Watch Christmas present for Wife advice welcome

[nick heppinstall]

As above. She likes a certain type of Watch. After some research this seems to fit the bell although I've not seen one in the flesh yet.

http://www.citizenwatch.com/CUK/English/detail.asp...

Anyone have one or suggest alternatives and why ?

Cheers !

[PaulHogan]

Budget???

Longines are making some lovely ladies watches at the moment, imo

[nick heppinstall]

Hi Paul. Well the Citizen above is around £260 so around that I guess.

[nick heppinstall]

They look pretty expensive !

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nick heppinstall said:

Hi Paul. Well the Citizen above is around £260 so around that I guess.

With that sort of budget, then Citizen, Tissot or Seiko would be your best choice.
I have a few Citizens and my mum has a citizen too, I have nothing bad to say about them whatsoever.

[GC8]

Tissot are a shadow of their former selves: Im not sure that Id recommend them now. Ten years ago their dives werent far short of the quality found in a high-end TAG-Heuer (4000 auto). Their design was similar and they used a similar ETA calibre. Now theyre far cheaper using a lot of Far-Eastern parts, probably as much as they can get away with and still qualify as 'Swiss'.

I have my Divermatic insired against a Longines HydroConquest (£600-ish 'new for old'), as its worth more under indemnity than most Tissots sell for now...