Japan

Roycropper63

Hi folks there was a site mentioned on some thread about jdm watches? Can some one please let me know the site?
Many thanks and hope ye are all keeping safe!!!!!

funkyouup

https://www.seiyajapan.com/

Some nice JDM ones on here.

Seen this site mentioned but dont know much else about them -

https://www.japan-onlinestore.com/

blue5000

Could have been yahoo Japan auctions?

https://buyee.jp/yahoo/auction?lang=en

No experience with it though.

Cienciano

These guys are supposed to be good for vintage

https://www.ikigai-watches.com/

Trigger Happy

I bought my speedie from these guys and recommend.

https://mall.elady.com/products/watches

Beware of the customs on high value watches though. You need to get customs agent to clear the goods for you.

oxocube

Trigger Happy wrote: »

I bought my speedie from these guys and recommend.

https://mall.elady.com/products/watches

Beware of the customs on high value watches though. You need to get customs agent to clear the goods for you.

Ahh FFS. A CJF2110 in black with papers and no box for €787. Don't temp me :eek:

Roycropper63

Many thanks for replies. Plenty to go on

bbbbb

Trigger Happy wrote: »

I bought my speedie from these guys and recommend.

https://mall.elady.com/products/watches

Beware of the customs on high value watches though. You need to get customs agent to clear the goods for you.

is that still the case since the eu japan trade deal last year?
you still have vat, but no duties as i understand it.

unkel

There's no duty on watches from anywhere. VAT is the big bummer

Trigger Happy

bbbbb wrote: »

is that still the case since the eu japan trade deal last year?
you still have vat, but no duties as i understand it.

Good point. I bought mine in 2018.

Thirdfox

unkel wrote: »

There's no duty on watches from anywhere. VAT is the big bummer

Tax lawyer hat on: There's a huge amount of duty on watches from 3rd party countries...4.5% of the value of goods
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but limited to 80c maximum per piece :P
/tax hat off. Btw - not sure if Japan/EU has any agreement on watches for duty.

Might even be worth shipping high value goods to a family member in the UK and pay the lower VAT there before shipping to Ireland - depending on value could save a bit of VAT 20% vs 23% - on a €3000 grand seiko that'd be €90 in difference. Not as good as when UK VAT was 17.5% (would have been a €165 tax savings).

As for the OP - rakuten is a good Japanese shopping site too - kinda like their Amazon or the Chinese's taobao/jd.com

Roycropper63

@thirdfox.
Many thanks for that site. Am I correct in saying that jdm watches are only available in Japan? No euro/uk sites?

Thirdfox

Roycropper63 wrote: »

@thirdfox.
Many thanks for that site. Am I correct in saying that jdm watches are only available in Japan? No euro/uk sites?

JDM is an abbreviation for "Japanese Domestic Market" - so the hint is in the name - while they are only officially sold in Japan it doesn't stop people from buying them and reselling them elsewhere though.

It just means that you won't be buying any Seiko/Citizen JDM watches from a Seiko/Citizen authorised dealer in EU/UK.

I've heard (don't know if true or not) that the reason why JDM watches exist is that the local market is willing to pay more for the Citizen/Seiko brands whereas over in Europe people class them often in the 200 euro-ish range.

Asking 3-5,000 for a Grand Seiko will probably make the average watch buyer's eyes bug out "HOW much for a Seiko???"

Then you mention a Credor's price to them... :eek:

Black Sheep

I have dealt with both Seiya Japan and Higuchi Inc when purchasing JDM watches.

Higuchi Inc's website: http://www.higuchi-inc.com/english/

The standard of service with both was very high. In my experience this is typical of Japanese businesses, they are just a cut above.

With Higuchi I actually emailed looking for a watch that was not listed, and he did a bit of legwork himself to find it for me. It wasn't an overly expensive watch, but again, they really seem to want to deliver for the customer.