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| A Few Asian Watches for Your Viewing Pleasure | Rate Topic |
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| Posted: Fri Sep 11th, 2009 02:44 pm |
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Nabco 3T WIS 
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Over the past year or two I have accumulated a few watches of the Asian persuasion...they are kind of interesting because of the various complications...retrograde, big date, regulator, power reserve, open heart, skeleton, etc. As well as some pretty cool dial finishes. For the most part they are all TY automatic movements, a couple manual wind and the chronos are all quartz...a couple are Swiss quartz. The case finish on them is amazingly good and the ones on bracelets are also not to shabby...just a testament to the quality coming out of Asia' The other amazing thing is I paid less than $50 for all but 4 of them, some way under $50 and the other 4 were under $70.                             Last edited on Fri Sep 11th, 2009 02:45 pm by Nabco |
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| Posted: Fri Sep 11th, 2009 04:03 pm |
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scottran 3T WIS 
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Very Nice Nick.  I have a few Louis Bolle and a Duboule and really like them all. Have some other asians ans have had no troubles with them either. Here are 3 of mine.  
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| Posted: Fri Sep 11th, 2009 06:20 pm |
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Edgel 3T WIS 
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Very nice, both of you. One could easily base a hobby on just the Chinese watches.
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| Posted: Fri Sep 11th, 2009 07:18 pm |
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KenC Admin 
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Not a fan of skeleton/open heart watches but there are plenty of great Asian watches out there.
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| Posted: Fri Sep 11th, 2009 07:56 pm |
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Paxman 3T WIS 
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Wow you have a load of them, Nick. But you have blown my mind... Rousseau and Louis Bolle sure sound vaguely European to these ears.
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| Posted: Fri Sep 11th, 2009 08:04 pm |
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Jeep99dad 3T WIS 
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Interesting watches.
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| Posted: Fri Sep 11th, 2009 08:19 pm |
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BOSCHETT 3T WIS 
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Modem burner, you weren't kidding. I was just scrolling and scrolling waiting for the end. Some real nice looking pieces, especially (for me) the first one. And all of them priced nicely to boot. Last edited on Fri Sep 11th, 2009 08:20 pm by BOSCHETT |
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| Posted: Mon Sep 14th, 2009 01:51 am |
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nebgonf 3T WIS
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Just out of curiosity, have you had any problems with any of them? What are the build quality of the chinese made compaired to other manufactures?
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| Posted: Mon Sep 14th, 2009 06:59 am |
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Nabco 3T WIS
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nebgonf wrote: Just out of curiosity, have you had any problems with any of them? What are the build quality of the chinese made compaired to other manufactures? I have never had one that stopped working, as far as build quality, for what I paid for them they are great, cases are finished nicely, dials are nice...obviously not Swiss or German quality but for under $75 not bad....one note on the autos the rotors are noisy
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| Posted: Mon Sep 14th, 2009 09:43 am |
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DM71 3T WIS 
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Wow! Nick your Asian watch collection is bigger than my entire watch collection!:shock: The Deporte and Duboule are very nice. I read a lot of things about Asian movements and it looks like they are getting better and better. Seagull seems to be a company that will shortly give real competition to Swiss movements.How is the precisions on those autos and mechanical watches??? Some people I'm working with bought replicas of known brands with Chinese auto movements and they would be very bad on keeping time (+2 or 3 min a day then -2min a day...) and almost impossible to regulate. I guess there is also different grade in their movements? Anyway, I think Asia is becoming a more and more important player in the watch industry. I just wish they had more of their own original movements instead of copying movements (mainly Swiss) that were developed by Europeans for centuries. For sure their prices are impossible to beat. No matter what you're looking for: chronos, Tourbillon, retrograde or other complications... Crazy what you can do with cheap labor...:? Thanks for sharinghand6.gif Daniel Last edited on Mon Sep 14th, 2009 09:45 am by DM71 |
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| Posted: Mon Sep 14th, 2009 11:23 am |
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Skipdawg 3T WIS 
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WIS eye candy! :) Quite the collection. ;)
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| Posted: Mon Sep 14th, 2009 11:47 am |
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Nabco 3T WIS
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Kind of hard to say on the accuracy Daniel....I rarely if ever wear the same watch more than one day in a row, so it is not something I look at that closely....I can say though that if it was more than 30 or 40 seconds +/- in a 10 to 15 hour period I would probably notice it
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| Posted: Sat Sep 19th, 2009 07:41 am |
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chas1133 3T WIS 
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Paxman wrote: Wow you have a load of them, Nick. But you have blown my mind... Rousseau and Louis Bolle sure sound vaguely European to these ears. I also thought that a few of those were made elsewhere...
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| Posted: Sat Sep 19th, 2009 07:49 am |
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Nabco 3T WIS
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Definitely all Chinese, I believe some of the names are old watch companies that are gone and the names are being used by the company that makes these watches.....almost all of these companies are owned by the same guy and made in the same place
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| Posted: Sat Sep 19th, 2009 08:07 am |
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Nabco 3T WIS
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A little more info for you....my old brain finally kicked in and remembered what i was trying to remember 10 minutes ago.... All of these brands/companies/names are owned by a company in Texas called Always At Market, the guy that owns it is John house, if you watched the old Shop At Home watch shows with Tim Temple he was a frequent guest. These are mostly defunct watch companies that they have acquired the rights to use the names...hence when you look at the websites they will paint this story that makes it look like a 200 year old Swiss company...it is not. That said, there is nothing wrong with that other than their inflated MSPRs...like I said in the OP i paid less than $75 for all of these and most less than $50...they are a great value at that price. The term often used for these companies is "mushroom brand" because they pop up from no where and are quickly all over the place.
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| Posted: Sat Sep 19th, 2009 08:12 am |
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bigrustypig 3T WIS 
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Impressive number of watches, Nickhand6.gif. Thanks for sharing your "little" secret with us on 3T. I spent a few minutes on all your watches and liked the last one best. Unique arrangement and very eye-catching. Scot, good ones from you, too. ;) I think by the next decade the Asian makes will get their acts together and will present decent quality watches offering good value. Thanks for sharing.
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| Posted: Sat Sep 19th, 2009 08:13 am |
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chas1133 3T WIS
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nice history lesson there...I picked up a yellow dial SUG from an auction site several moons ago. I think I got it for about $49.00 and it's actually a nice piece, even though it doesnt get any wrist time anymore:(
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| Posted: Sat Sep 19th, 2009 09:58 am |
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Paxman 3T WIS
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chas1133 wrote: Paxman wrote:Wow you have a load of them, Nick. But you have blown my mind... Rousseau and Louis Bolle sure sound vaguely European to these ears. Dude, I guess my sarcasm doesn't translate well to the board... 
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| Posted: Sat Sep 19th, 2009 05:57 pm |
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AntFarm 3T WIS 
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Wow Nick what a nice collection. I really love the 4th one from the top, the copper face, and the 2nd from the bottom with the brown face... I need to get something in brown or that copper look.hand6.gif
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