What watch for £50

[MarkRSi]

Link?

I didn't even know wooden watches were a thing!

[battered]

That's great! The strap and buckle are £20 worth!

I wonder if it would fit any of my other watches and whether it would work or just look silly.

[Hoofy]

MarkRSi said:

Link?

I didn't even know wooden watches were a thing!

You wooden think it'd work, wood you!?

[MarkRSi]

Hoofy said:

MarkRSi said:

Link?

I didn't even know wooden watches were a thing!

You wooden think it'd work, wood you!?

Yeah might knot work but tempted to give it a go...

Anyway I assume this is it?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BEWELL-Bamboo-Wooden-Men...

[anonymous-user]

That is lovely. I like the description - maple wood, smell good!

[AlexC1981]

That's it. Bit silly really, but I paid a couple of quid more to get it from this seller as it looked better in the photos in the wood that I wanted. I will post up some snaps when it arrives.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/222279317936?_trksid=p20...

This seller is a little cheaper:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/252597345788?_trksid=p20...

Was considering this one for a while, but I didn't like the black bit around the LCD. A bit more expensive at £32.57.



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/171926040000?_trksid=p20...

battered said:

That's great! The strap and buckle are £20 worth!

I wonder if it would fit any of my other watches and whether it would work or just look silly.

I don't think you can, it looks narrow where it joins the case.

I'll have to be careful not to get it water stained. Maybe a bit of varnish will be needed!

[MarkRSi]

Just ordered one in Verawood for a Christmas present for myself - went with the cheaper seller, mostly as it has slightly better feedback. Will be interesting to see if it looks the same as yours when it arrives.

[AlexC1981]

This is the trouble when I start looking at watches, I can never buy just one.

Just ordered one of these. It's homage of a watch made by Sevenfriday and it has some of the best examples of Chinese tag lines I have seen

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/401122716949?_trksid=p20...

[battered]

Excellent! I want one! That's a fine strapline if they are going for (ahem) customers from a particular section of the population, an ad in GT ought to clean up.

[Hard-Drive]

battered said:

Excellent! I want one! That's a fine strapline if they are going for (ahem) customers from a particular section of the population, an ad in GT ought to clean up.

What the actual fk? Why can't they pay an English person a tenner...or give them a watch...just to sanity check the translation?

My mate had a Jap import MR2 turbo. The mats and rear screen had the immortal strapline "A man in dandism. New rich, and sports" What the juddering fk...it's not like Toyota don't operate in the UK FFS!!!!

[grumbledoak]

Hard-Drive said:

My mate had a Jap import MR2 turbo. The mats and rear screen had the immortal strapline "A man in dandism. New rich, and sports" What the juddering fk...it's not like Toyota don't operate in the UK FFS!!!!

It doesn't matter - most Japanese cannot read English. It's like English people getting a Japanese symbol tattoo: they often mean something mundane.

[battered]

I'm going to get "Residents Parking Permit Area" tattooed on my arm in Japanese. That'll be cool.

[Hoofy]

grumbledoak said:

Hard-Drive said:

My mate had a Jap import MR2 turbo. The mats and rear screen had the immortal strapline "A man in dandism. New rich, and sports" What the juddering fk...it's not like Toyota don't operate in the UK FFS!!!!

It doesn't matter - most Japanese cannot read English. It's like English people getting a Japanese symbol tattoo: they often mean something mundane.

The difference is that the person who gets the tattoo isn't in a similar league to the marketing director who approves a slogan in a car company who operates on a global scale.

[FunkyNige]

This Accurist popped up in the Amazon Black Friday sale, a Firefox extension has told me it's £30 at Argos but their site isn't working at the moment.


Quite tempted as it's very similar looking to a Seiko 5 I like but can't find in stock (and when I do it's £150)

[AlexC1981]

MarkRSi said:

Just ordered one in Verawood for a Christmas present for myself - went with the cheaper seller, mostly as it has slightly better feedback. Will be interesting to see if it looks the same as yours when it arrives.

Has yours come yet? Mine came today. Looks really nice, though a bit larger than I expected. The analogue part of the movement does not appear to be working . Did yours come with instructions?

[MarkRSi]

AlexC1981 said:

Has yours come yet? Mine came today. Looks really nice, though a bit larger than I expected. The analogue part of the movement does not appear to be working . Did yours come with instructions?

That was quick! No mine hasn't arrived yet, if the analogue clock doesn't work I'll be mildly annoyed...

ETA tracking says its arrived in Aberdeen today! Should get it very shortly...

Edited by MarkRSi on Thursday 24th November 20:59

[MarkRSi]

Well it's arrived...



First impressions seemed good... Looks and feels nice... Analogue bit seemed to be working until it was quite obvious the minute hand was stuck at the 35-40 minute mark, although if you waggle it it sometimes goes to the 10 minutes position.

Oh and the strap was broken when it arrived too



Bit disappointing, given I've bought cheaper automatic watches which have all been fully functional despite more parts to fk up you'd have thought. Think I'll try and return it...

[anonymous-user]

AlexC1981 said:

This is the trouble when I start looking at watches, I can never buy just one.

Just ordered one of these. It's homage of a watch made by Sevenfriday and it has some of the best examples of Chinese tag lines I have seen

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/401122716949?_trksid=p20...

Can you post pics when it arrives? Quite like the look of the black version.
Thanks!

[Hoofy]

MarkRSi said:

Well it's arrived...



First impressions seemed good... Looks and feels nice... Analogue bit seemed to be working until it was quite obvious the minute hand was stuck at the 35-40 minute mark, although if you waggle it it sometimes goes to the 10 minutes position.

Oh and the strap was broken when it arrived too



Bit disappointing, given I've bought cheaper automatic watches which have all been fully functional despite more parts to fk up you'd have thought. Think I'll try and return it...

I wood imagine you're quite disappointed.

[Hoofy]

Nice simple design and just makes the £50: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stuhrling-Original-Sympho...