The Under £200ish Watch and occasional Opera Thread! Vol2

[tedmus]

BigGingerBob said:

Evening everyone!

My first entry into this thread, I'm a newbie in the watch section but I love a good watch.

I've been looking at Seiko Sports for a while now and there is a stonking deal at Amazon, just under thread by 77p I bought this...



Amazon Linky

Good evening BGB, nice choice.

It's a slippery slope you know......

[Bobberoo]

DJP said:

CharlesdeGaulle said:

That looks a bit of a beast. I like it but wonder whether my 'athletic'/girly wrists are man enough to carry that off.
As Figaro says, that's a very decent spec for half thread.

Here's how mine looks on my barely 7" wrist:



Not too bad I think, and even better on a Nato strap:

That's a great looking watch, doesn't look too big on your wrist either!!

[Bobberoo]

BigGingerBob said:

Evening everyone!

My first entry into this thread, I'm a newbie in the watch section but I love a good watch.

I've been looking at Seiko Sports for a while now and there is a stonking deal at Amazon, just under thread by 77p I bought this...



Amazon Linky

Welcome to our little corner of tinternet BigGingerBob, as you've already been warned, it's a slippery slope!!

[Greendubber]

DJP said:

Here's how mine looks on my barely 7" wrist:



Not too bad I think, and even better on a Nato strap:

That looks ace

[Hrimfaxi]

These Steeldives are getting dangerous.....

[Matt_N]

BigGingerBob said:

Evening everyone!

My first entry into this thread, I'm a newbie in the watch section but I love a good watch.

I've been looking at Seiko Sports for a while now and there is a stonking deal at Amazon, just under thread by 77p I bought this...



Amazon Linky

I bought one a few weeks ago and put it on a vintage tropic trap, I like it.

[Matt_N]

My Seiko trio

[VR99]

Some more love for Seiko here, this was around £160 on Amazon. I've stuck it on a cheap Citizen strap for now but it definately deserves something nicer. Seiko provided a nice green NATO but I find that adds extra height to the watch.

Also props to Seiko for putting a textured dial on a cheap Seiko 5

[CharlesdeGaulle]

There are a lot of Seikos I like too, but they seem to me to be getting more expensive in general.

[VR99]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

There are a lot of Seikos I like too, but they seem to me to be getting more expensive in general.

Agreed, prices are have jumped quite a bit last few years and the QC on some of the pricier models has been a bit shoddy. They have come out with countless models and re-releases....don't get me wrong nice watches especially the divers and I think there is still good value in the Seiko 5 range but prices are creeping away and dont see that changing anytime soon.

[Dan_1981]

Trying to readjust my collection so it at least all fits in one box ..

These two are up for the chop if anyone is interested

[Bobberoo]

My second Casio has arrived, pics shortly.....

[redrabbit]

I am in seventh heaven... Found this during a deep early spring clean today, thought I'd lost it years ago. Didn't even need a battery.

[redrabbit]

And.. It's original, off ebay around 2004. So made 1976-78. I may have to be buried in it (around 2062) unless cryogenics tech improves before then.

[105.4]

Bobberoo said:

BigGingerBob said:

Evening everyone!

My first entry into this thread, I'm a newbie in the watch section but I love a good watch.

I've been looking at Seiko Sports for a while now and there is a stonking deal at Amazon, just under thread by 77p I bought this...



Amazon Linky

Welcome to our little corner of tinternet BigGingerBob, as you've already been warned, it's a slippery slope!!

There’s lots of very bad influences around here.
I’ve been told by the Wife that I can’t play with them anymore
She also tells me I can’t buy an original Sturmanskie Ocean, as apparently owning more watches than days in the month is “obsessive”

I think she’s just being boring.

[Bobberoo]

That's a great looking watch!!

My new Casio Ediface, two links out to make it fit, has some funky stuff like world time zones, a temperature readout and dual stopwatches!!

[105.4]

Bobberoo said:

That's a great looking watch!!

My new Casio Ediface, two links out to make it fit, has some funky stuff like world time zones, a temperature readout and dual stopwatches!!

Nice. Very nice.

[Bobberoo]

105.4 said:

Bobberoo said:

That's a great looking watch!!

My new Casio Ediface, two links out to make it fit, has some funky stuff like world time zones, a temperature readout and dual stopwatches!!

Nice. Very nice.

Thanks, it's a smart little thing!!

[Hrimfaxi]

Bobberoo said:

That's a great looking watch!!

My new Casio Ediface, two links out to make it fit, has some funky stuff like world time zones, a temperature readout and dual stopwatches!!

That's different! Very cool!

[DSLiverpool]

Hrimfaxi said:

Bobberoo said:

That's a great looking watch!!

My new Casio Ediface, two links out to make it fit, has some funky stuff like world time zones, a temperature readout and dual stopwatches!!

That's different! Very cool!

25% of thread budget - you are a budget watch ninja. I’ve ordered one as well as a green steel city Rolex GMT type which I’m worried will be too small.
I like a big face not a porthole.