nleap Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 Hello everybody! I was heading over to Thailand and because we are a part of such an international community here I figured I would ask all of you where I should go to find the watch markets! I hear bangkok has some such markets. But I aldo hear that there are some bad reps over there too. Perhaps some of you live near there or have visited. While I am over there perhaps I will make some purchases for the right price! Thanks for all the help everybody! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samurai Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 Definitely visit MBK. Perhaps Narika can help you with this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiker01 Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 I was in Bangkok last Jan. and visited MBK and was totally disappointed! REPS there are mostly Canal St. types and are expensive! I also had a city tour by a hired Tuktuk/Taxi driver of several houses of REPs (all types of goods) but of same quality! For watches, our listed dealers here are still the best! I find Manila in the Philippines to have better quality designer clothes/shoes/bags IMO! If you could contact Robert over at RWI, he's based in Bangkok, he might be able to hook you up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samurai Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 Hike....in Manila you are referring to GreenHills? I am in Manila @ the moment on work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiker01 Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 Yup! Ask the folks there where the "Tiangge" is and they'll show you! It's heaven for REP Lacoste/Polo shirts and shoes! Same with Ladies bags....LV/Gucci/Channel/Prada......almost all brands! They go by class (from A to C), A being the best. They could almost fool you! Don't forget to haggle...Filipinos are just like the Chinese....it's a game! Good Luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samurai Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 Thanks...Tiangge...is that the name of a shop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demsey Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 I was in Bangkok last Jan. and visited MBK and was totally disappointed! REPS there are mostly Canal St. types and are expensive! I also had a city tour by a hired Tuktuk/Taxi driver of several houses of REPs (all types of goods) but of same quality! For watches, our listed dealers here are still the best! In that case I would suggest visiting The Firecat and The Queen's Castle on Patpong. And dine at The Oriental. Have fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiker01 Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 Thanks...Tiangge...is that the name of a shop? It's actually the name of the whole REP shopping mall! It mains "Store of Everything" and it's in the ground floor! 2nd and 3rd floors are Cell Phones, REP Movies, PCs.....etc. BTW: How are you getting around and hows the current situation after the flood??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nleap Posted October 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 Thanks for your reply everybody! I was born near Manila! I should go back but probably not for this trip. That's a great idea I should meet up with narika and see if i can see some real places. I have heard that the touristy ones have expensive low quality reps. But there has to be a place where the good reps are! I will send a PM to narika! Any other suggestions for places that are a must see, rep related or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leon32 Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 (edited) No dealer will disclose his sources to you so you can buy there at half price and then possibly pass on the information to all on the internet... The one and only MBW/MBK watch shop is located in MBK shopping center on the ground floor (not on 3rd with all the other watch shops). Enter on ground floor main entrance and turn left. Look for a sign that says "Nah-Piek". You will find some good reps there, APRO Jumbo, Patek Nautilus and vintage Rolex. Have fun, Leon Edited October 11, 2009 by leon32 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nleap Posted October 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 No dealer will disclose his sources to you so you can buy there at half price and then possibly pass on the information to all on the internet... The one and only MBW/MBK watch shop is located in MBK shopping center on the ground floor (not on 3rd with all the other watch shops). Enter on ground floor main entrance and turn left. Look for a sign that says "Nah-Piek". You will find some good reps there, APRO Jumbo, Patek Nautilus and vintage Rolex. Have fun, Leon Is this in Bangkok? Is there an address? You are probably right, If I were one of the dealers I wouldn't give away my sources either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samurai Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 It's actually the name of the whole REP shopping mall! It mains "Store of Everything" and it's in the ground floor! 2nd and 3rd floors are Cell Phones, REP Movies, PCs.....etc. BTW: How are you getting around and hows the current situation after the flood??? Will go to this shopping mall on my next trip in Nov. I have an office here and come here 1/2 times a month. As such I get around only in Makati and Ortigas....and the situation here is perfectly normal as of now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theblueprince Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 Other than in NahPiek you won't find any decent reps being retailed to the public in Bangkok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leon32 Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 MBK is in downtown Bangkok, Siam Square area across from National Stadium skytrain station. You can also get good eta reps on third floor. Just make sure you are very precise when you tell them what you want...and send the first and second offering back with remark "quality not good enough..." These dealers will test your rep knowledge to see what they can sell you at the highest price. L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el unclo Posted June 15, 2010 Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 Hi! Just came back from a fortnight in Thailand and I have a couple of hints on finding replicas. Bangkok: Most street markets will sell very low quality replicas. I wouldn't bother to look for anything good here. MBK has countless stands and stores selling lots of replicas. Someone reported they would show non branded replicas on the counters and then bring out the real replicas upon request... nope. No problems on showing their stuff, almost everything in plain sight. Better quality replicas might be stashed away, though. I was looking for a good quality SteelFish SuperOcean, and the only place I found one was on the 3rd floor, stand 3B 12F 1, a stand named "Na-Ri-Ka"... coincidence?... The SFSO's weren't "available" at first, and after discarding almost everything else on display, the girl "manning" the stand (Noi?) said she could source some. After waiting for about 10 minutes, two puppies showed up, a white faced and a black faced. Good quality replicas, no doubts there: no arrow shaped seconds hands, correctly applied hour dots (not white, but not that greenish either), good heavyweight bracelets... Thing is, in the 10 minutes it took to get the SFSO's, I had fell in love with the fabulous Sinn replicas she had on display. After a bit of bargaining, I ended getting a U2 for 5000 THB (around 120 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exper Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 El Unclo - Great post, hows it doing over there at the moment you know with the Weather / political stuff? I woke up and felt like a chance of scenery so am off to BKK this weekend! Will see if I get time to hunt down some reps as will be with the mrs so doubt it but can't go there and not at least try Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkay Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 The shadowy latest Rolex DSSD v5 2010 comes from the MBK Mall, according to Highhozumdee ... um whatever his user name is All the goodness of a v5 plus semi-gloss dial and a much better pearl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firnatine Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 At Mbk on the 3rd floor there's one with same qualities aslike our cartells.....quote name='nleap' date='10 October 2009 - 07:44 AM' timestamp='1255157083' post='734061'] Hello everybody! I was heading over to Thailand and because we are a part of such an international community here I figured I would ask all of you where I should go to find the watch markets! I hear bangkok has some such markets. But I aldo hear that there are some bad reps over there too. Perhaps some of you live near there or have visited. While I am over there perhaps I will make some purchases for the right price! Thanks for all the help everybody! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadh40 Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 Thanks...Tiangge...is that the name of a shop? + + + 1 do visit MBK for watches though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadh40 Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 In that case I would suggest visiting The Firecat and The Queen's Castle on Patpong. And dine at The Oriental. Have fun! ++++1 Queens castle 1 only but... and do visit MBK they have good reps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody99 Posted June 26, 2010 Report Share Posted June 26, 2010 I may be going to Tailand this winter so I really appreciated the info as well. Thanks everyone. Woody99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exper Posted June 29, 2010 Report Share Posted June 29, 2010 Im Bangkok at the moment.. Sadly like what the previous posters have said most of the stuff in there and elsewhere is rubbish - canal street quality.. even the swiss stuff allegedly is quartz being tried to pass off to us tourists. MBK/MBW/Nah Phiek does have the best stuff but he keeps them in his pockets and gets them out puts on a strap depending on what you want and you pretty much have to know what you are after as he is not somewhere you can just browse... a bit of a pain for someone like me who didn't actually come here to hunt down reps but just for a last minute holiday seeing what I can find Now off to Rajawongese to have a suit made... supposedly a must.. lets see! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverworn Posted June 29, 2010 Report Share Posted June 29, 2010 try the m&m shop on the 3rd flore!!! its no. 61/7 beside the mangpong music shop!! pure is the guy that will show you high grade watches in awesome quality!! his phone nr: 081-3765844!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narikaa Posted June 30, 2010 Report Share Posted June 30, 2010 Repost from elsewhere in response to a similar question: MBW/MBK items are no mystery to source: Reps in general will be a crap shoot for you in BKK. Because of police clampdowns and swingeing financial penalties the big wholesalers arnt looking for any strange new faces, nor buyers wanting to plough thru their stocks on the promise of a couple of sales. But while youre in MBK check out these: Speak to the guy who runs the corner shop (arrowed) hes probably the most up to date in MBK with his reps and will get most 'high end' items..price you will have to wrestle for yourself . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exper Posted June 30, 2010 Report Share Posted June 30, 2010 Thanks Narikaa - shall pass by again and check it out with all the new info. Paul / Rolexfinder has very kindly agreed to show me around MBK as well which is appreciated ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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