The Watch Thread - Part 5

[sKeLeToN]

Both don't speak to me although the Zenith appeals to me more......but no date function...

Saw a 2 month old piece of the Zenith at JW...did u try this there?

 

[yattokame]

Saw a 2 month old piece of the Zenith at JW...did u try this there?

No leh. Cortina.
Oh JW has one? Ok lemme go have a look...

 

[izacizacizac]

Wah.. iceflight daikor want to diversify business ah?

Too bad gonna be stuck in my job for a long while so wun be submitting any business proposals..

The greatest threat to F&B in s'pore is not captial or rents. I'm sure banks r still very willing to lend in this climate.. lots of shops r closing down in the shopping centres especially young punks who underestimated the jump from selling clothes in a blogshop versus a physical stall.. sure got shoplots here and there for a ramen chain.

The biggest threat to F&B is manpower issues. Double whammy of locals not willing to do the job or do the job for long.. young punks do the job 6 months only ask for promotion to manyzer or else quit. And they can easily find another f&b job outside!

Yes, can import Japanese chef or Director of Operations, but we all know the crunch lies in getting sufficient waiters, cleaners, dishwashers etc.. Public sentiments towards foreign labour and MoM policies dun help.

Just my 2 cents and hope to see the chain of TWT Ichiran Ramen soon!
Hopefully dun gain notoriety from visitors describing it as "full of weird men holding each other hands..."

Got to agree with you. Your last sentence almost made me LOL in office.

 

[kiatkiat]

Wah.. iceflight daikor want to diversify business ah?

Too bad gonna be stuck in my job for a long while so wun be submitting any business proposals..

The greatest threat to F&B in s'pore is not captial or rents. I'm sure banks r still very willing to lend in this climate.. lots of shops r closing down in the shopping centres especially young punks who underestimated the jump from selling clothes in a blogshop versus a physical stall.. sure got shoplots here and there for a ramen chain.

The biggest threat to F&B is manpower issues. Double whammy of locals not willing to do the job or do the job for long.. young punks do the job 6 months only ask for promotion to manyzer or else quit. And they can easily find another f&b job outside!

Yes, can import Japanese chef or Director of Operations, but we all know the crunch lies in getting sufficient waiters, cleaners, dishwashers etc.. Public sentiments towards foreign labour and MoM policies dun help.

Just my 2 cents and hope to see the chain of TWT Ichiran Ramen soon!
Hopefully dun gain notoriety from visitors describing it as "full of weird men holding each other hands..."

If the rental is cheaper, by right the bosses will be able to offer higher salary to retain their workers.

If alot of the money go to rental, of coz they will try to reduce the other expenses. with lower salary come lower commitment.

 

[Lurker_13]

No leh. Cortina.
Oh JW has one? Ok lemme go have a look...

Zenith looks kinda small on your wrist...

 

[izacizacizac]

If the rental is cheaper, by right the bosses will be able to offer higher salary to retain their workers.

If alot of the money go to rental, of coz they will try to reduce the other expenses. with lower salary come lower commitment.

You will be surprised, higher salary doesnt actually make them more committed. Ive done retail and fieldforce management on an islandwide scale before, and sometimes its the boss that makes them committed. It depends on how the boss play his cards.

Yes pay is important, but humans will never be satisfied, and pay will always be seen as not enough.

If you ask me how do you make staff stay committed to the job, pay them decently, show appreciation towards their efforts and hard work, give them progression opportunities, and constantly bond with them to understand what is going on, in the sales floor. (Ramen shop in this case)

 

[All in a Day]

Wah.. iceflight daikor want to diversify business ah?

Too bad gonna be stuck in my job for a long while so wun be submitting any business proposals..

The greatest threat to F&B in s'pore is not captial or rents. I'm sure banks r still very willing to lend in this climate.. lots of shops r closing down in the shopping centres especially young punks who underestimated the jump from selling clothes in a blogshop versus a physical stall.. sure got shoplots here and there for a ramen chain.

The biggest threat to F&B is manpower issues. Double whammy of locals not willing to do the job or do the job for long.. young punks do the job 6 months only ask for promotion to manyzer or else quit. And they can easily find another f&b job outside!

Yes, can import Japanese chef or Director of Operations, but we all know the crunch lies in getting sufficient waiters, cleaners, dishwashers etc.. Public sentiments towards foreign labour and MoM policies dun help.

Just my 2 cents and hope to see the chain of TWT Ichiran Ramen soon!
Hopefully dun gain notoriety from visitors describing it as "full of weird men holding each other hands..."

Way OT, but it's all interlinked. The industry is underpaying for an expensive city to live in, and will be even more expensive if the underpay issue is addressed (then govt have to squarely address rental issues). U have citizens brought up with a mindset to shun such jobs.

It's not easy for a metropolitan city to be a country, and vice versa. Thats a big reason to income inequality, one of the very few stats when govt cannot select to compare against 'city or country' to their advantage.

 

[sky00sky]

Wah.. iceflight daikor want to diversify business ah?

Too bad gonna be stuck in my job for a long while so wun be submitting any business proposals..

The greatest threat to F&B in s'pore is not captial or rents. I'm sure banks r still very willing to lend in this climate.. lots of shops r closing down in the shopping centres especially young punks who underestimated the jump from selling clothes in a blogshop versus a physical stall.. sure got shoplots here and there for a ramen chain.

The biggest threat to F&B is manpower issues. Double whammy of locals not willing to do the job or do the job for long.. young punks do the job 6 months only ask for promotion to manyzer or else quit. And they can easily find another f&b job outside!

Yes, can import Japanese chef or Director of Operations, but we all know the crunch lies in getting sufficient waiters, cleaners, dishwashers etc.. Public sentiments towards foreign labour and MoM policies dun help.

Just my 2 cents and hope to see the chain of TWT Ichiran Ramen soon!
Hopefully dun gain notoriety from visitors describing it as "full of weird men holding each other hands..."

If the rental is cheaper, by right the bosses will be able to offer higher salary to retain their workers.

If alot of the money go to rental, of coz they will try to reduce the other expenses. with lower salary come lower commitment.

Manpower is one thing. But rentals are also cutthroat to make investments for a start up into a low ROI investment into technology much detestable. Besides, Sinkie have this crappy triats of being treated like a kings so making F&B much less desirable.


Yeah...tio cut WP quota again..knn...

 

[kiosai]

You will be surprised, higher salary doesnt actually make them more committed. Ive done retail and fieldforce management on an islandwide scale before, and sometimes its the boss that makes them committed. It depends on how the boss play his cards.

Yes pay is important, but humans will never be satisfied, and pay will always be seen as not enough.

If you ask me how do you make staff stay committed to the job, pay them decently, show appreciation towards their efforts and hard work, give them progression opportunities, and constantly bond with them to understand what is going on, in the sales floor. (Ramen shop in this case)

*Nods nods*
Yup. Salary is important and rent is still very much a killer. But salary is but only 1 facet in the whole equation leading to staff retention.

The problem is not solvable within a day.

Ask ourselves, THG / Cortina / boutiques sales staff versus waiters, all are in service industry. Who commands a higher level of respect and appreciation from customers? Why so?
There's also somewhat imported PRC culture of treating service staff like sh*t observed locally..

If the "weird old men holding hands" can treat the staff at the upcoming TWT Ramen chain like how they do wif watch boutique staff..

Good customers are as important as good service staff

 

[yattokame]

Zenith looks kinda small on your wrist...

Very.
JW one is the real deal - 48mm and half the retail price and only 2mths old.
But I shouldn't lah. Impulsive buying.

 

[Kirakun83]

Where to buy gundam g shock ?

I oso wan to buy.. If got lobang or MO pls pm me thx.

 

[Kirakun83]

Cheers. Stop eating grass and eat Ichiran ramen.

If anyone will go bring in Ichiran , I'll put out the capital. Anyone serious can pm me

How much capital u wan to put in pm me.

 

[izacizacizac]

For my new Tudor bros!

Henabi and Thai_Rak!

and this pic I took recently, love the gold hand!

Been listening to this version of Canon for quite sometime!

Aerolord bro, give this one a try, you wont regret.

 

[Henabi]

Very.
JW one is the real deal - 48mm and half the retail price and only 2mths old.
But I shouldn't lah. Impulsive buying.

yatto dai gor... i going to JW later this afternoon. wanna go together?

but seriously... I am with iceflight. both Zenith and IWC are similar to your PAM and your PAM actually dwarf both of them. be it attention, price and weight.
not worth getting at all.

Keep your dollars and hoot an ALS Perpetual or ALS Time Zone

 

[gaoxing84]

wah! keep looking at yatto dai kor pam, jin gian the 024.
but now stuck with my 005. lol

 

[xtwis7]

I oso wan to buy.. If got lobang or MO pls pm me thx.

Yahoo jp auctions still can get below 30k yen yesterday.

 

[Lurker_13]

Aerolord bro, give this one a try, you wont regret.

Still prefer the classical version of the Canon most.... niceeeee!

 

[gaoxing84]

omg saw a 2254 sold at 1.5k at JW. lol

 

[izacizacizac]

Still prefer the classical version of the Canon most.... niceeeee!

All are nice. It started out as a chamber work if i'm not wrong. Then again classical version can mean alot of types. Getting abit off topic here.

This reminds me of this watch i saw on youtube, if it played canon instead, i will go insane.

 

[Henabi]

omg saw a 2254 sold at 1.5k at JW. lol

fit fit gor gor... this one??

JW list it at $1.6K

I going there later this afternoon... wanna hoot a ladies watch for my wife and also see see look look some straps for my Tudor DD...