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MBW/MBK is no more
- Thread starter JeanClaudeKilly
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- 9/7/12
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This is what I get when I Google 'Lewis Collins'.
A dead actor - are you dead ?
Google ‘Lewis Collins Replica Watch Forum’ and it is the first result to appear.This is what I get when I Google 'Lewis Collins'.
A dead actor - are you dead ?
This helps tremendously in my searches for builds for example ‘1665 Rolex MBW Replica Watch Forum’ and all of the relevant posts appear on Google.
I am pming the other mod with my evidence now.
Pmd the first mod to message and whom requested my passport/time/selfie with the aforementioned evidence
I’m happy to do so. I sent all of the evidence to P..DR..D. Awaiting his review and update on this post
My journey started here. I got a 1680 and 1665 15 years ago. I disassembled for a franken project and they’re still in the project drawer in pieces. They’re still my treasures I’ll get to them one day. Glad I have a piece of this rep history. Thx for the reminisce.Work has brought me to Bangkok, and whilst here, I figured I would head to MBK to see if Maria’s Best Watches (MBWs) are still available in some shape or form. In this post I refer to the watches which came from MBK as MBWs for consistency even though many different sellers sold these reps at some point in time.
For those who are new to MBWs, the following RWI post does an excellent job explaining MBWs:
https://forum.replica-watch.info/threads/what-is-an-mbw-history-of-a-marque.21090/
I was curious if I could find 1680/1665 cases with the correct dimensions without going the viet route. I could not find current information about MBWs especially post Covid. I began my search on the ground floor because this is where other members recommended finding MBWs.
An old time member by the name of Guru bought MBWs on the ground floor across from the KFC back in 2007.
As you can see, there are no more replica watch shops across from the KFC only tourist trinkets.
In fact, on the entire ground floor, which supposedly has the best quality reps in MBK, there are no watches. Quite the shame, and I imagine, incredibly different from precovid MBK.
My search was not finished here, though. I went to the second floor which has about a dozen replica watch shops.
Here is one picture, but generally, everything on display was a truly terrible rep likely acquired from DH Gate at scale. This photo is quite far out, but the general feeling is similar to the grand bazar in Istanbul.
Beyond this shop lied the rest of the rep shops with abominations on display. My goal here was to find someone working at one of these shops and ask about a shop named ‘Nah-Piek’. This shop was the origin for MBWs.
I finally came across one rep stall with an older looking Thai fellow running the show. I asked him if he knew of Nah-Piek and if it is still around. He went on to explain that the Nah-Piek shop was last around 15 years ago, and that the owner and inventor of MBWs had died. He had worked at Nah-Piek for a long period of time before opening his own stall after the owner of Nah-Pieks death. Now, in MBK, only current gen models from noob/ZF/PPF/etc can be found. And found at ludicrous prices I might add after sifting through the DH Gate ‘reps’.
Anyhow, I went on this wild goose chase for a 1680/1665 case. Our only good options now are viet cases or a MBW someone is willing to sell in M2M.
I hope this helps those on the hunt for 1680/1655 cases and serves as a conclusion to my curiosity for finding MBWs in Bangkok
Seems pretty confident... I too am waiting
But back to the actual thread topic, very interesting and cool that people have items from waaaay back then.
I myself purchased in Bangkok 15-20 years, a tag and an omega, absolute rubbish compared to what we get today! From a street stall somewhere and some bloke hawking in a lane. Ha, but they were cheap as chips and I was happy with them
But back to the actual thread topic, very interesting and cool that people have items from waaaay back then.
I myself purchased in Bangkok 15-20 years, a tag and an omega, absolute rubbish compared to what we get today! From a street stall somewhere and some bloke hawking in a lane. Ha, but they were cheap as chips and I was happy with them
First time I'v been to Thailand Was 25 years ago and people were offering you reps while sitting
and having you coffee. Remember I paid about 30 $ . Some of them lasted for years and some
broke the same day
and having you coffee. Remember I paid about 30 $ . Some of them lasted for years and some
broke the same day
Waiting on P..DR..D. I messaged him evidence 20 hours ago.. since then, radio silence. He’s either quite busy or needs to swallow his pride. I’m happy to send the evidence to a current active mod or hop on a WhatsApp video call.
I don’t expect an apology from those who hijacked my post, accused, and defamed my account. I understand that it is a better safe than sorry policy with scammers.
With this being said, I should have been DM’d by a mod and asked for evidence. Instead, my account was defamed and put under public scrutiny with no evidence. Very immature way to handle this situation, especially by proxy, who went on to post photos of a hideous, random woman which had to be removed by a mod.
I don’t expect an apology from those who hijacked my post, accused, and defamed my account. I understand that it is a better safe than sorry policy with scammers.
With this being said, I should have been DM’d by a mod and asked for evidence. Instead, my account was defamed and put under public scrutiny with no evidence. Very immature way to handle this situation, especially by proxy, who went on to post photos of a hideous, random woman which had to be removed by a mod.
Yes, exactly.
And RWI is a private forum. So it's up to the owners and the guys running the show how they want it run. If it seems immature and taking more time than you'd like... well, you don't have to be here. But if all this turns out to have been an unfortunate error, then you'll be welcomed.
Poor Claire, wonder what she would think about this.
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