Price Differences Between Casio G-Shock : Japan-made Riseman Wave-Ceptor and Thailand-made Riseman

I received a few e-mails asking about the Riseman that was being sold on Mudah. Our fellow readers asked if I knew why was there such a high price disparity between the Riseman on sale there- ranging from the low hundreds for Riseman Thailand to as high as RM1,800 for a brand new Riseman Japan.

From my write-up on the G-Shock Riseman in March 2014, you would know that Riseman Japan came with the high-tech Wave-Ceptor, which could read the airwave data provided by different countries' bands to auto-correct the local time on an automatic basis the moment you landed at that country. For a frequent traveller, this was a great feature to have- especially when your travels take you jet-setting across the globe.

Now, let's look at the current prices of new pieces being sold by distributors in Malaysia as at 1st April 2014 (and this was not a joke) :

After discounts, the Riseman Thailand sells at RM969.00 vs the Riseman Japan at RM1,979.00. So there you have it- that's why the prices differ so greatly in Mudah.