ARBUTUS New York

"Ed.YEO"

The first time i saw about ARBUTUS brand, was from some magazines from HK.

Then, physically, i saw the thing @ Mustafa some years back. The distributor then was not CRYSTAL Time.

Roughly about 2 years or somewhere in between, due to less popularity, ARBUTUS disappears from Mustafa.

It's was last year that this brand comes back to Mustafa's showcase, and this time round with more other retailers carrying this brand, i say... ARBUTUS comes back with full force under CRYSTAL Time.



However to what i know, all the while, this brand is available thru some in-flight duty free sales.



Onto the watches. The watches are mostly M.I.C. Just Like other Germasians, such as INGERSOLL and AEROMATIC, the watches are designed else where, but assembled in CN with complex movements that are not easy to service should anything happens.



For those who are looking for budget, cheap, complex timepieces but wouldn't want to pay SWISS 5-Figure premium price... these watches can be a temporary substitute jewelery.



Movement wise, while there are some collector's commented that the movements used are SEAGULLs, i seriously doubt so... Should these complex movements are SEAGULLs trump cards, these wouldn't be marketed with budget prices of less than SGD1k... Only a few models are really using SEAGULL movements,

"fireal"

[quote="Ed.YEO"]The first time i saw about ARBUTUS brand, was from some magazines from HK.

Then, physically, i saw the thing @ Mustafa some years back. The distributor then was not CRYSTAL Time.

Roughly about 2 years or somewhere in between, due to less popularity, ARBUTUS disappears from Mustafa.

It's was last year that this brand comes back to Mustafa's showcase, and this time round with more other retailers carrying this brand, i say... ARBUTUS comes back with full force under CRYSTAL Time.



However to what i know, all the while, this brand is available thru some in-flight duty free sales.



Onto the watches. The watches are mostly M.I.C. Just Like other Germasians, such as INGERSOLL and AEROMATIC, the watches are designed else where, but assembled in CN with complex movements that are not easy to service should anything happens.



For those who are looking for budget, cheap, complex timepieces but wouldn't want to pay SWISS 5-Figure premium price... these watches can be a temporary substitute jewelery.



Movement wise, while there are some collector's commented that the movements used are SEAGULLs, i seriously doubt so... Should these complex movements are SEAGULLs trump cards, these wouldn't be marketed with budget prices of less than SGD1k... Only a few models are really using SEAGULL movements,

"fireal"

...ingersoll is not a germasian watch :(

"Paladium"

Are there similar looking timepieces around the same price range but more reliable? I'm in the market hunting for such "dressy" watch that doesn't cost my arm or leg.