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

[carlo996]

Arrived today within budget..

[tedmus]

Barchettaman said:

ZesPak said:

They have a "GMT"... even cheaper

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006015558993.h...

£59.14 before tax, NH34 movement, that’s insane.

And a 62Mas homage for £50

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006015632522.h...

edit: says Black Friday price of £38.96 from Nov 23rd

Edited by tedmus on Tuesday 21st November 19:38

[Bobberoo]

OK, so i'm sorry to suddenly bring the bargain basement love in to a halt, do i remember correctly that someone on these hallowed pages has a Rado Captain Cook?

[SWoll]

Bobberoo said:

OK, so i'm sorry to suddenly bring the bargain basement love in to a halt, do i remember correctly that someone on these hallowed pages has a Rado Captain Cook?

Search is your friend. )



Bottom row, centre.

[Bobberoo]

SWoll said:

Bobberoo said:

OK, so i'm sorry to suddenly bring the bargain basement love in to a halt, do i remember correctly that someone on these hallowed pages has a Rado Captain Cook?

Search is your friend. )



Bottom row, centre.

I was going to ask what the owner thought of it, I've rather fallen in love with a titanium version.....

[The_Nugget]

Barchettaman said:

The Pagani Design PRX Chronograph is currently £39, I don’t track the prices of these so I have no comparison points but it does seem cheap.


https://a.aliexpress.com/_ExYfYWT

Seiko VK63 mecaquartz movement in these, too.

My one of these arrived last week.
Have to say it’s rather nice. Seems better quality than my Pagani Speedmaster homage. The straps quite nice. For £39 it’s an absolute bargain.

[The_Nugget]

Some crap pictures.






Will try to get a photo of the whole growing cheap watch collection soon…I’d like to say that this thread has financially ruined me, it hasn’t, it just seems that way when I look at the watch box!

[RSTurboPaul]

I'm not a chrono fan but that is really nice

I need a three-hand auto version - Pagani Design, I'm looking at you...

[The_Nugget]

RSTurboPaul said:

I'm not a chrono fan but that is really nice

I need a three-hand auto version - Pagani Design, I'm looking at you...

Do you mean like this?

https://www.paganidesignwatch.com/pagani-design-pd...

[RSTurboPaul]

The_Nugget said:

RSTurboPaul said:

I'm not a chrono fan but that is really nice

I need a three-hand auto version - Pagani Design, I'm looking at you...

Do you mean like this?

https://www.paganidesignwatch.com/pagani-design-pd...

That's the one!

That's the cheapest I've seen it - is the website trustworthy?

[The_Nugget]

RSTurboPaul said:

That's the one!

That's the cheapest I've seen it - is the website trustworthy?

No idea, I’ve not used them.

[Mammasaid]

The_Nugget said:

Barchettaman said:

The Pagani Design PRX Chronograph is currently £39, I don’t track the prices of these so I have no comparison points but it does seem cheap.


https://a.aliexpress.com/_ExYfYWT

Seiko VK63 mecaquartz movement in these, too.

My one of these arrived last week.
Have to say it’s rather nice. Seems better quality than my Pagani Speedmaster homage. The straps quite nice. For £39 it’s an absolute bargain.

£34.99 from Thursday, double bargain...

[redrabbit]

Mammasaid said:

The_Nugget said:

Barchettaman said:

The Pagani Design PRX Chronograph is currently £39, I don’t track the prices of these so I have no comparison points but it does seem cheap.


https://a.aliexpress.com/_ExYfYWT

Seiko VK63 mecaquartz movement in these, too.

My one of these arrived last week.
Have to say it’s rather nice. Seems better quality than my Pagani Speedmaster homage. The straps quite nice. For £39 it’s an absolute bargain.

£34.99 from Thursday, double bargain...

I love em! Mine was 70-odd, at that price you should be expelled from the thread if you don't do it.

[redrabbit]

The automatics are really nice too...

[RSTurboPaul]

redrabbit said:

The automatics are really nice too...

I am strongly tempted by both the green and the blue!

[Barchettaman]

Ins and outs.

Away goes the Hanowa automatic to a new owner. It wasn’t being worn.



I’m trying the Tisell on this two-piece NATO style nylon strap. It was a swine to install, the lug holes are a long way back in the case. It’s lovely to wear, however.
The Miyota movement is sat at approximately-1 secs/24 hours. Remarkable really.

[Motoring12345]

There seem to be a lot of heavy and larger watches in this thread. Any recommendations for small watches like Cartier Tanks or similar?

[RSTurboPaul]

Motoring12345 said:

There seem to be a lot of heavy and larger watches in this thread. Any recommendations for small watches like Cartier Tanks or similar?

The general trend seems to be for larger watches these days (>36mm) so it can be a struggle to find anything 36mm or smaller (that is not targeted at the females of the species).

What sort of size are you looking for? (IIRC the Tank comes in a range of sizes.)

Titanium can solve a lot of the weight issues if it is a case of preferring a lighter weight but size is a less important factor. The 40mm SN0121 Pelagos-a-like from San Martin in Titanium weighs in at only about 100g with a full Ti bracelet, so it is very wearable (for example).

You could look at vintage stuff as an option - lots of cheaper, older, smaller watches out there now because the market trend is towards larger sizes.

[r159]

Mammasaid said:

The_Nugget said:

Barchettaman said:

The Pagani Design PRX Chronograph is currently £39, I don’t track the prices of these so I have no comparison points but it does seem cheap.


https://a.aliexpress.com/_ExYfYWT

Seiko VK63 mecaquartz movement in these, too.

My one of these arrived last week.
Have to say it’s rather nice. Seems better quality than my Pagani Speedmaster homage. The straps quite nice. For £39 it’s an absolute bargain.

£34.99 from Thursday, double bargain...

I have very strong urges over their Doxa 300 alike…£53 +vat from tomorrow….

[pistonheadforum]

Barchettaman said:

It was a swine to install, the lug holes are a long way back in the case.

Curved springbars, old chap, Curved springbars.