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Originally Posted by BMW F22
Which shop in Japan? Been there a few times and had thought about picking one up (same with Thailand) as they seemed reasonable. Would love to know the shop for next time.
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There's a couple of places in Tokyo that have good prices. You generally want to avoid the large department stores as they'll charge retail prices. The places to go are the watch stores.
One of the most popular pre-owned watch store is Jack Road. It is in a huge mall that sells a bunch of collector's and vintage stuff. You can see their inventory and prices on some items on their web site.
http://www.jackroad.co.jp/shop/pages/access_en.aspx
Inside that same mall, you'll get to see 3-4 other watch stores as well. It's inside the Nakano Broadway shopping arcade with other stores like Kamekichi, Betty Road etc.
I got my Sub from Housekihiroba. They have a nice upscale boutique in Shibuya district in Tokyo. I feel like service and display is a notch above Jack Road.
http://housekihiroba.jp/shop/
There's various other stores as well that you can check out. Depending what kind of watches you're into, you can find different places that specialize in those watches. Like if you like vintage Daytonas, there's stores that specialize in only those watches. You can find various replacement parts and watches for sale.
Here's a list of some luxury watch stores in Tokyo area:
https://timepeaks.com/shop/watch_shop_tokyo_japan/
If you want Japanese domestic watches (many are not sold outside Japan), there's a ton of things to look at. For those things, you can visit places like Yodobashi Akiba in Akihabara - they have a huge selection of new domestic watches like the cool Seiko Grands. Also lots of specialty shops that sell pre-owned ones.
Japan takes their watches seriously - as with most Japanese things they have OCD with their hobbies. You can spend weeks wandering around watch stores.
Here's an example at Jack Road. A used 116610LN - ceramic Submariner Date:
http://www.jackroad.co.jp/shop/g/g2575535/
Sells for 729,630 yen if you have a US passport (no tax) - that translates to $6k USD with 120 yen/dollar exchange rate.