A watch for the wife

[edition]

Hi,

Wife is about to come Upto 30 and fancies a watch off me as a gift.

I have budgeted about 1k and she is happy with a second hand one if it's a nice watch.

We quite like art deco looking ones but not very clued up on watches so after abit of advice......

Is 1k enough for a nice watch that will hopefully last a lifetime.


Thanks in advance!!!

[Adrian W]

Sounds like a good swap. can she cook and clean?

[AlexC1981]

Second hand and art deco styled?

If it is for best I would get a 1930s to 1960s made watch from the likes of Hamilton, Elgin, Longines etc.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ladies-1930s-Elgin-LARGE...



Lovely...she could even wear a mans watch from that period as they are so much smaller than modern watches. Of course, there are a lot of disadvantages to wearing a watch that old if it is going to be used daily.

I know this one is ending in 5 hours, but watches like this come up all the time on ebay and usually sell for next to nothing, which leaves plenty left over for a modern daily wearer.

[M888SXY]

My good lady wants rid of her modern Longines if you're interested. Five years old. As close to new as possible with all boxes and papers including diamond certificate. Want £640 for it.

Mod's please remove if this constitutes an ad.

Edited by M888SXY on Thursday 6th October 08:30