The under £200 watch thread!

[Bobberoo99]

thehammer said:

Had this for Fathers day this year.



RRP £179 Outlet Price £55

Nice looking watch that, I like the two tone strap!! You're a lucky dad!!

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Bobberoo99 said:

Nice looking watch that, I like the two tone strap!! You're a lucky dad!!

He is. I got a couple of sodding cards!

[Bobberoo99]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Bobberoo99 said:

Nice looking watch that, I like the two tone strap!! You're a lucky dad!!

He is. I got a couple of sodding cards!

[Bobberoo99]

Thought I'd give the thread a bump as I haven't been on here for a while, my Citizen is being worn daily to keep it wound and today I put the silicon strap back on.

I'm looking for a brown leather strap for it but am limited due to the 24mm width, i've found one I really like and may get it at the end of the month, that'll give me a nice choice of the three straps for it!!

[vixen1700]

Slightly over budget at £226.00 & £216.00, but I'm sorely tempted by either of these Bering automatics:

https://www.timeshop4you.co.uk/watches/bering/1624...

https://www.the-unit-store.com/collections/gents-w...

Japanese automatic Miyota movements and nice Scandinavian designs, what's not to like at those prices.

Have had a quartz Bering for years and it's always been a good watch.

[Ratski83]

Picked this up at the Swatch Outlet at Gunwharf Quays few weeks back and pretty happy with it for £70

[Bobberoo99]

That's a very elegant looking watch, i wouldn't have thought that possible for a Swatch!!

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Bobberoo99 said:

That's a very elegant looking watch, i wouldn't have thought that possible for a Swatch!!

Indeed. I was surprised it is an automatic too.

[lostkiwi]

Bobberoo99 said:

Thought I'd give the thread a bump as I haven't been on here for a while, my Citizen is being worn daily to keep it wound and today I put the silicon strap back on.

I'm looking for a brown leather strap for it but am limited due to the 24mm width, i've found one I really like and may get it at the end of the month, that'll give me a nice choice of the three straps for it!!

There are loads of 24mm straps available - its a fairly common size. I picked up a lovely blue stitched black leather strap off eBay seller watch_straps for just £9.95 and a fabulous soft brown vintage leather one from lawr389.

[Badda]

Bobberoo99 said:

It looks good with either strap on, my only criticism is when it's very quiet first thing in the morning and I have it on as I'm getting ready for work you can hear the automatic part of the watch, it sounds a little like a ball bearing race, it's not particularly loud until it within arms length and seeing as I've never had an automatic watch I don't know if that's normal or not?? l]

I’m intrigued as to how you hear it when it’s not ‘within arm’s length’!!

[Bobberoo99]

Badda said:

Bobberoo99 said:

It looks good with either strap on, my only criticism is when it's very quiet first thing in the morning and I have it on as I'm getting ready for work you can hear the automatic part of the watch, it sounds a little like a ball bearing race, it's not particularly loud until it within arms length and seeing as I've never had an automatic watch I don't know if that's normal or not?? l]

I’m intrigued as to how you hear it when it’s not ‘within arm’s length’!!

Go-go-gadget removable arms?!?!
If it's held down by my side after a shake i can't hear it, but as i bring my arm up i can.

[Barchettaman]

I was in the market for a Submariner or a GMT homage/copy, and this one came in well under budget.

The bezel and face are in a really dark blue. The top left of the bezel is a dark burgundy. It looks a bit odd with the leather strap but I´m kind of used to it now.

It´s not much compared to many of the lovely watches on this thread but it was well under budget (I was looking up to 200 quid) and I like it a lot! Accurist are well worth a look, particularly when they are 60% off.

Cheers all

[Bobberoo99]

Barchettaman said:

I was in the market for a Submariner or a GMT homage/copy, and this one came in well under budget.

The bezel and face are in a really dark blue. The top left of the bezel is a dark burgundy. It looks a bit odd with the leather strap but I´m kind of used to it now.

It´s not much compared to many of the lovely watches on this thread but it was well under budget (I was looking up to 200 quid) and I like it a lot! Accurist are well worth a look, particularly when they are 60% off.

Cheers all

Nice, i like the colour combination!!

[ZesPak]

I like the colour as well!
Invicta do some good quality copies of the sub, also auto ones.

[Barchettaman]

ZesPak said:

I like the colour as well!
Invicta do some good quality copies of the sub, also auto ones.

Yep, was looking at those as well as the Seiko sub copy, but went for the Accurist in the end.

Glad you both like it, I feared I would be laughed out of here!

[Bobberoo99]

Barchettaman said:

ZesPak said:

I like the colour as well!
Invicta do some good quality copies of the sub, also auto ones.

Yep, was looking at those as well as the Seiko sub copy, but went for the Accurist in the end.

Glad you both like it, I feared I would be laughed out of here!

this is not the wkcheck wristcheck forum!!!

[Bobberoo99]

Not seen any of the Invicta stuff in the flesh, there are a lot of very nice watches out there in the thread budget, H.Samuel have some really good offers, I saw a very nice Bulova well within budget and as already pointed out the Acurist too!!!!

[lostkiwi]

Bobberoo99 said:

Not seen any of the Invicta stuff in the flesh, there are a lot of very nice watches out there in the thread budget, H.Samuel have some really good offers, I saw a very nice Bulova well within budget and as already pointed out the Acurist too!!!!

Bulova are decent watches. I have three and am very happy with all of them.
One is an automatic and the other 2 are precisionists. The sweep of the second hand on a non-chrono precisionist is uncanny in its smoothness. My favourite Bulova (outside the budget for this thread) is the Lunar Pilot.

[Bobberoo99]

lostkiwi said:

Bobberoo99 said:

Not seen any of the Invicta stuff in the flesh, there are a lot of very nice watches out there in the thread budget, H.Samuel have some really good offers, I saw a very nice Bulova well within budget and as already pointed out the Acurist too!!!!

Bulova are decent watches. I have three and am very happy with all of them.
One is an automatic and the other 2 are precisionists. The sweep of the second hand on a non-chrono precisionist is uncanny in its smoothness. My favourite Bulova (outside the budget for this thread) is the Lunar Pilot.

Sounds like you have a nice selection there, I did look at a Precisionist before I bought my Citizen but it was well out of budget, I LOVE my Bulova Adventurer, it keeps pretty much perfect time!!!

[ZesPak]

Bobberoo99 said:

Not seen any of the Invicta stuff in the flesh, there are a lot of very nice watches out there in the thread budget, H.Samuel have some really good offers, I saw a very nice Bulova well within budget and as already pointed out the Acurist too!!!!

Invicta seem to have two lines:

1. Ridiculously oversized watches that are... an acquired taste that I haven't yet acquired
2. Blatant sub copies

I actually like the latter, they are very good quality ime.