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Tokyoflash watches

mooshoeporkmooshoepork Registered User regular
edited September 2008 in Help / Advice Forum
This is a quickie, I figured there might be a few owners of Tokyo flash's watches due to the style of them, here on these forums.

I'm thinking of buying one (rogue to be exact) but I'm fairly wary of buying things like watches online, as it's hard to judge build quality, especially for an unknown brand.

How have you found them? Reliable? Good service and warranty? They have some really interesting designs.

http://www.tokyoflash.com/en/

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  • taliosfalcontaliosfalcon Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I have a couple tokyoflash watches and the build quality seems good for the price. I haven't had any issues with either of them so I can't really comment on their warranty service though. Their free shipping is fast and they mark down the value so you don't get hit by customs, which is awesome imo.

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  • mooshoeporkmooshoepork Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Thanks. Yeah, they aren't too expensive.

    Do you know how you paid? I live in Australia, and there isn't an option to show in our currency (only US dollars), so will it be taken from the Yen? (which would be great), or taken from the US dollar (bad).

    It works out to be 20 dollars cheaper from the yen due to the conversion rate.

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  • taliosfalcontaliosfalcon Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I believe (I could be wrong, but i'm almost certain this is how it works) that if you pay by credit card, it'll charge your bank in yen, and your bank converts it using whatever their current exchange rate is.
    Also, in my earlier post when I said the build quality was good for the price, I mainly meant it depends on the watch, i.e I have one of these http://www.tokyoflash.com/en/watches/ince/cdisc/ which was pretty nice for a 95$ish watch, and I have one of these http://www.tokyoflash.com/en/watches/independent/itr21-5051/ which looks awesome and feels/appears to be solid as a rock.

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  • acidlacedpenguinacidlacedpenguin Institutionalized Safe in jail.Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I have the Star Performer, paid something like $80 or $90 CDN.

    of all the watches I've owned before, this one is definitely the best. It seems pretty sturdy since it's lasted quite a few drunken weekends with not even a scratch anywhere.

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  • ShogunShogun Hair long; money long; me and broke wizards we don't get along Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    So how do you tell what time it is?

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  • InquisitorInquisitor Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Shogun wrote: »
    So how do you tell what time it is?

    All of the watches have their own trick. Usually clicking on the watch will tell you how in a general sense. They come with instructions too. Some seem like they would be easy with a pinch of practice and some sound like a real pain.

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  • ben0207ben0207 Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I have the 1259 G, and it is brilliant. Sturdy as shit, and always a conversation starter. One problem is that it seems to get about 1 minute fast per month, but it's quick to adjust.

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  • GlaealGlaeal Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I've got the C Stainless. It's nice, but I got tired of wearing it. It was a lot bigger than I wanted, and even after I got the hang of it, it was still inconvenient to read.

    You can order them from Amazon.com, if that helps.

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  • ErandusErandus Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Like I said in Drez's watch thread, I'm not sure I would want to wear something that seems to scream "I am under house arrest and this device electrocutes me if I leave the perimeter."

    Their watches that actually look like watches are not bad.

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  • BarrakkethBarrakketh Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Erandus wrote: »
    Like I said in Drez's watch thread, I'm not sure I would want to wear something that seems to scream "I am under house arrest and this device electrocutes me if I leave the perimeter."

    The watch the OP is interested in doesn't fit that description. It actually looks pretty cool:

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  • LackadaisicalLackadaisical Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    God damn it, now I want multiple of these watches.

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  • MegaMan001MegaMan001 CRNA Rochester, MNRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Wow. Some of these faces are crazy. They look cool, but man I don't know if I'd actually be able to read them.

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  • DeadlySherpaDeadlySherpa Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    you'd get used to it pretty quick, it's not a complicated bit of symbols

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  • acidlacedpenguinacidlacedpenguin Institutionalized Safe in jail.Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    yeah I've actually found that, at least for Star Performer, it's easier to read than regular watches.

    though to be fair, I'm like, half mentally retarded and it takes me a second to read analog clocks.

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  • Homestar GunnerHomestar Gunner Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    A friend of mine bought the JLR7 about six months ago...and it broke shortly after.

    But he sent it back to them and they gave him a replacement, free of charge! Watch has been fine since then.

    And might I add, a Tokyoflash watch is guaranteed to start a conversation. Usually involving you (the wearer) explaining how to read the damn thing.

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  • ben0207ben0207 Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    yeah I've actually found that, at least for Star Performer, it's easier to read than regular watches.

    though to be fair, I'm like, half mentally retarded and it takes me a second to read analog clocks.
    Haha, same here. I can read mine instantly, but I still need to stop and look at analogue clocks.

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  • mooshoeporkmooshoepork Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Thanks for all the replies. Do they come in a nice tin box or something similar to other watches?

    I'm torn between

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    and

    TOK009_m.jpg

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  • matthias00matthias00 Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Go with the second one.

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  • mooshoeporkmooshoepork Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    matthias00 wrote: »
    Go with the second one.

    Yeah, that's the one I'm leaning more towards.

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  • grim123grim123 Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    me I want this

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  • mooshoeporkmooshoepork Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I just read that the rogue one isn't always green, only when you press the button :( That's disappointing.

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  • KyouguKyougu Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Thanks, thanks alot.

    I just saw those watches and I think I'm going to buy one.

    Now to decide on one.

    EDIT: There also seems to be plenty of youtube videos on the watches themselves, which is nice to actually see more of them. I think I may get the Shinshoku

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  • JAEFJAEF Unstoppably Bald Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I just read that the rogue one isn't always green, only when you press the button :( That's disappointing.
    Uh, what color is it otherwise? And where did you read this?

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  • mooshoeporkmooshoepork Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    JAEF wrote: »
    I just read that the rogue one isn't always green, only when you press the button :( That's disappointing.
    Uh, what color is it otherwise? And where did you read this?

    You have to press a button to make it light up.

    Otherwise it just looks like:

    TOK009_L4.jpg
    Tokyoflash

    the time can be read at a glance but can be further illuminated with three sci-fi green LEDs at the touch of a button, bringing the display to life like a glowing radar screen, especially at night or in a dark room.

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  • JAEFJAEF Unstoppably Bald Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Honestly that flat grey look is classy as shit. Just bought one. Now the wait.

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  • mooshoeporkmooshoepork Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    egh...I dunno...It's kinda hard to tell by pictures. I'd buy one right now if it were a constant green.

    edit: Yeah nope. It doesn't do it for me anymore. :( I wish there was an option to make it display green constantly. That'd be cool.

    heh, at least this thread got tokyoflash a few customers aye?

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  • NoneoftheaboveNoneoftheabove Just a conforming non-conformist. Twilight ZoneRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I have the collectors " Blue LED Pimp" watch, a very cool watch. The LED has gone out and is damaged by no apparent reason. It's the only Tokyo Flash watch I've owned, and I can't really say what the quality of the watches are.

    I still love the designs and would buy another simply because there are no other watches quite like them.
    My next watch from them will be the "Morse code" watch. It displays Morse code in LED or tells time with normal digits. It also has some sort of speaker function that audibly sounds out the time in Morse code.

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  • Idx86Idx86 Long days and pleasant nights.Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    This post contains neither help nor advice, but I have to say these watches are fucking cool.

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  • ArminasArminas Student of Life SF, CARegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    This post contains neither help nor advice, but I have to say these watches are fucking cool.

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  • DixonDixon Screwed...possibly doomed CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I've always wanted to buy one of these watches but I never have the money whenever someone reminds me of them...

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  • ArminasArminas Student of Life SF, CARegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I just looked through all of them and a lot of them seem really freaking hard to read but really cool looking at least. I like the gun metal ones on page 3 but I wish that they had a more high-quality and rugged look to them. They look a little plasticky :(

    I kind of want one, but I barely even wear watches. I have a nice simple silve and black leather that I don't even wear more than a few times a month.

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