- 12/3/18
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Interesting tour of Nakano Rolex shopping, lots of eye candy.
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Rolex shopping in Japan
- Thread starter KJ2020
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Great video - really enjoyed it, but kept pausing to translate Yen to pounds!
How lucky to be in Japan too - but to find your way around there, I know, is a pretty difficult task in itself!
How lucky to be in Japan too - but to find your way around there, I know, is a pretty difficult task in itself!
2many2choose
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Good video! You see so many rolexes and also any models you cannot find at the AD. Brings up why Rolex sports model are so hard to find. The perception in Hong Kong is Japanese collectors are driving the prices up buying up the stocks. But then also Hong Kong is to blame, the AD unofficially sell to the grey market to make a profit.
Johnny_Ridden
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All honesty, I would be a little careful buying gens in Japan.
I actually happen to live in Nakano so I often check out the grey market stores.
They do have nice unique pieces at quite reasonable prices, but I would be a little weary about the pieces in the movement.
Why?
Answer is simple. I wouldn’t buy a watch from there unless I first confirm that the watch is still covered by factory warranty; Meaning the watch has only ever been serviced at licenses dealers.
There are many talented watch makers here that do work on gen watches when they need servicing/repairing and when they do make replacement parts, they aren’t always of swiss eta quality pieces. Many people here use these watchsmiths just thinking they are saving a boatload on both time and money to have thier watches fixed/serviced.
Call me paranoid, but if I am shelling $20,000+ on a watch, I’d like to know that every part in the watch is genuinely from the original factory.
I actually happen to live in Nakano so I often check out the grey market stores.
They do have nice unique pieces at quite reasonable prices, but I would be a little weary about the pieces in the movement.
Why?
Answer is simple. I wouldn’t buy a watch from there unless I first confirm that the watch is still covered by factory warranty; Meaning the watch has only ever been serviced at licenses dealers.
There are many talented watch makers here that do work on gen watches when they need servicing/repairing and when they do make replacement parts, they aren’t always of swiss eta quality pieces. Many people here use these watchsmiths just thinking they are saving a boatload on both time and money to have thier watches fixed/serviced.
Call me paranoid, but if I am shelling $20,000+ on a watch, I’d like to know that every part in the watch is genuinely from the original factory.
I"m going to be spending a one day layover in Narita in a month. Any good watch shopping at Narita airport?
Johnny_Ridden
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If you’ve got 24 hours and you don’t need a VISA to roam the city, I’d suggest taking the Narita express to Nippori, then switch to the local train lines to get to Nakano from Narita in around 2 hours, maybe less. Theres not much except AD’s at Narita Airport.
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Im a subscriber to his channel not only is this video good and shows us plenty rolex candy (as his others) he's an interesting character lol
I bought a watch, they said that they were real branded ones, with them on their label there was a small text, which I then translated into English and realized that it was a high-quality fake. But I was not upset because the watch turned out to be of really high quality.
ADs all over the planet sell to grey dealers, nothing special about Hong Kong...
