The under £200 watch thread!
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agree on both counts. bloody bargain for £6. I bought a green with red stripe for the Tudor but unfortunately it doesn’t really work/look great; at £6 though it’s not too much of a hit and it may suit something in the future.
Yea the only downside, the MN seems to sit somewhere between a nato and ‘normal’ strap but the hardware doesn’t allow the strap to be slid out, something to bear in mind if you’re not one for removing spring bars.
Yea the only downside, the MN seems to sit somewhere between a nato and ‘normal’ strap but the hardware doesn’t allow the strap to be slid out, something to bear in mind if you’re not one for removing spring bars.
Been on a cheap watch renaissance recently as my trusty old Eco Drive isn't charging properly with the lack of daylight - bought a Phoibos quartz diver on the recommendation of Just One More Watch on YT, got totally stiffed on the delivery and ended up being refunded, I was beelin'!
So bought a Citizen quartz during black Friday for £75 with the express intention of removing the bracelet and sticking it on a NATO - what a ballache that was! Bit bigger than my usual but accuracy/legibility was what I wanted, fairly pleased with it.
https://imgur.com/a/v1RF1bV
And again on black Friday, based on another Jody/Just One More Watch review, and against my usual sensibilities, I bought a Pagani Designs submariner-esque homage - Miyota auto, sapphire glass, ceramic bezel, arrived in 10 days, absolutely zero lume, all for £45. Its fairly bloody accurate so far and the quality is very decent except for the safety clasp on the bracelet - it fell off as soon as I lifted it out of the box, one of the holes is too big and the springbar goes too far through
They're trying to offer a partial refund I think, hard to tell? I've asked for a replacement part or to return for a refund, it's useless with a duff clasp.
https://imgur.com/a/pffEW5N
https://imgur.com/a/DGJE2HZ
So bought a Citizen quartz during black Friday for £75 with the express intention of removing the bracelet and sticking it on a NATO - what a ballache that was! Bit bigger than my usual but accuracy/legibility was what I wanted, fairly pleased with it.
https://imgur.com/a/v1RF1bV
And again on black Friday, based on another Jody/Just One More Watch review, and against my usual sensibilities, I bought a Pagani Designs submariner-esque homage - Miyota auto, sapphire glass, ceramic bezel, arrived in 10 days, absolutely zero lume, all for £45. Its fairly bloody accurate so far and the quality is very decent except for the safety clasp on the bracelet - it fell off as soon as I lifted it out of the box, one of the holes is too big and the springbar goes too far through
They're trying to offer a partial refund I think, hard to tell? I've asked for a replacement part or to return for a refund, it's useless with a duff clasp.https://imgur.com/a/pffEW5N
https://imgur.com/a/DGJE2HZ
Quite liking the look of this microbrand launching in a month's time for
a 189 Euros early bird price.
https://www.granpremiowatches.com
Automatico.
a 189 Euros early bird price.
https://www.granpremiowatches.com
Automatico.
stevoknevo said:
Been on a cheap watch renaissance recently as my trusty old Eco Drive isn't charging properly with the lack of daylight - bought a Phoibos quartz diver on the recommendation of Just One More Watch on YT, got totally stiffed on the delivery and ended up being refunded, I was beelin'!
So bought a Citizen quartz during black Friday for £75 with the express intention of removing the bracelet and sticking it on a NATO - what a ballache that was! Bit bigger than my usual but accuracy/legibility was what I wanted, fairly pleased with it.
https://imgur.com/a/v1RF1bV
And again on black Friday, based on another Jody/Just One More Watch review, and against my usual sensibilities, I bought a Pagani Designs submariner-esque homage - Miyota auto, sapphire glass, ceramic bezel, arrived in 10 days, absolutely zero lume, all for £45. Its fairly bloody accurate so far and the quality is very decent except for the safety clasp on the bracelet - it fell off as soon as I lifted it out of the box, one of the holes is too big and the springbar goes too far through They're trying to offer a partial refund I think, hard to tell? I've asked for a replacement part or to return for a refund, it's useless with a duff clasp.
https://imgur.com/a/pffEW5N
https://imgur.com/a/DGJE2HZ
Personally on the Pagani I'd look for a partial refund and fit a strap to it , plenty of aftermarket ones around So bought a Citizen quartz during black Friday for £75 with the express intention of removing the bracelet and sticking it on a NATO - what a ballache that was! Bit bigger than my usual but accuracy/legibility was what I wanted, fairly pleased with it.
https://imgur.com/a/v1RF1bV
And again on black Friday, based on another Jody/Just One More Watch review, and against my usual sensibilities, I bought a Pagani Designs submariner-esque homage - Miyota auto, sapphire glass, ceramic bezel, arrived in 10 days, absolutely zero lume, all for £45. Its fairly bloody accurate so far and the quality is very decent except for the safety clasp on the bracelet - it fell off as soon as I lifted it out of the box, one of the holes is too big and the springbar goes too far through
They're trying to offer a partial refund I think, hard to tell? I've asked for a replacement part or to return for a refund, it's useless with a duff clasp.https://imgur.com/a/pffEW5N
https://imgur.com/a/DGJE2HZ
TorqueDirty said:
CharlesdeGaulle said:
Really really like this watch with only one caveat - the logo. If only it was more minimalist and stylish. It is the only thing stopping me from buying probably quite a few of their watches.TD
The budget was a slight consideration (!) but I chose this over a similar Longines.
liner33 said:
Personally on the Pagani I'd look for a partial refund and fit a strap to it , plenty of aftermarket ones around
I know but I was wanting a watch with a bracelet - not a huge fan of leather straps and not convinced a sub-a-like is at its best on my usual NATO go too, but it'll probably end up one!
CharlesdeGaulle said:
TorqueDirty said:
CharlesdeGaulle said:
Really really like this watch with only one caveat - the logo. If only it was more minimalist and stylish. It is the only thing stopping me from buying probably quite a few of their watches.TD
The budget was a slight consideration (!) but I chose this over a similar Longines.
Reminiscent of a 50's or 60's Omega Seamaster.
TorqueDirty said:
CharlesdeGaulle said:
TorqueDirty said:
CharlesdeGaulle said:
Really really like this watch with only one caveat - the logo. If only it was more minimalist and stylish. It is the only thing stopping me from buying probably quite a few of their watches.TD
The budget was a slight consideration (!) but I chose this over a similar Longines.
Reminiscent of a 50's or 60's Omega Seamaster.
bingybongy said:
Glad to hear you scratched that itch.
Haha. It won’t stay scratched for long. So many cheap watches, so little time.
My orange Seiko Prospex is going up for sale a a bit too orange and trendy for a fat numpty like me.
There’s a rather wonderful 1959 Rolex Submariner on eBay.de at the moment that I‘m watching but I fear it might go slightly above thread budget.
Hopefully my quartz TAG Heuer GMT - which definitely was within thread rules - will arrive this week.
Barchettaman said:
Haha. It won’t stay scratched for long.
So many cheap watches, so little time.
My orange Seiko Prospex is going up for sale a a bit too orange and trendy for a fat numpty like me.
There’s a rather wonderful 1959 Rolex Submariner on eBay.de at the moment that I‘m watching but I fear it might go slightly above thread budget.
Hopefully my quartz TAG Heuer GMT - which definitely was within thread rules - will arrive this week.
Hopefully it will do better than my modded Seiko from Australia, which made it as far as the local sorting office where I paid the vat of £24 online only for it to disappear from view. Useless wSo many cheap watches, so little time.
My orange Seiko Prospex is going up for sale a a bit too orange and trendy for a fat numpty like me.
There’s a rather wonderful 1959 Rolex Submariner on eBay.de at the moment that I‘m watching but I fear it might go slightly above thread budget.
Hopefully my quartz TAG Heuer GMT - which definitely was within thread rules - will arrive this week.
kers.r159 said:
squareflops said:
Going with the Seiko Chronos from a few pages back here's a gift from my dad, unexpected and quite surprising as he has no real interest in watches. I'd never have gone for a chrono but I really love this one, I'm sure in no small part as it is a gift from dad and that means a lot. Put on a Watchgecko MN strap pretty quickly (excuse the sock) and next to my SNK805, the Flightmaster is quite large
Damn you internet, x2 watchgecko straps inbound bit of a bargain at the moment at £6 each.Edited by squareflops on Tuesday 10th December 21:34
My first post on the watch forum, I’m not sure how to upload pictures, https://www.amazon.com/MEGIR-ML-2074G bought for under tenner including postage, from a Chinese website Tabao, l like it.!
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