Almost anywhere you look in Pattaya you see displays of cheap watches. Usually starting at 100 Baht and sometimes going up to 800 Baht. Most look fairly hideous to me but I have seen a few I like the look of. Given the prices of drinks these days in Boystown I suppose it's not much to risk but I would be interested if anybody has tried one. Do they actually last long and can you get new batteries fitted?
All the watches I have bought over the years broke down in very short order - from the 250B Pattaya street stall ones to the fake Rolex ones in the BKK night market. You can change the battery but often the fault is more serious than that and the watch remains dead.
On the other hand, a mate of mine bought a fake Rolex at the same time as me, from the same stall as me - and his was still going strong after 5yrs
I'm still using a 200 bht one I bought on the 2nd floor of Royal Garden eleven years ago. I've replace the battery and the strap twice . Of my other Pattaya models, two lasted a year or so, but I have others which are still working after years of use. It's just luck.
scottish-guy (December 6th, 2017)
Oliver, I was going to like your post until I remembered you were talking about watches, not boys.
Hitchhiking's more of a challenge on the road less travelled.
Certainly a matter of luck.
But I have done well with those which cost over 500 baht (not much over).
Changing batteries is never an issue.
..........and that's the way it is.
I think if you're buying stuff from street stalls then you have to accept that the goods might be of inferior quality
Inferior quality, yes - but they keep excellent time !
I don't really understand, what's the use of a watch nowadays? I'm sure we all have phones that are either always connected to the internet, or are multiple times throughout the day, right? They keep much better time than a watch ever will.
So I guess a watch is just for show nowadays, but then why wear a 200 baht fake one?
I agree Matt, can't see the point of owning a watch, except as a piece of jewellery.
Hitchhiking's more of a challenge on the road less travelled.
https://www.dezeen.com/2017/09/17/vi...e-south-korea/Originally Posted by cdnmatt
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