The Watch Thread - Part 4

[jonleelk]

Close enough! I can totally imagine it already, will look awesome (at least to me)

This is cheaper than Azimuth's Preowned Back in time prices right?

Hm...got me thinking. Buy 2. Change 1 to blue strap for wifey, one to black strap for myself.

Lomantic couple watch siah!

 

[Vanilla Way]

whoa whoa whoa. 1 step at a time. get your stowa first.

Sorry too excited! I have already placed the order for Stowa but have to wait (Mid April). I don't think I'll be getting the BIT if the Orientstar's price is attractive.

Max 2 pieces ( within my budget) I will pull my brakes for the year already.

 

[Paladium]

These 2 can match? May consider getting them as a gift for wifey.

Where got sell the Orient Star?

Bencoolen got many.

haha.......... i hav this rich dick sect comm during my reservist days.. one of the night off last time he bought a $48K patek and brought into camp... you can see but cannot touch

Drop a rifle on it.

I just had this wild idea of how to turn this into a uber sexy piece. Maybe not for guys but for ladies because it involves swapping the bracelet with a cobalt blue leather strap. That electric blue hands and electric blue strap probably gonna turn some heads. (Cos I don't think many guys can pull off the cobalt blue strap)

Close enough! I can totally imagine it already, will look awesome (at least to me)

This is cheaper than Azimuth's Preowned Back in time prices right?

About $500-600 for the whole setup. It's really small at about 40mm or less. But very attractive. I nearly bought it but too small for me after trying it on.

Goes well with black and brown strap too.

 

[Vanilla Way]

Hm...got me thinking. Buy 2. Change 1 to blue strap for wifey, one to black strap for myself.

Lomantic couple watch siah!

Buy 4 got discount not? (auntie in me talking) since henabi and myself is pretty keen. Where to get orientstar anyway?

 

[Azrielsc]

Anyone reads the watch snob articles?

Yup. Sometimes quite interesting and sometimes quite useless. I always read it with a pinch of salt.

He likes to diss Panerai and BIG watches (anything more than 40mm or so), but I don't bother. Doesn't matter much to me because I buy what I like, not what people think of the watch.

 

[Vanilla Way]

Bencoolen got many.



Drop a rifle on it.





yes, not more than $500 for the whole setup. It's really small at about 40mm or less. But very attractive. I nearly bought it but too small for me after trying it on.

Goes well with black and brown strap too.

I'm going blue for sure on this one! Bencoolen? Paladium do you have the name of the shop/address or something?

 

[Paladium]

Buy 4 got discount not? (auntie in me talking) since henabi and myself is pretty keen. Where to get orientstar anyway?

As per earlier reply, Bencoolen shops like 3D, Wins trading. Any way the number of watch shops in Bencoolen itself is worth a visit if you've never been there before. The doorway to more poison awaits your presence.

 

[Henabi]

Best way to save money is to save first then spend..rather than spending first then save the rest Force yourself if you must if you are really determined to save.

Have 2 banks accounts. Dedicate one to credit your salary den setup a standing instruction of X amount of money (what you wanna save monthly) to wire to the 2nd account.

For best results:
-Setup the standing instruction for funds transfer on payday
-Do not apply for any debit or atm card for the second bank account.

Just sharing my method on saving, hope it helps!

for me, I have 4 accounts.
- UOB is for salary + regular expenses
- POSB savings is for GIRO
- MAYBANK is joint savings account with my wife
- 2nd POSB monthly savings account is my own "underground" savings

but I never apply standing orders. every month just withdraw money from UOB and deposit into the various accounts manually.

Close enough! I can totally imagine it already, will look awesome (at least to me)

This is cheaper than Azimuth's Preowned Back in time prices right?

Like Seiko, Orient Star watches are very versatile when it comes to straps.

a few examples:

black leather

brown leather

black pokka dot leather

mash ss bracelet

nato strap

 

[Paladium]

I'm going blue for sure on this one! Bencoolen? Paladium do you have the name of the shop/address or something?

i edited my earlier reply, should be $500-600.

 

[Paladium]

Review for you guys or girl..

Orient Star Classic Reviewwatch reviews on worn&wound

 

[Henabi]

As per earlier reply, Bencoolen shops like 3D, Wins trading. Any way the number of watch shops in Bencoolen itself is worth a visit if you've never been there before. The doorway to more poison awaits your presence.

BE WARNED! Bencoolen is a Cobra Cave. It is extremely DANGEROUS and EXTREMELY VENOMOUS.

ENSURE all your pockets, wallets, NETS, ATM, Credit Cards, Debit Cards are SECURELY FASTENED....



I went to Bencoolen to see see look look two Monday evenings ago. I supposed it was a MOnday evening, so not all the watch shops are open...

The first shop i went in carries Orient but not Orient Star.

2nd place worth visiting is Mustafa.
3rd place is definitely the Orient AD in Aljunied - BIG Time Showroom
Orient Watch, Singapore

probably these few days I would wanna drop by Tampines Block 201E - Kai Joo Hung Optical & Watches and check out their Orient watch range...

 

[Azrielsc]

Has anyone read this yet?

ROBERT HARDMAN: The Ratners repairman Robert W Smith makes the world's most exclusive watches | Mail Online

Interesting!

 

[ComicBoy]

Im going to hoot this later!

Paiget Vintage Opal Dial 18K Gold Bracelet Winding Watch | Cash Converters Singapore Premium CatalogueCash Converters Singapore Premium Catalogue

I wasn't aware cash converters carry such watches!!

 

[Henabi]

i edited my earlier reply, should be $500-600.

adding on
the RRP for Orient Star Classic blue hands is around $770.


previously bought one for my dad... with 30% discount around 540 or 550

but I will hold out on getting Orient Star first, because I am waiting for the new Automatic watch from 25 hours which is arriving end of this week...

wanna see the design first... cuz the branch manager told me its very chio

if I don't like the new 25 hours auto watch, then I will go ahead and hoot Orient Star...

 

[jonleelk]

I'm going blue for sure on this one! Bencoolen? Paladium do you have the name of the shop/address or something?

Wins United Watch Pte Ltd
180 Bencoolen Street
#01-74, Bencoolen Shopping Mall
Singapore 189646
Tel: 6336 7248 / 6341 9828
Opening Hours
Mon – Sun 11am – 9pm

 

[aerolord]

Best way to save money is to save first then spend..rather than spending first then save the rest Force yourself if you must if you are really determined to save.

Have 2 banks accounts. Dedicate one to credit your salary den setup a standing instruction of X amount of money (what you wanna save monthly) to wire to the 2nd account.

For best results:
-Setup the standing instruction for funds transfer on payday
-Do not apply for any debit or atm card for the second bank account.

Just sharing my method on saving, hope it helps!

must learn for this jie jie, so hopefully next time can save enough to buy a pair of couple watch for my parent

 

[Henabi]

Wins United Watch Pte Ltd
180 Bencoolen Street
#01-74, Bencoolen Shopping Mall
Singapore 189646
Tel: 6336 7248 / 6341 9828
Opening Hours
Mon – Sun 11am – 9pm

bingo... this was the shop I visited... they actually have 2-3 branches located on the same floor not far away.

the shop in the picture I think is the main shop and its alway packed with people as shown in the photo...

 

[Vanilla Way]

BE WARNED! Bencoolen is a Cobra Cave. It is extremely DANGEROUS and EXTREMELY VENOMOUS.

ENSURE all your pockets, wallets, NETS, ATM, Credit Cards, Debit Cards are SECURELY FASTENED....



I went to Bencoolen to see see look look two Monday evenings ago. I supposed it was a MOnday evening, so not all the watch shops are open...

The first shop i went in carries Orient but not Orient Star.

2nd place worth visiting is Mustafa.
3rd place is definitely the Orient AD in Aljunied - BIG Time Showroom
Orient Watch, Singapore

probably these few days I would wanna drop by Tampines Block 201E - Kai Joo Hung Optical & Watches and check out their Orient watch range...

Hmm...so of all the places you listed above. Which one confirm have the blue hands orient star? Or which place is the best to visit for purchase?

 

[woodsteel23]

Dayum! That blued-hand Orient watch is so sweet! Will make the perfect birthday present for the other half.

Thanks guys for pointing it out and also for the where-to-buy info, but does anyone know which shop to go to exactly?

And Anyone wanna do a possible group buy?

 

[kingsfall]

Yup. Sometimes quite interesting and sometimes quite useless. I always read it with a pinch of salt.

He likes to diss Panerai and BIG watches (anything more than 40mm or so), but I don't bother. Doesn't matter much to me because I buy what I like, not what people think of the watch.

Do u agree with him that nowadays 1k to 5k tier watches are all over priced. With that kind of budget it's better to go for vintage, in terms of Singapore's context?