Quartz or automatic?

[parapaul]

For a sub £200 budget, I'd love to get an orange monster. And then probably a black one to keep it company I just love the way they look.

However... In my mind, a watch should tell ME the time, not the other way around. While I can fully appreciate the quality workings encased within a Seiko automatic, the fact that a £10 casio digital watch will tell the time better seems a bit backward.

So...

I don't know if I would probably be better with a kinetic or eco-drive type of watch. I know they're still essentially battery operated but the kinetic is semi-auto (if I understand it right) and the eco-drive is solar powered.

Do Seiko make a watch that looks like the monster but is quartz rather than automatic? Or shall I just get another G-Shock? I've just seen this one on sale for £60

[parapaul]

Hmmm... thanks! Love the orange one.

[parapaul]

Thanks for all the input

Perhaps I was being unfair about the accuracy of the automatic movement - I certainly don't need sub-second accuracy, just the confidence to glance at the watch and know it's the rigt time. I could easily manage +/- a few minutes a month, and had completely neglected to think about the fact I'd be changing the date anyway.

Given that, perhaps the monster I really wanted would be the better option after all. And despite looking, I can't find that orange faced BFK for sale anywhere on t'interweb - just pictures.

I'll see whats left after this month's bills and have a look for one

[parapaul]

Debaser said:

The BFK above is Japan only (I think) so you'd have to get it from somewhere like Seiya or ebay.

http://www.seiyajapan.com/product/S-SBCZ015/SEIKO-...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Seiko-PROSPEX-SBCZ015-Kinetic-...

Thanks for the links - I'm suprised, it's nearly double the price of a monster.

Debaser said:

However I have two watches with the same movement as the Monster. By learning how to leave them overnight I got one of them to be +0 seconds after three months(!) and the other is gaining about 2 seconds a week.