Astroavia

[Sunglasses Ron]

My birthday is coming up and my OH has said she'll get me a watch with a £100 limit. However, the watch I really want is this @ £185

I'm hoping that with a bit of sweet talking and a few favours, she might go for it.

Anyway, I realise these watches have risen in price lately. Are they still worth the money?

ETA I've seen a slightly cheaper model @£135 but I still prefer the one above

Edited by Sunglasses Ron on Sunday 14th August 05:16

Edited by Sunglasses Ron on Sunday 14th August 05:21

[rog007]

Both good looking, simple to read watches with a great price. What's not to like?

[al1991]

If it bothers you, I believe the movements are Asian, brought in and assembled in Germany.

The quality was fine on the one I had, but I think I paid £75 secondhand.

Where are you getting your prices from?

I believe Werner's are far from the cheapest when it comes to Astroavias?

[Apache]

£160 inc tax and shipping

http://www.pilotur.dk/english/TriColor-with-alarm....

Edited by Apache on Sunday 14th August 11:10

[VPower]

I have the very similar R4SL and do like the way the dial goes right to the edge.

But at £185 I think I would be a bit disappointed to be honest.
Have you seen it on your wrist?

Bracelet is quite thin (the double locking clasp is good) so feels light on the wrist.

[dunnred7]

these used to be half that price a year ago!!...what happened??

[Big_Dog]

I can recommend watchstore on ebay.de remember to add the tax to the price. I have bought a couple from them in the past with no problems.

[Civpilot]

al1991 said:

If it bothers you, I believe the movements are Asian, brought in and assembled in Germany.

The quality was fine on the one I had, but I think I paid £75 secondhand.

Where are you getting your prices from?

I believe Werner's are far from the cheapest when it comes to Astroavias?

They are not £185 worth. Nowhere near.

Werners were also more expensive than many other sellers at the time as they were all over ebay like a plague No matter what you searched for you seemed to end up with two or three in the result list at an average of about £50/60

[CommanderJameson]

Civpilot said:

al1991 said:

If it bothers you, I believe the movements are Asian, brought in and assembled in Germany.

The quality was fine on the one I had, but I think I paid £75 secondhand.

Where are you getting your prices from?

I believe Werner's are far from the cheapest when it comes to Astroavias?

They are not £185 worth. Nowhere near.

Quite.

I had a nightfighter a while back (gave it away to a friend in the end) and while it was a bit of fun for the £70 I paid for it, I'd have felt deeply aggrieved had I paid good Seiko money for one.

At the £50-£70 price point, one can forgive the utterly st bracelet/strap. At £150 up, one can't.

[VPower]

So what happened Ron??

Perhaps one of these instead?

http://www.thewatchhut.co.uk/Seiko-Gents-Kinetic-W...

[Sunglasses Ron]

Ordered last night, direct from Astroavia

[RedWhiteMonkey]

VPower said:

So what happened Ron??

Perhaps one of these instead?

http://www.thewatchhut.co.uk/Seiko-Gents-Kinetic-W...

I've just bought one of these from CreationWatches, it was significantly cheaper than watchhut and arrived in three days:

http://www.creationwatches.com/products/seiko-kine...

[VPower]

Sunglasses Ron said:

Ordered last night, direct from Astroavia

OK, would be interested to know if your happy with it at the price.

[Sunglasses Ron]

VPower said:

OK, would be interested to know if your happy with it at the price.

Yeah I'll let you know. I bought it mainly for the looks if I'm honest