What watch for £50

[mybrainhurts]

In case anybody doesn't know, Amazon sometimes ships stuff in from outside the EU, with no warning.

If this happens with a watch, you get hit with duty + VAT + the carrier's import charges.

Naughty Amazon...

[EnglishJo]

SportPursuit have a flash sale on Timex Watches. Register your email to see the watches and buy.



http://www.sportpursuit.com/sales/timex-aug-14

[Glosphil]

Turbofun said:

Spotted this today on Amazon.co.uk, £48.79 & Free Delivery. Anyone got one and what are you thoughts?



Edifice Men's Quartz Watch with Black Dial Analogue Display and Black Resin Strap EF-552-1AVEF


http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003LSU0EY/ref=...

Now £59.14

[guitarmandan]

Glosphil said:

Now £59.14

Now £150!

[toon10]

Just been to the Sates and chucked all my money at Levi's, Abercrombie, iPad Air, Apple TV, Adidas trainers and a Bose SoundLink Mini. Feeling rather chuffed at the rediculous savings I'd made on UK prices I suddenly remembered I actuially wanted to buy a decent watch. Since that was out of the window, my tiny budget only allowed for this:



It retails at £85 in the UK but I managed to bag it for just over £50 with sales tax from the U.S.

[LHRFlightman]

Just ordered one of these. £10.75 inc delivery!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Weide-White-Display-Wrist-...

[soad]

That Fossil looks simple and practical - perfect as a daily!
Brown wristband sets if off nicely too.

[Deisel Weisel]

toon10 said:

Just been to the Sates and chucked all my money at Levi's, Abercrombie, iPad Air, Apple TV, Adidas trainers and a Bose SoundLink Mini. Feeling rather chuffed at the rediculous savings I'd made on UK prices I suddenly remembered I actuially wanted to buy a decent watch. Since that was out of the window, my tiny budget only allowed for this:



It retails at £85 in the UK but I managed to bag it for just over £50 with sales tax from the U.S.

That's cool. What's the model? Is it quartz movement?

[toon10]

Deisel Weisel said:

That's cool. What's the model? Is it quartz movement?

Here's the bumpf...
http://www.fossil.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Pr...

It's only £85 in the UK and $95 in the US but I was at a Fossil outlet when I saw it. 25% off or 50% off the total bill if you got 2 watches. My other half got a watch too. It was the cheapest of the three I liked but also the nicest.

I've worn a lot more expensive watches which haven't raised an eyebrow but 2 days after I got this, one of the airport staff came over and commented on it. It's great as a daily.

[Hoofy]

I suspect it's been posted in the right thread.

[Deisel Weisel]

toon10 said:

Here's the bumpf...
http://www.fossil.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Pr...

It's only £85 in the UK and $95 in the US but I was at a Fossil outlet when I saw it. 25% off or 50% off the total bill if you got 2 watches. My other half got a watch too. It was the cheapest of the three I liked but also the nicest.

I've worn a lot more expensive watches which haven't raised an eyebrow but 2 days after I got this, one of the airport staff came over and commented on it. It's great as a daily.

Thanks. I see they do an all black one too. Is it quartz? Doesn't state on the website.

[toon10]

Deisel Weisel said:

Thanks. I see they do an all black one too. Is it quartz? Doesn't state on the website.

Yeah it's quartz. They have some nice looking watches on their website. Plenty of choice for someone on a budget.

[MarkRSi]

Mr Techmoan approves of our favourite Seiko...

http://youtu.be/7CavnfqWepE

Although that particular Seiko 5 is a bit above budget, alas.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Bit of a thread resurrection, but I'd value some opinions.

I'm thinking of getting this, but will need to change the strap because I want it on a brown one to be worn with casual clothes.

Will it look OK on brown do you think? Anything else I should be looking at?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00492Z370/ref=wl_it_dp...

[Hoofy]

Rotary Chrono for £55: http://amzn.to/1vhvtgs

Got 2 hours to grab one.

[anonymous-user]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Bit of a thread resurrection, but I'd value some opinions.

I'm thinking of getting this, but will need to change the strap because I want it on a brown one to be worn with casual clothes.

Will it look OK on brown do you think? Anything else I should be looking at?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00492Z370/ref=wl_it_dp...

That's nice, looks like a Mondaine.

[Hoofy]

swiveleyedgit said:

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Bit of a thread resurrection, but I'd value some opinions.

I'm thinking of getting this, but will need to change the strap because I want it on a brown one to be worn with casual clothes.

Will it look OK on brown do you think? Anything else I should be looking at?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00492Z370/ref=wl_it_dp...

That's nice, looks like a Mondaine.

Yep. Bugs me that the hands are a bit narrow.

[Hoofy]

Cheap beater! £28 for next hour. http://amzn.to/123vwSl

[soad]

Hoofy said:

Cheap beater! £28 for next hour. http://amzn.to/123vwSl

Back to £67.72 - that was a crazy reduction! Are prices really that inflated?

[Hoofy]

soad said:

Hoofy said:

Cheap beater! £28 for next hour. http://amzn.to/123vwSl

Back to £67.72 - that was a crazy reduction! Are prices really that inflated?

A quick Google suggests £60+ is the usual price wherever you shop.