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Title: Malaysia Watch Forum Affordable Watch Brand Survey
Post by: danny on January 04, 2011, 03:22:38 PM
Hi guys,
There's been a request to have a separate survey to determine MWF members' favourite affordable watch brand.
Please help out by voting for your favourite watch brand which did not break your bank account last year.
Only one vote per member please.
The poll will run for only 7 days.

 :Cheers:
Title: Re: Malaysia Watch Forum Affordable Watch Brand Survey
Post by: armereth on January 04, 2011, 03:28:12 PM
Oris, Ball and Frederique affordable??? Cheapest RRP is ard Rm3000 wor. Wah.....
Title: Re: Malaysia Watch Forum Affordable Watch Brand Survey
Post by: Alvin-8880 on January 04, 2011, 04:23:31 PM
I was looking to tick Stowa but can't find this brand in the list >:(...
Title: Re: Malaysia Watch Forum Affordable Watch Brand Survey
Post by: danny on January 04, 2011, 04:34:01 PM
I was looking to tick Stowa but can't find this brand in the list >:(...

Stowa added.
Title: Re: Malaysia Watch Forum Affordable Watch Brand Survey
Post by: ancs88 on January 04, 2011, 05:08:54 PM
How about Lum-Tec?
Title: Re: Malaysia Watch Forum Affordable Watch Brand Survey
Post by: danny on January 04, 2011, 05:10:26 PM
How about Lum-Tec?

Why not? Lum-Tec added.
Title: Re: Malaysia Watch Forum Affordable Watch Brand Survey
Post by: ~guyver~ on January 04, 2011, 05:33:51 PM
can longines add to the the list?
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Post by: qwerty014 on January 04, 2011, 05:53:47 PM
Can add Orient or not ?
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Post by: alliddin on January 04, 2011, 06:15:35 PM
Yeah I vote Orient  :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Malaysia Watch Forum Affordable Watch Brand Survey
Post by: takashi78 on January 04, 2011, 06:25:47 PM
Nothing says bang for the buck better than Seiko.
For under rm500 you get a fully in house movt and everything. Even the oil is Seiko specific.
Title: Re: Malaysia Watch Forum Affordable Watch Brand Survey
Post by: landyshah on January 04, 2011, 06:51:15 PM
Sinn and Glycine for me...but dont have  ;)
Title: Re: Malaysia Watch Forum Affordable Watch Brand Survey
Post by: HusH on January 04, 2011, 07:26:29 PM
Nothing says bang for the buck better than Seiko.
For under rm500 you get a fully in house movt and everything. Even the oil is Seiko specific.

Cannot agree more. My vote goes to Seiko. I bought the most watches from Seiko in 2010.
Another bang for the buck, Orient is a close 2nd in my book.
Title: Re: Malaysia Watch Forum Affordable Watch Brand Survey
Post by: SHL on January 04, 2011, 07:38:27 PM
How about Halmiton? and ingersoll??can consider?
Title: Re: Malaysia Watch Forum Affordable Watch Brand Survey
Post by: David_cheong on January 04, 2011, 08:01:05 PM
The list goes on...and on..and IMHO you cannot please all people in all times........

Poor Danny had to add more.........................

I vote for Sinn...but then Sinn is not in the poll.

Ok, I vote for Oris.

dc
Title: Re: Malaysia Watch Forum Affordable Watch Brand Survey
Post by: casphere on January 05, 2011, 02:34:38 AM
Suggestion - BULOVA  :thumbsup:

I had a hard time deciding between Seiko and Invicta, but in the end I voted for Invicta cos Seiko's not lacking votes in this poll  :laugh:
Title: Re: Malaysia Watch Forum Affordable Watch Brand Survey
Post by: patryn33 on January 05, 2011, 04:26:41 AM
what is affordable? watches avg RM$500? or under RM1k?

anyway, missing affordable such as UHR, CW,  Guinand, Tissot, Hamilton (maybe), Longines (maybe), Epos
Title: Re: Malaysia Watch Forum Affordable Watch Brand Survey
Post by: danny on January 05, 2011, 08:10:54 AM
I've added the following brands:

Sinn, Epos, Titoni, Tissot, Longines, Hamilton, Ingersoll, Victorinox and Mido.

There is also the option to change your vote in case you wish to vote for the newly added brands.
The limit of 1 vote per user remains unchanged.
Title: Re: Malaysia Watch Forum Affordable Watch Brand Survey
Post by: Samajaya168 on January 05, 2011, 08:36:43 AM
walau eh only me who commit sinss  :Laughing_on_floor:
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Post by: twom on January 05, 2011, 08:51:04 AM
No orient !
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Post by: chrisyen on January 05, 2011, 09:03:49 AM
i struggling to choose between ball n damasko

ball come up with very new invention.... the world time and the rotor lock.... and great design new watch model

while damasko improved alot on service, production and of course the launch of new manufacture movement...
besides that the new da46, super hard black pvd models, upgraded silicon models....

so my vote goes to damasko in the end for 2010....
Title: Re: Malaysia Watch Forum Affordable Watch Brand Survey
Post by: kltime on January 05, 2011, 10:00:26 AM
I voted Seiko since to me the key word is affordable. My personal definition is the brand must have entry level models below 1k.
I am also a big fan of Ball but the entry level Ball whick is the Fireman definitely well above that.
Title: Re: Malaysia Watch Forum Affordable Watch Brand Survey
Post by: danny on January 05, 2011, 10:17:36 AM
No orient !

Orient added.
Title: Re: Malaysia Watch Forum Affordable Watch Brand Survey
Post by: kiamat on January 05, 2011, 10:59:37 AM
voted for poljot. who else voted for polhot? just wandering.
Title: Re: Malaysia Watch Forum Affordable Watch Brand Survey
Post by: chrisyen on January 05, 2011, 11:54:38 AM
as expected... many seiko fans here so leading the poll by far...

but i do hope u guys think and consider, vote bcoz of the brand performance in 2010 not the watch u bought or the brand u love....
Title: Re: Malaysia Watch Forum Affordable Watch Brand Survey
Post by: kltime on January 05, 2011, 12:20:40 PM
voted for poljot. who else voted for polhot? just wandering.

I also like poljot and have among my collection 2 poljot based Aviators. But as far as I know poljot in itself no longer exists but there are a few brands with poljot based calibers (Aviator/Sthurmanskie/Dennisov,etc). There are some poljot NOS on ebay which is affordable (<1k) but most of those brands mentioned are more upscale...
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Post by: peanut on January 05, 2011, 12:21:30 PM
as expected... many seiko fans here so leading the poll by far...

but i do hope u guys think and consider, vote bcoz of the brand performance in 2010 not the watch u bought or the brand u love....
Can you tell the Rolex guys next door the same message?  I think the most ground shaking things Rolex did last year were to increase the price twice!  :Laughing_on_floor:  

Seiko actually had a tumultuous year with the firing of its CEO and financial performance issues.  However, its Space Walk Commemorative edition won the Sport Watch of the Year at Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève 2010.  Beyond that, i am not sure what Seiko has achieved this year.
Title: Re: Malaysia Watch Forum Affordable Watch Brand Survey
Post by: danny on January 05, 2011, 12:35:53 PM
as expected... many seiko fans here so leading the poll by far...

but i do hope u guys think and consider, vote bcoz of the brand performance in 2010 not the watch u bought or the brand u love....
Can you tell the Rolex guys next door the same message?  I think the most ground shaking things Rolex did last year were to increase the price twice!  :Laughing_on_floor:  

Seiko actually had a tumultuous year with the firing of its CEO and financial performance issues.  However, its Space Walk Commemorative edition won the Sport Watch of the Year at Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève 2010.  Beyond that, i am not sure what Seiko has achieved this year.

As stated earlier the intent is to simply let members vote their favourite brands for 2010, not to judge the horological achievements, technical prowess and merits of each watch brand.
That's beyond the scope of this survey. So let's just have fun and vote with for whichever brand that appeals to us the most regardless of the reason.

 :Cheers:
 
Title: Re: Malaysia Watch Forum Affordable Watch Brand Survey
Post by: dennis.T on January 05, 2011, 02:00:14 PM
Chris, The key words here is "affordable" , to me a few hundred bucks watches is affordable  :Cheers:
Title: Re: Malaysia Watch Forum Affordable Watch Brand Survey
Post by: chrisyen on January 05, 2011, 02:18:50 PM
I jus naughty... Try to influence others...
Actually I own seikos more than other brands... 
Title: Re: Malaysia Watch Forum Affordable Watch Brand Survey
Post by: Omnipotent on January 05, 2011, 09:27:25 PM
voted for Oris as I'm hoping to get one soon... :D