Nice leather strap quartz watch I can buy sub £100?

[nsa]

Per title. I don't want automatic or mechanical, just something nice I can wear occasionally. I've bought a couple of very cheap 1980s Swatches off ebay but they suffer water ingress. Ideally I'll get a leather strapped watch or pay the right price for a mint classic Swatch. I had a very nice Titan that I bought in India but it got stolen, and I can't find a good replacement on ebay or online.

I'd pay more than £100 for a nice quartz watch, but it seems that expensive watches are generally mechanical or automatic. I've got an auto and it gains about 5 seconds a day. I'm not interested in paying strong money again for something that isn't accurate.

[ShadownINja]

http://www.wernersflyingwatches.com/

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Browse/ID71/12109262... (check Rotary)

[nsa]

Thanks. Maybe £100 is a bit low. I'd go up to £500 for the right watch. It seems like quartz top out around there.

[HereBeMonsters]

nsa said:

Thanks. Maybe £100 is a bit low. I'd go up to £500 for the right watch. It seems like quartz top out around there.

Then you probably want a Seiko Kinetic, or a low end TAG Heuer.

[ShadownINja]

Raymond Weil? Tissot?

[Mattt]

Tissot PRC200 is quite nice.

Christopher Ward have some nice quartz pieces.

[ShadownINja]

Wait a sec. Silly me. Sinn 556. Wearing the thing and completely forgot it is within your higher budget.

http://www.chronomaster.co.uk/Sinn%20Current%20Sto... Third one down.

[Mattt]

ShadownINja said:

Wait a sec. Silly me. Sinn 556. Wearing the thing and completely forgot it is within your higher budget.

http://www.chronomaster.co.uk/Sinn%20Current%20Sto... Third one down.

Not an Auto

[nsa]

The Sinn would be perfect if it had a quartz mechanism:

Edited by nsa on Saturday 5th December 13:26

[sjg]

Does 5 secs a day matter that much?

Have a look at the Citizen Eco-drive range - quartz but no batteries, as long as they have some exposure to light they'll keep on going.

I'm sure Casio used to do some nice Waveceptor watches (which sync to the atomic clock signal for even more accuracy) without a digital display, but I'm struggling to find any now.

[ShadownINja]

Mattt said:

ShadownINja said:

Wait a sec. Silly me. Sinn 556. Wearing the thing and completely forgot it is within your higher budget.

http://www.chronomaster.co.uk/Sinn%20Current%20Sto... Third one down.

Not an Auto

Doh! Was too early in the day.

[Mattt]

If I wanted another quartz it would be one of these at the moment:

[Mattt]

Here's the Tissot I've got:

[Wadeski]

I have one of these to wear everyday:



here it is on a leather strap:



job done!

[Wadeski]

(actually the bottom pic is the automatic version, but its pretty similar-looking)

[Wadeski]

or if you want a REALLY nice quartz, get one of these:





and put it on a leather strap. the black face one would look lovely on a black crocodile or a brown Toshi strap.

the watch is about £350 + shipping from Japan.

[GC8]

Seiko is usually the answer (and Raymond Weil is never the answer, btw)

[ShadownINja]

GC8 said:

(and Raymond Weil is never the answer, btw)

Tell us more? I always wondered about them as you see them a greatly discounted rates on some websites.

[Mattt]

My Dad has a Raymond Weil, seems alright to me - although we did get a big discount on it (cost through a family member).

[nsa]

My wife has a gold plated Raymond Weil, and although it looks great, the gold plating is wearing off after a couple of years use. I think Seiko is the answer, or the Swatch. I've had a few of both and they are cracking watches.