What watch for £50

[cranford10]

vixen1700 said:

Excellent!

Was that new or an old one? Wouldn't mind adding one of those to the watch box.

New - just having to get used to needing 2 hands to tell the time but v pleased with it

[Slushbox]

I fly (light aircraft) and have an Omega Seamaster AQ, which gets knocked around doing daily engine checks.

Wanted a watch with 'Zulu' time, or a GMT hand, which if I took it off and left it on the cockpit roof (don't ask) wouldn't cost me two grand.

This popped up. Five alarms, twenty time-zones, UTC (Zulu) time, UTC/Local/DST, stopwatch for fuel burn calcs, 'perpetual calendar and a countdown timer for ETAs.

Can also be used to time boiled eggs. Not sure if it does leap seconds.

£21.

Edited by Slushbox on Sunday 11th November 13:00

[yoshisdad]

Slushbox said:

I fly (light aircraft) and have an Omega Seamaster AQ, which gets knocked around doing daily engine checks.

Wanted a watch with 'Zulu' time, or a GMT hand, which if I took it off and left it on the cockpit roof (don't ask) wouldn't cost me two grand.

This popped up. Five alarms, twenty time-zones, UTC (Zulu) time, UTC/Local/DST, stopwatch for fuel burn calcs, 'perpetual calendar and a countdown timer for ETAs.

Can also be used to time boiled eggs. Not sure if it does leap seconds.

£21.

Edited by Slushbox on Sunday 11th November 13:00

Leaving a watch on the cockpit roof..........sounds like an interesting story!

[Slushbox]

yoshisdad said:

Leaving a watch on the cockpit roof..........sounds like an interesting story!

Discovered by my flying instructor before any destruction of aircraft/airfield/self. Some shouting took place. :-)

Aircraft hangar v. dark. Same instructor yelled at me for using a pencil torch to check the oil tank levels. Said if I dropped it in, they'd bill me for a new engine.

I believe the usual method is to lick the dipstick.


Edit:

World Time Casio arrived today, with the time set to Hong Kong. What a looker!

Appears to be made of some sort of anti-gravity material as it doesn't weigh anything. Flying instructor notices it and says 'I hope you're not going to leave it in the engine oil tank.' then walks off.

Clearly, 'flight approved.'

Edited by Slushbox on Wednesday 14th November 11:40

[wjb]

I bought an 'eBay special' Nato strap for my Sekonda 3078.

It solves the cheap bracelet issue and I think it looks better now too.



It owes me £28 all in now

[waynedear]

After a very close call working on the car with my Omega on ( glass scraped across a rough casting, g3 compound luckily sorted 90%) I decided to buy a cheap everyday watch.
My god there is lots of choice.
I don’t want digital and need waterproof (not that deep) something cool and stylish and available online, ta in advance :-)

[Barchettaman]

This maybe?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B005FEYBXS/ref=ps...

[peterg1955]

Look for Pagani Design watches on eBay they come from China cost circa £50 including shipping

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PAGANI-DESIGN-Waterproo...

[waynedear]

Barchettaman said:

This maybe?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B005FEYBXS/ref=ps...

Blimey, so cheap, looks ok that.

[Funk]

I know it'll polarise opinion on the 'cool and stylish' but I still think that for day-to-day wear you can't beat a G-Shock:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Casio-G-Shock-Mens-Watch-...

That one sneaks in under budget and will be broadly indestructible!

Or this one at a fiver over budget:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Casio-G-100-1BVMUR-G-Shoc...

Even one of the solar-powered ones for under £50..!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/CASIO-Analogue-Digital-Qu...

Edited by Funk on Monday 27th April 14:45

[Shaw Tarse]

A few suggestions here https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=78...

[Hoofy]

Sekonda have a range of styles to suit.

https://amzn.to/2xg75Y0

https://amzn.to/2KDOKah

https://amzn.to/2KDOHLD

https://amzn.to/3aGmkal

https://amzn.to/3bGYgoV

https://amzn.to/2VHSCgO

Yes, they do steal ideas from other more popular brands!

[irc]

A Russian 200m waterproof diver for £49.

https://meranom.com/en/amphibian-classic/120/vosto...

I ordered a watch off the site on 9th April. Arrived in Glasgow 24th April.

[lostkiwi]

I've always quite liked these:
Casio Collection Men's Watch MTD-1053D https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003ZUXWDO/ref=cm_sw_r...

[r159]

waynedear said:

Barchettaman said:

This maybe?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B005FEYBXS/ref=ps...

Blimey, so cheap, looks ok that.

There are loads of colours and a metal version I have the black one (from the book of dreams) it's a nice thing. Casio are very good at this price and sekonda do some 200m divers for around £35. Lorus do a nice couple of field watches including a titanium one for £40.

Rubicon watches are worth a look they do a lot of ex display.

Worth checking out the sub £200 thread ... loads of good stuff at that price and an excellent place to experience budget stretch...

[waynedear]

Thank you so much for the input, wife has ordered me a Casio 200H as part of my Friday birthday treats, Omega can then go back to being ‘special’

[mikal83]

I just dont get these watch threads. Hundreds of pounds/thousands even, for what. I have an alarm clock in the bedroom, my oven/microwave have clocks. My cars have clocks as does my motorbike. My phone has a clock. The radio tells me the time every 10 bloody minutes.Town clocks are everywhere. The sun is overhead.

WHY>

[Hoofy]

mikal83 said:

I just dont get these watch threads. Hundreds of pounds/thousands even, for what. I have an alarm clock in the bedroom, my oven/microwave have clocks. My cars have clocks as does my motorbike. My phone has a clock. The radio tells me the time every 10 bloody minutes.Town clocks are everywhere. The sun is overhead.

WHY>

You might want to move this forum out of your favourites.

[bristolracer]

mikal83 said:

I just dont get these watch threads. Hundreds of pounds/thousands even, for what. I have an alarm clock in the bedroom, my oven/microwave have clocks. My cars have clocks as does my motorbike. My phone has a clock. The radio tells me the time every 10 bloody minutes.Town clocks are everywhere. The sun is overhead.

WHY>

My alarm clock is an alexa so doesn't show the time
My microwave has no clock
The oven clock is always wrong because of power cuts
My van has a clock that is one hour out for half the year since I replaced the stereo
My phone lives in a case in my pocket
The radio isn't always on
I don't live in a town
And its cloudy today.

[Funk]

waynedear said:

Thank you so much for the input, wife has ordered me a Casio 200H as part of my Friday birthday treats, Omega can then go back to being ‘special’

Great choice and for that money an absolute no-brainer. Perfect daily 'beater' watch and knowing Casio I'm sure it'll take pretty much anything you can throw at it!

mikal83 said:

I just dont get these watch threads. Hundreds of pounds/thousands even, for what. I have an alarm clock in the bedroom, my oven/microwave have clocks. My cars have clocks as does my motorbike. My phone has a clock. The radio tells me the time every 10 bloody minutes.Town clocks are everywhere. The sun is overhead.

WHY>

Because people are allowed to have nice things if they want to. I have watches worth from £50 to £5k because I like them but my 'everyday' watch for the last 8 months has been a Fitbit!