Any recommended website or physical shops to look for genuine rare brands normally not sold in malaysia?

Do I have to worry about servicing?

like what is uncommon in your books? and what is your budget too

if you're talking reliable and uncommon, you can check out red army watches in pavi (and their websites). they bring in stuff like laco etc etc uncommon watch brands and microbrands. usually ranges from 1k+ to 10k+


if you're talking independent, those are another different world, you're talking akriva, FP Journe, Ophion, etc. those either you fly to their boutique in another country or you can call them up and see if they wanna take your order (very likely as i have positive experience from this).

i was thinking of getting my dad a watch for his birthday next year
planning it now

i am guessing you mean brands that are:

1) boutique limited run from microbrands, craftsmen, and small shops
2) decent big brand but not brought into malaysia

there was a russian one i can't recall the name my friend showed me
looks very nice indeed
worry if i can get a genuine one and if i need to repair/service can it be done here

microbrands usually use ETA/SW

can further explain to a newbie like me?

ETA/SW are mass produced/adopted movements that are easily serviceable everywhere

hmmm.....i'm in two minds on these

nothing truly rare...while the truly rare is too expensive.

anyway, can look thru gnomon singapore...
get a microbrand with good customer service...so anything under warranty obviously easier to cover.

and u don't want them to use some little known china movement etc...end up waiting months for parts or not serviceable etc... sounds like p1...



This post has been edited by Everdying: Dec 22 2022, 11:08 AM

Gnomon comes to mind. But it's still based in SG, so not too bad.

Another one is Red Army Watches? I remember they had a boutique in Bangsar Village. They also carry a lot of the smaller and niche brands

Itaynoy stands out for me.

gnomon is a watch distributor that also brings in uncommon watch brands ?

okay avoid china movement, i have seen reviews of Seagull 1963 it is a chinese watch, avoid?

can i assume movements from japan are alright? any good websites for me to read up and check on movements?
usually i see model numbers but i can't make heads or tails of it.

so i guess i'll checkout both gnomon and RAW

not truly uncommon... just some that u wouldnt see in stores here.
they also have a couple of inhouse brands that u obviously wont see anywhere else.

movement as long as its jap or swiss...

ok got it

I have this Aristo 3h80 flieger watch. It's a pretty uncommon brand, Aristo (different company) name is known for coffee machines in Malaysia.

However in Germany it's a well established watch brand hailing from Pforzheim. I bought it off ebay for something like 150 USD.

It's a solid Ronda 515 quartz watch, very basic. It's just that I like flieger watches and already have another Laco.



This post has been edited by ariffdude: Jan 6 2023, 05:08 PM

a commonly known Russian brand would be Vostok.

if you're looking at micro brands, following are some decent ones:
1. Junghans
2. Sinn
3. Baltic
4. Dan Henry
5. Lorier
6. Spinnaker
7. Yema
8. Zelos
9. Christopher Ward

Also, you might want to consider the type of watch that your pop would love; such as:
1. Diver
2. Dress
3. Flieger
4. Military

Hope the above helps.

I myself like Gorilla, founder is ex AP designer.
https://www.gorillawatches.ch/

RAW carries it

my dad loves coffee if that watch makes coffee as well it would be perfect

this brand quite popular, mid 90's (1994 - 1995).... can change color accordingly... nowadays, tak tau la ada lagi ke tak

check this one out

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/the-funk-...the-brew-metric

then consider brew watches as someone posted. one of the better built microbrands out there.

boldr, brew, Rze, balic, all crazy good brands. priced at 2-4k.

is bulova available in malaysia?