The under £200 watch thread!
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Well yesterday I put a new battery in one of my Currens, that went well so I attempted to replace the battery in my ageing Timex Indiglo Expedition, first attempt failed when I failed to remove all the sticker from the face, but I rectified this, replaced the back with my new back press tool, cleaned the strap as it was minging having never been cleaned and reinstalled the pin to make the bracelet whole again, very pleased as these are my first attempts at this!!!
blingybongy said:
Delivered woo-hoo.
As stated earlier, I live in Derbyshire.
So there is the too good to be true part of the offer.
Kiss goodbye to your £11.
Blimey, I thought I did bad accidently doing a click and collect one town over...As stated earlier, I live in Derbyshire.
So there is the too good to be true part of the offer.
Kiss goodbye to your £11.
Hopefully your refund will come through, I'm now into waiting week 4 for an AliExpress no show...
Bobberoo99 said:
Well yesterday I put a new battery in one of my Currens, that went well so I attempted to replace the battery in my ageing Timex Indiglo Expedition, first attempt failed when I failed to remove all the sticker from the face, but I rectified this, replaced the back with my new back press tool, cleaned the strap as it was minging having never been cleaned and reinstalled the pin to make the bracelet whole again, very pleased as these are my first attempts at this!!!
Its a good sound when the back pops in, does your Timex bracelet have micro adjust? My IQ one doesn't and its a right pain.
Bobberoo99 said:
I REALLY like the look of that, please keep us updated as to how it performs!!
Accuracy: Its running about 2-3 seconds slow per daySize: Its really large, My wrists are 7.5" and it really is the limit. Think large G-shock size. or large Breitling
Weight: 183g. again on the heavy size, I have a Rolex sports watch and that weighs 150g
Finish: the edges of the metal are sharp, and they will soften with time, but you certainly notice it.
Overall: I really like it. It has presence and it is beautiful and for £53 I am pleased.
Edited by The_Doc on Sunday 28th June 13:14
The_Doc said:
Bobberoo99 said:
I REALLY like the look of that, please keep us updated as to how it performs!!
Accuracy: Its running about 2-3 seconds slow per daySize: Its really large, My wrists are 7.5" and it really is the limit. Think large G-shock size. or large Breitling
Weight: 183g. again on the heavy size, I have a Rolex sports watch and that weighs 150g
Finish: the edges of the metal are sharp, and they will soften with time, but you certainly notice it.
Overall: I really like it. It has presence and it is beautiful and for £53 I am pleased.
Well today is a mixed bag of results, I altered my three point tool successfully, pic below shows just about where I dremelled it out.
I got the back off my Pulsar quite easily once it fitted the cut outs properly, only to find I didn't have the right battery!! Again!!!!
Amazon to the rescue again, thank God for Prime!!! 
A question for our learned friends, it says on the case back, "be sure to short circuit the area AC and the battery connection (+)" after new battery is installed, I take it once the battery is in I need to bridge this point
With the little strap that holds the battery in?
Bobberoo99 said:
A question for our learned friends, it says on the case back, "be sure to short circuit the area AC and the battery connection (+)" after new battery is installed, I take it once the battery is in I need to bridge this point With the little strap that holds the battery in?
You'll probably find that all the metal plates on the back are linked to the battery, so you just need to touch the gold contact in the "AC" hole with the surrounding metal plate, using tweezers or a paper clip. mr_fibuli said:
Bobberoo99 said:
A question for our learned friends, it says on the case back, "be sure to short circuit the area AC and the battery connection (+)" after new battery is installed, I take it once the battery is in I need to bridge this point With the little strap that holds the battery in?
You'll probably find that all the metal plates on the back are linked to the battery, so you just need to touch the gold contact in the "AC" hole with the surrounding metal plate, using tweezers or a paper clip. 
Tyre Smoke said:
Where are we with smart watches?
I beg to offer my new (bnib) ebay purchase for the princely sum of £78 delivered....
Nice, I didn't know they did smart watches, looks a sensible size too.I beg to offer my new (bnib) ebay purchase for the princely sum of £78 delivered....
I've just started myself this week with my first 2 (obsolete) smart watches:
The Sony Smartwatch 2 was £42 new in box. Its a bit of a pain to get up and running as Sony have pulled all support and deleted all the apps for it, but I managed to find them elsewhere. I wouldn't have minded if it ended up as a glorified calculator watch though, I just like the look of it!
The Casio is a DBC-60 from 1985. I found it in a charity shop for £1. It looked absolutely trashed, but I stripped it down, cleaned and polished it all up and it started looking pretty good. The keypad lets it down a though - you can buy a sticker to put over the top for £15, but then I found someone selling complete new old stock cases for £35, and you can also get reproduction original looking straps... so by the time it is done it will end up costing me more than the Sony
mr_fibuli said:
Tyre Smoke said:
Where are we with smart watches?
I beg to offer my new (bnib) ebay purchase for the princely sum of £78 delivered....
Nice, I didn't know they did smart watches, looks a sensible size too.I beg to offer my new (bnib) ebay purchase for the princely sum of £78 delivered....
I've just started myself this week with my first 2 (obsolete) smart watches:
The Sony Smartwatch 2 was £42 new in box. Its a bit of a pain to get up and running as Sony have pulled all support and deleted all the apps for it, but I managed to find them elsewhere. I wouldn't have minded if it ended up as a glorified calculator watch though, I just like the look of it!
The Casio is a DBC-60 from 1985. I found it in a charity shop for £1. It looked absolutely trashed, but I stripped it down, cleaned and polished it all up and it started looking pretty good. The keypad lets it down a though - you can buy a sticker to put over the top for £15, but then I found someone selling complete new old stock cases for £35, and you can also get reproduction original looking straps... so by the time it is done it will end up costing me more than the Sony
ZesPak said:
ZesPak said:
Been trying to get my hands on a Casio GA-2100-1AER (black with white hands and hour markers) as a gift for my father, but they seem to be out of stock all the time 
Can you guys please stop buying them?
Found one on a Dutch website! Incoming. Can you guys please stop buying them?
mr_fibuli said:
Tyre Smoke said:
Where are we with smart watches?
I beg to offer my new (bnib) ebay purchase for the princely sum of £78 delivered....
Nice, I didn't know they did smart watches, looks a sensible size too.I beg to offer my new (bnib) ebay purchase for the princely sum of £78 delivered....
I've just started myself this week with my first 2 (obsolete) smart watches:
The Sony Smartwatch 2 was £42 new in box. Its a bit of a pain to get up and running as Sony have pulled all support and deleted all the apps for it, but I managed to find them elsewhere. I wouldn't have minded if it ended up as a glorified calculator watch though, I just like the look of it!
The Casio is a DBC-60 from 1985. I found it in a charity shop for £1. It looked absolutely trashed, but I stripped it down, cleaned and polished it all up and it started looking pretty good. The keypad lets it down a though - you can buy a sticker to put over the top for £15, but then I found someone selling complete new old stock cases for £35, and you can also get reproduction original looking straps... so by the time it is done it will end up costing me more than the Sony
r159 said:
Bobberoo99 said:
Well yesterday I put a new battery in one of my Currens, that went well so I attempted to replace the battery in my ageing Timex Indiglo Expedition, first attempt failed when I failed to remove all the sticker from the face, but I rectified this, replaced the back with my new back press tool, cleaned the strap as it was minging having never been cleaned and reinstalled the pin to make the bracelet whole again, very pleased as these are my first attempts at this!!!
Its a good sound when the back pops in, does your Timex bracelet have micro adjust? My IQ one doesn't and its a right pain.Arrived Friday, bracelet is too short For me so an alternative is this for now, I fancy a blue with white centre pinstriped marine national style strap. The Miyota movement runs well, I have really struggled to find much info on these, size approximately 42mm, 22mm strap £30 plus post.
My replacement batteries arrived, new one installed in my Pulsar, it started working straight away but I thought sod it I'll do the shorting thing anyway, it started doing two ticks per second so I did it again for a bit longer and it seems to be working perfectly now!!! Happy days, I'm starting to amass a decent stock of spare batteries and feel a lot more confident tackling all my other watches as the batteries need replacing!!!
Bobberoo99 said:
My replacement batteries arrived, new one installed in my Pulsar, it started working straight away but I thought sod it I'll do the shorting thing anyway, it started doing two ticks per second so I did it again for a bit longer and it seems to be working perfectly now!!! Happy days, I'm starting to amass a decent stock of spare batteries and feel a lot more confident tackling all my other watches as the batteries need replacing!!!
Bobbers watch repair service 
r159 said:
Arrived Friday, bracelet is too short For me so an alternative is this for now, I fancy a blue with white centre pinstriped marine national style strap. The Miyota movement runs well, I have really struggled to find much info on these, size approximately 42mm, 22mm strap £30 plus post.
Nice for £30.Designer was clearly paid per dial delineation!
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