"Value for money" watches

[CardShark]

Podie said:

Quote said:

You can get a lot of Sinn for your 'Archer'

Do I need more coffee?

The web said:

An Archer was a term adopted by the satirical magazine Private Eye to mean £2,000. It took its name from Lord Jeffrey Archer, formerly a Conservative Member of Parliament, and represents the amount that he was shown to have send to a prostitute at Victoria train station in London, which, when made public, caused his political downfall.

[Podie]

CardShark said:

Podie said:

Quote said:

You can get a lot of Sinn for your 'Archer'

Do I need more coffee?

The web said:

An Archer was a term adopted by the satirical magazine Private Eye to mean £2,000. It took its name from Lord Jeffrey Archer, formerly a Conservative Member of Parliament, and represents the amount that he was shown to have send to a prostitute at Victoria train station in London, which, when made public, caused his political downfall.

OK, so the answer was

[andy tims]

Of course best VFM will be found buying pre-owned, but you can find good value buying new too:-

Seiko SKX's or a PRS-18A the cheapish end of the spectrum



and for something that's made to order, Dornbluth are very good value IMHO

[GC8]

flasher said:

Podie said:

GC8 said:

I have several Oris pieces and I love them, but they cant touch the Hydroconquest.

Agreed.

Boom!

Really like that. Have had my eyes on an Oris Aquis for some time, as I consider it top value and lovely looking. But I do like that....

Ive got a 1,000m titanium Oris, but Im still tempted by a Hydroconquest for a daily waer watch. I prefer Oris, but the Longines value is difficult to beat.

[AlexWF]

A lot of love for Longines on here! Can't deny their quality though and "expensive" feel.

[Disco You]

Used seamaster 2254.50

[flasher]

GC8 said:

Ive got a 1,000m titanium Oris, but Im still tempted by a Hydroconquest for a daily waer watch. I prefer Oris, but the Longines value is difficult to beat.

The only thing I have against the Hydro is the size. 39mm would look like a ladies watch on my wrist. The Oris is 43mm, much more my size

[Podie]

flasher said:

GC8 said:

Ive got a 1,000m titanium Oris, but Im still tempted by a Hydroconquest for a daily waer watch. I prefer Oris, but the Longines value is difficult to beat.

The only thing I have against the Hydro is the size. 39mm would look like a ladies watch on my wrist. The Oris is 43mm, much more my size

They do a 41mm Hydro...

[ApexJimi]

Flasher, I'm pretty sure the Hydroconquest is avaliable in 41mm

Edit: beaten to it!

[fadeaway]

marcosgt said:

..the computer killed the watch and, though they look very cool, the £1000+ dive watches don't do anything the computer doesn't!

They do ONE thing better than your computer.

See how you get on checking the time on your computer when you're 50m underwater

[Asterix]

I'd like to think that some of my watches will be passed down the generations so the initial purchase price will be largely irrelevent.

[GC8]

Podie said:

flasher said:

GC8 said:

Ive got a 1,000m titanium Oris, but Im still tempted by a Hydroconquest for a daily waer watch. I prefer Oris, but the Longines value is difficult to beat.

The only thing I have against the Hydro is the size. 39mm would look like a ladies watch on my wrist. The Oris is 43mm, much more my size

They do a 41mm Hydro...

The 39mm is a little small, but nothing like as girly as youd expect. The larger size wears above its size too, and Im surprised to hear that its only a 41mm.

There are many pictures of Seiko SK007/9s on the forum, where they appear to be enormous on peoples wrists, which look odd because, whilst I consider my wrists to be slim, they appear to be modest in size when I wear them. Conversely, the larger Hydroconquest is quite a large watch for me to wear.

[Rick101]

I purchased a Christopher Ward a couple of years ago.

Nice watch, beautiful movement, good service and most importantly a considerable discount as you buy direct.

[marcosgt]

fadeaway said:

marcosgt said:

..the computer killed the watch and, though they look very cool, the £1000+ dive watches don't do anything the computer doesn't!

They do ONE thing better than your computer.

See how you get on checking the time on your computer when you're 50m underwater

I'm sure SOME do that, but I see your point

M

[Hollowpockets]

Rick101 said:

I purchased a Christopher Ward a couple of years ago.

Nice watch, beautiful movement, good service and most importantly a considerable discount as you buy direct.

Snap, bought one last year, Great watch at a great price.

Do like that longines one above though!

[GC8]

I presume that by 'computer', people are referring to dive computers? Surely every diver uses a watch to back up their dive computer?

[marcosgt]

GC8 said:

I presume that by 'computer', people are referring to dive computers? Surely every diver uses a watch to back up their dive computer?

Of course (well, not all do, but that's a whole different forum ).

M.

[troc]

GC8 said:

I presume that by 'computer', people are referring to dive computers? Surely every diver uses a watch to back up their dive computer?

I back up my dive computer (which is huge) with my old dive computer (which is wristwatch-sized, just) in bottom-timer mode

[Miguel Alvarez]

If buying new or newish I'm going for the following.

[flasher]

Podie said:

flasher said:

GC8 said:

Ive got a 1,000m titanium Oris, but Im still tempted by a Hydroconquest for a daily waer watch. I prefer Oris, but the Longines value is difficult to beat.

The only thing I have against the Hydro is the size. 39mm would look like a ladies watch on my wrist. The Oris is 43mm, much more my size

They do a 41mm Hydro...

Yup, I have now seen that! I still prefer the Oris, it's stunning and I love the glass back. Think I'll have the black over the blue face though.