funnily enough, it was doing -20s per day when i bought it and after RMA, it went to +4seconds per day which was actually better

my disappointment in the presage was the SARW041 that i bought. was gaining 20+ seconds per day, had misaligned hour hands which you can notice if you set the time to 6pm. it's a beautiful watch and still one of the best dials i've had, but other QC issues just made me disappointed by seiko in general.

it's not uncommon to hear seiko even in the presage line having misaligning issues and when you consider the amount you're paying for, it's really sad to see you're getting such QC. these days seiko's watches are even ramping up in price while features are being reduced so the part of them that appeals to many is also slowly fading away.

the last time i bought one, i wasn't taxed. but generally anything above rm500 - taxed if caught by customs

you're not safe from it either even on Grand Seiko. always double check your Seiko's regardless of price range