Skagen Opinions.

[Nigel_O]

OGR4M said:

What next?

one of these, I reckon...



There's just something fascinating about that second hand behaviour...

[Sheepshanks]

R6VED said:

I am still recovering from shock at a sensible and pleasant response from MG :-)

Having now recovered sufficiently I would add that I also really like the look of them, but a guy at work has one and relatively quickly the mesh strap started to show signs of rust!!!

Could be a fake - apparently there are a lot around. I got one in the US from a stall in a mall for $50 and side-by-side it's not the same quality as the identical one I bought from a proper shop (also in the US) a couple of years earlier for $120.

I only bought the second one as the glass on the first was gouged and replacement pukka glass in the UK was £30 so getting a complete new watch seemed a no-brainer.

[peterbredde]

Good call by Nigel O. A colleague has one of these on a steel mesh strap and I always fancy it. I am sure he's sick of me complimenting him on it.

[QROPS]

Are these not a US made watch?

[OGR4M]

According to Wikipedia they were revamped in 2013 to remake the "stop2go" movement - but they can still read "Swiss made" because >50% of its components are Swiss, it doesn't say where its imported parts are from.

Annoyingly, albeit predictably, the standard watches are c.£150, the Stop2Go 58 second stop models are c.£350...

How much is in my wedding fund...

[Nigel_O]

OGR4M said:

How much is in my wedding fund...

NOT a good idea - SWMBO will find out - just like your mother will inevitably find out about the watch I'm just about to buy....

Having said that, it was usually you that squealed - remember the A38 top speed adventure?.....

[michael gould]

Nigel_O said:

OGR4M said:

What next?

one of these, I reckon...



There's just something fascinating about that second hand behaviour...

Overpriced and suitable for those under 30 .......but still better value than "cheap" TAGS

[OGR4M]

michael gould said:

suitable for those under 30

Result, I'm 23.

There's a few Steinharts I like, and a couple of Rotarys. I do like the mondaine but £400 for the 58-second model is a tad steep.

[marcosgt]

Nigel_O said:

OGR4M said:

What next?

one of these, I reckon...



There's just something fascinating about that second hand behaviour...

I've never been tempted to a Mondaine watch, but you're right about the second hand, stop and go action, I've always found myself transfixed by it on Swiss railway stations!

I'd like a clock that did it (if it was cheap ).

M.

[michael gould]

OGR4M said:

michael gould said:

suitable for those under 30

Result, I'm 23.

There's a few Steinharts I like, and a couple of Rotarys. I do like the mondaine but £400 for the 58-second model is a tad steep.

[Elderly]

peterbredde said:

. The strap supplied with it was ste though and rotted quickly - now been replaced ....

I've just been given the identical watch but I don't like the strap and want to change it.
People have said that Skagen have special screw fixing straps and not conventional spring bars.
Are they talking b0locks?

[The Surveyor]

Elderly said:

I've just been given the identical watch but I don't like the strap and want to change it.
People have said that Skagen have special screw fixing straps and not conventional spring bars.
Are they talking b0locks?

The Skagen mesh straps are secured by a screw-down plate fixing on the back, or certainly mine is...

[GC8]

OGR4M said:

According to Wikipedia they were revamped in 2013 to remake the "stop2go" movement - but they can still read "Swiss made" because >50% of its components are Swiss, it doesn't say where its imported parts are from.

Annoyingly, albeit predictably, the standard watches are c.£150, the Stop2Go 58 second stop models are c.£350...

How much is in my wedding fund...

If you read up on what makes a watch or its components 'Swiss' then you may be surprised. It can be all manufactured in the far East with only a little finishing to the parts completed in Switzerland, and still be labelled 'Swiss'.

This isn't a criticism of Mondaine particularly, as there are far 'better' Swiss manufacturers doing the same; some of whom are very well-known and still considered prestigious (as well as being owned by ETA!) - Tissot come to mind.

[GC8]

That said, Mondaine are VERY un-Swiss Swiss watches...

[mikeveal]

Cough