The under £200 watch thread!

[kuro]

r159 said:

It gets worse Looking on Amazon

Tauchmeister 500m £69

https://www.amazon.co.uk/German-Diver-Watch-Tauchm...

£99 for one with a Miyota auto

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tauchmeister-Automatic-se...

Or this big one with Ronda 515 gmt movement which seems quite a clever thing with power saving.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Diver-Germany-Sapphire-St...

Or this...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tauchme-ister-24-Hours-sa...

Edited by r159 on Thursday 27th February 18:11

I didn't see these before. Sapphire and Swiss quartz would make them even better.

[blingybongy]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Diver-Germany-Sapphire-St...

[kuro]

blingybongy said:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Diver-Germany-Sapphire-St...

The yellow dial is tempting but I'd have to tone it down with a black strap.

[Bobberoo99]

kuro said:

blingybongy said:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Diver-Germany-Sapphire-St...

The yellow dial is tempting but I'd have to tone it down with a black strap.

I was seriously tempted by the GMT with the orange hands, but Mrs Bobbers would divorce me if I bought anything at the moment!!!

[Scrump]

The orange would match a Focus ST.
It was meant to be!

[Bobberoo99]

Scrump said:

The orange would match a Focus ST.
It was meant to be!

You're an evil git, you do know that, don't you?!?!

[Scrump]

Bobberoo99 said:

You're an evil git, you do know that, don't you?!?!

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=23&t=1856224

[AlexC1981]

I've had a Tauchmeister for a while. They are ok, but not quite up to a Seiko 5 Sports quality.

[Bobberoo99]

Scrump said:

Bobberoo99 said:

You're an evil git, you do know that, don't you?!?!

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

You're not helping!!!!

[magpie215]

kuro said:

Apeks now on a strapcode super engineer clone. A perfect match for this watch.

Thats punching well over its price...looks great

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Just delivered from Vegas.


Really pleased with it.

[kuro]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Just delivered from Vegas.


Really pleased with it.

Are these discontinued now? Can't seem to find them in the Uk.

[AmosMoses]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu4T4Cy4eKQ&li...

Came across this one earlier in the week.

Now tempted to get a Casio MRW-200 and fill it with oil...

[r159]

AmosMoses said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu4T4Cy4eKQ&li...

Came across this one earlier in the week.

Now tempted to get a Casio MRW-200 and fill it with oil...

I watched that and have a mrw-200, not quite sure what happens went you pull the crown out...

[r159]

r159 said:

I watched that and have a mrw-200, not quite sure what happens went you pull the crown out...

Not stopped me looking at prices for the oil though...

[CharlesdeGaulle]

kuro said:

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Just delivered from Vegas.


Really pleased with it.

Are these discontinued now? Can't seem to find them in the Uk.

I don't know if it's discontinued but I used the link on a previous page. A little over £50 and delivery from the States within a week or so.

Edited by CharlesdeGaulle on Friday 28th February 17:28

[Milkbuttons]

This arrived a little while ago from Ali express, I have to say I'm quite impressed with the quality of the watch considering it only cost me £58 delivered!

It keeps pretty good time with a power reserve of 40hrs

The colour is great and it sits really nice on the wrist.

Negatives would be the lume, it's near non-existent and the cyclops isn't quite focused right to name a few, but I can't complain for the money!

I'm happy with it.

[benny.c]

Ever so slight over budget at £220 (used) but there are other versions available below £200. The Samurai is definitely one of the best watches I’ve owned at this price point, slightly let down by the rattly bracelet but it’s only because the rest is so good that you’d notice.

[blue_haddock]

My STO samurai is probably my favourite watch in my whole collection.

[TorqueDirty]

In recent weeks I have been spending WAAAYYYY too long looking at affordable automatic watches because I'm feeling the need to try something new.

I have been round the houses hundreds of times, looking at everything from quite expensive (well over thread budget) dress watches, to Seiko SKX copies that I could modify. Truth be told I was researching myself in to a state of complete indecision.

And then today I realised two things. First that I needed to just buy something to avoid spending the rest of my life looking at watches online, and second that actually I already have enough automatics (for now!) and what I should really get is an interesting quartz watch that is ready to go anywhere anytime, that is tough, smart but also a bit unusual.

So today I ordered this - at admittedly £20 over budget. It feels like a weight has been lifted!

https://www.scurfawatches.com/product/diver-one-d1...

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I have read lots of good things about these watches and I'm a sucker for anything that is really well made and a bit left field.

Not sure if I will gel with it but I'm quite excited to find out.

Of course it will probably never go deeper than snorkelling depth but hey, who cares. In fact if it ever does go to 500m it will either be because I have sold it on or because I have fallen (or been pushed) off some transatlantic cruise liner.

I'll report back once it arrives - and once I have completed whatever penance I will be handed for buying another watch!