[tiha]

Please can anybody tell me if Hong Kong is a good place regarding availability and price for buying Seiko JDM watches? I will go on a business trip to HK and I'm interested in MM300 SBDX001. Thanks!

 

[leroytwohawks]

Yes, if I'm not mistaken Jake from 10watches lives there and had recently posted a pic of the MM300 SBDX001 in a store window and had said he sees them new in shops all the time there.

Here is the picture he posted.

 

[Benny P]

Bump for interest. Does anyone know how the prices in HK compare to Japanese stores like Yodabashi? Their website lists the MM300 at 183,000 Yen.

 

[Benny P]

Here is the picture he posted.

Cool. Looks like the MM300 price is cut out though.
I wonder what that Prospex on the left is? Looks like it says "Flightmaster" or "Nightmaster".

 

[tiha]

I think it's Seiko SBDS001 Flightmaster. Recommended price is 350000 JPY.

 

[leroytwohawks]

It's a Flightmaster and look a Tuna also you could get all 3! And sorry I don't know the price on the Marinemaster in HK. You might contact Jake at 10watches, he could probably tell you the best shop to get one from there.

 

[Raoul Duke]

Jake has told me on a number of occasions that HK is watch shop paradise :-d can't swing a dead cat w/o hitting one. they're mostly grey market dealers, however, so if that's a concern...

 

[ayhc]

There is a Seiko boutique run by the AD in iSquare, Tsim Sha Tsui, which is readily accessible by subway. It stocks a fairly wide variety of JDM models. Bear in mind, however, that you will be paying several thousand HK$ more than you would if you ordered through the usual grey market channels.

 

[ANZAC56]

And remember there are some excellent fakes to be had. Pay the extra and get a real one.

 

[seikomatic]

Go to Sino Center/Trendy Zone (from basement to floors up) in MOngkok.

Remember: Never buy from the first shop and no harm to ask for discount.

 

[tiha]

Thanks for your advices!

And remember there are some excellent fakes to be had.

This seems a bit frightening. :think:

 

[Brendan12]

Yep, i've seen a few muppets flogging fakes in HK.

 

[jkchua]

Saw this at sha tin plaza up the mtr

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[oiram]

Last I went there I ended up buying a Stargate in a "City Chain" watch shop in the basement of iSquare for about $300 U.S., which at the time was a little more than ebay prices but the nice thing is that I was able to actually handle it before I bought it...this was last October. THe Seiko shop on the upper levels of iSquare was definitely cool, as most models were present.

 

[WTWH]

I'm looking for a Seiko Landmaster SBDB005 and travel to HK regularly. Any idea where is the best place to source for one? Any advice is appreciated!

 

[philip_]

I have just returned from a month in Hong Kong. With HK having no VAT I thought I could score a nice bargain on a Grand Seiko myself. But I was not able to find any good prices. I was pretty surprised. Getting them via Seiya or Higuchi was always the cheaper option, even after adding import tax. But I did not spend the whole month just looking for wachtes. If anyone knows where good deals on Grand Seikos can be had, please let us know.

However, I was able to find a good price for a SKX007 and a Sumo at three shops who are literally next to each other. They are located at the "Sino Centre" at 582-592 Nathan Road, ground floor. One shops name was Time 4 You Limited, another Super Time if I remember correctly. The third shops name I forgot.

Also of note is another shop in that same building whose name I cannot recall either unfortunately. But that shop had some rare watches I did not find anywhere else: A Seiko SBDX011 (the automatic Tuna), a SBBN011 (Robert F. Marx Tuna), a Sinn UX GSG9, a seemingly mint Rolex Submariner 16610LV, a Great White sub, a Double Red Sea Dweller, and other gems.

Another thing I noticed that not a single shop who had Grand Seikos on offer had any quartz models. Not even the "Seiko Boutique" at iSquare. After enquiring about the reason, they just told me "too cheap"!

 

[Lord Monocle]

Don't forget to check around Kowloon too. There's a little shopping center that had a surprisingly good selection of NOS Casio maybe a 10 minute walk inland. I couldn't begin to describe how to get there in words though. :-\