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I understand your point. Unfortunately the price to pay for this experience is abusive in my country. For example, something as simple as a 54 usd Casio G Shock is sold for 185 usd at my Casio AD (great service yes). If I import it directly after import taxes and shipping it ends costing me around 95 usd. So in cases like that I will sacrifice the experience.
You know what's funny. I am 50 years old and a tech nerd and after 7 years wearing smartwatches I had enough and have just come back to traditionals.
Who changed my mind?
My 17 years old son. Yes 17.
He bought a Nordgreen Philosopher some time ago with his savings. I always mocked him for not wanting an apple watch and for the size of his Nordgreen (35 mm I believe). I always thought the bigger the better and I drooled over Huaweis 48 mm smartwatches.
Then he took me to the mall to watch window shopping. I was amazed as I didn't realize you could get beautiful watches below 300 usd. My Galaxy Watch suddenly looked like a toy.
I pulled the trigger on a couple of Seikos and I am not looking back. Now I am making a wish list of what I want for this year (a diver, a homage, some Seiko 5s,).
I think I am. In trouble.
I am curious as to what we're you expecting. To me it was just like shopping on Amazon and as long as it shipped promptly and in good condition I was fine. It did dissapoint me on modifying or canceling orders as I didn't find it as easy as Amazon.
Couldn't agree more! The sub 100 usd Seiko 5s are awesome with tons of different models and so inexpensive that they are a dangerous hobby. Just bought a SNKL23J1 and SNKE51J for 98 bucks with coupon. Even upgrading to sapphire +AR will still put you below 140 bucks for a Japan market watch.
But then their middle ground even up to 500 usd lack. Sapphires, QR coating, signed crowns, or decent bracelets, things you don't expect on their Seiko 5 line. You need to go to JDM models or high end (+700plus) to get those things that you can easily find in many Tissots under 500 usd.