The under £200 watch thread!

[Lee540]

smithyithy said:

xyz123 said:

Bobberoo99 said:

xyz123 said:

Bobberoo99 said:

My new watch has arrived, and to say I'm pleased is an understatement, two boxes ticked in one watch, Seiko and green faced/bezel, brand new £150.99!!!!

Can I please ask where did you get it from? Cheers.

Popped up on Amazon at that price, unfortunately no longer available for that, First-class watches have it for £192 with a code for another 10% off!!!

Thanks.

SRPB93(K1) - £116 from Creation Watches:

https://www.creationwatches.com/products/seiko-men...

Do you pay import duty from Creation Watches? There is another couple of watches I’d like to buy..

[SwanJack]

Barchettaman said:

Very good - best of the cheap Chinese watches so far.

Got a link to the website?

[Barchettaman]

Zoon said:

Whats the lume like?

[Barchettaman]

SwanJack said:

Barchettaman said:

Very good - best of the cheap Chinese watches so far.

Got a link to the website?

Ebay. Seller was worldsky2016

[Bobberoo99]

Barchettaman said:

Zoon said:

Whats the lume like?

That's actually pretty good, my Citizen is by far the best of all my watches for lume!!

[Zoon]

Bobberoo99 said:

Barchettaman said:

Zoon said:

Whats the lume like?

That's actually pretty good, my Citizen is by far the best of all my watches for lume!!

The cobalt lume is pretty good on Citizens.

[F15hface]

My 'Raketa' Sputnik... almost certainly not an original model, but it does have an authentic Raketa handwound movement. It's surprisingly accurate and certainly gets a lot of comments.

[Fallingup]

F15hface said:

My 'Raketa' Sputnik... almost certainly not an original model, but it does have an authentic Raketa handwound movement. It's surprisingly accurate and certainly gets a lot of comments.

Very nice. Will have a look for one of them. Thanks for posting.

[bingybongy]

I bought a 24 hour face Raketa about 10 tears ago again it's probably not original.
I haven't had it out of my watch box in years, gave it a couple of turns and it sarted.

[bingybongy]

I've also purchased a few Parnis watches over the years. All of these were about £25 around 9 years ago.

[Trophy Husband]

This thread is ace!
Good looking watches with good movements from other places for fast food v gourmet prices.
Made better by the fact my old man has just promised me his Tudor Tiger which is effectively £200 under the threshold! Does that count?

[Bobberoo99]

A lovely selection there bingbongy, I like those Raketas!!

[bingybongy]

Bobberoo99 said:

A lovely selection there bingbongy, I like those Raketas!!

I've got plenty more sub 200 quid watches.
Plus 2 that don't qualify (just).

[Bobberoo99]

bingybongy said:

Bobberoo99 said:

A lovely selection there bingbongy, I like those Raketas!!

I've got plenty more sub 200 quid watches.
Plus 2 that don't qualify (just).

How many do you have in total? I'm actually really happy with the 9 I have now and I don't think I'll be buying any more for a while!!!

[bingybongy]

Bobberoo99 said:

bingybongy said:

Bobberoo99 said:

A lovely selection there bingbongy, I like those Raketas!!

I've got plenty more sub 200 quid watches.
Plus 2 that don't qualify (just).

How many do you have in total? I'm actually really happy with the 9 I have now and I don't think I'll be buying any more for a while!!!

About 30 but that includes rubbish like my waving Chairman Mao and Tevise Perlative Ceranometers.
I did order a Sinobi from AliExpress tonight. Pictures to follow.

[Barchettaman]

Anyone fancy a Richard Mille homage? $230 on Gearbest:





https://m.gearbest.com/mechanical-watches/pp_00987...

I would ‘take one for the team’ and get it but I need to sell a couple first.

Also, back from Joe Horner (Variomatic) is my BT automatic. This one was in a bunch of watches I bought for pennies, sold a couple on, so this owes me nothing (plus Joe did a good deal on the repair. The rotor kept coming off. )

[andburg]

that BT is lovely!

not of fan of the Richard Mille clone, they're just too big for my spindly wrists!

[Bobberoo99]

Both very nice watches but I do prefer the BT lovely looking thing that!!!

[mickyc79]

Revamped my old pulsar, which had a ropey brown leather strap... Which nato suits it best?

[Barchettaman]

Bobberoo99 said:

Both very nice watches but I do prefer the BT lovely looking thing that!!!

Thanks. Couple more photos below. At 38mm it wears quite small.

The Milanese strap came on my Vostock Amphibian, so there is a bit of budget watch recycling going on there which is very much in the spirit of the thread. It also has a nice-ish black leather band.






The display case back is a very nice touch - I imagine it has a Seagull movement. Water resistance is 5ATM.



Is it a keeper? Hmm. Dunno. It doesn’t owe me anything but I have the Hanowa that does a similar job: