The under £200 watch thread!

[kuro]

Bobberoo99 said:

Incoming!!!
I've pulled the trigger on a new daily for my stable, i'm defo going to be giving this wrist candy plenty of wrist time!!!!
I now feel really cheap and dirty!!!
So i've seen the light and joined all you chaps with Steeldive watches, i've ordered the 1970 Turtle "Captain Willard" in blue, both Mrs Bobbers and i preferred the look of it in blue!!!

Just to demonstrate what you get for your money, heres a comparison between a £400 Seiko Prospex turtle and a £100 Steeldive Willard.
https://youtu.be/EGJIcZpEDk4

[Bobberoo99]

kuro said:

Bobberoo99 said:

Incoming!!!
I've pulled the trigger on a new daily for my stable, i'm defo going to be giving this wrist candy plenty of wrist time!!!!
I now feel really cheap and dirty!!!
So i've seen the light and joined all you chaps with Steeldive watches, i've ordered the 1970 Turtle "Captain Willard" in blue, both Mrs Bobbers and i preferred the look of it in blue!!!

Just to demonstrate what you get for your money, heres a comparison between a £400 Seiko Prospex turtle and a £100 Steeldive Willard.
https://youtu.be/EGJIcZpEDk4

Thanks for that, they really do have quite a following now don't they? Some of the reviewers are stating that the build quality may actually be better then the Seiko and all of them saying that at the price they are why would you want to pay four times the price for the Seiko???

[Poisson96]

On my voyage further into cheap watches, the Euro one turned up yesterday. Nice smaller watch

[Hrimfaxi]

Poisson96 said:

On my voyage further into cheap watches, the Euro one turned up yesterday. Nice smaller watch

That's kinda quirky, I like it. What was the deal with those, do you know? Gave to staff? Or available as a souvenir kinda thing.

[Poisson96]

Hrimfaxi said:

Poisson96 said:

On my voyage further into cheap watches, the Euro one turned up yesterday. Nice smaller watch

That's kinda quirky, I like it. What was the deal with those, do you know? Gave to staff? Or available as a souvenir kinda thing.

eBay seller reckoned it's a staff watch. It's a Timex under the E branding. I like trains and like watches so it had to be done

[Hrimfaxi]

Poisson96 said:

eBay seller reckoned it's a staff watch. It's a Timex under the E branding. I like trains and like watches so it had to be done

That's fair!

[Bobberoo99]

Hrimfaxi said:

Poisson96 said:

eBay seller reckoned it's a staff watch. It's a Timex under the E branding. I like trains and like watches so it had to be done

That's fair!

I like whisky and watches, what do you recommend???

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Bobberoo99 said:

Hrimfaxi said:

Poisson96 said:

eBay seller reckoned it's a staff watch. It's a Timex under the E branding. I like trains and like watches so it had to be done

That's fair!

I like whisky and watches, what do you recommend???

I like cars, watches and women. There's a reason I have no money.

[Barchettaman]

Last one for a while. I promise.

€20 Quiksilver ‘Explorer’, on an €18 strap.

Quite nice really.

[Bobberoo99]

Barchettaman said:

Last one for a while. I promise.

€20 Quiksilver ‘Explorer’, on an €18 strap.

Quite nice really.

That's very nice, lovely and clean!!

CdeG, They're the real reasons we all have no money!!!

[Poisson96]

Don't apologise, the more the merrier in here.

Bobbers you like Whiskey and Watches? Have enough to cloud your judgement and hit eBay

[FurballS2000]

My free smart watch has turned up!
Don't really want it anymore so will probably flog it on eBay.

[r159]

I need some help (don’t we all...)

Over the coming weeks/couple months I will be acquiring vouchers to spend frivolously at places like Argos, Amazon, H Samuel, Ernest Jones potentially up to budget of £150 - depending on my level of patience...so obviously a watch is top of the list...

I fancy the Steeldive range but due the restrictions of the vouchers it’s a no go. If it’s an auto needs to have manual wind and quick set date, sapphire nice to have. Not bothered by the Casioak or g shock squares and have a ga-110. I have Daytona and Speedmaster homages and don’t want a Submariner type.

Ones that have caught my eye so far are

Vostok ‘gmt’

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vostok-Komandirskie-Autom...

Tauchmeister 1000m auto

https://www.amazon.co.uk/XL-Automatic-movement-Tau...

This Victorinox
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Victorinox-241516-Origina...

Momentum 200m field watch
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Adventure-Momentum-Stainl...

This Spinnaker
https://www.amazon.co.uk/SPINNAKER-Spence-Leather-...

This Orient
https://www.amazon.co.uk/ORIENT-FEM75004B9-Orient-...

Anything else you all can think of that I might have missed bearing in mind limitations on spendy places.

[Barchettaman]

I have a Vostok GMT and a Vostok Amphibian.

I don’t wear the GMT. It’s a nice watch but the bezel renders it pretty useless as a gmt because you can never be sure it’s where you left it.

I wouldn’t buy it again.

[r159]

Barchettaman said:

I have a Vostok GMT and a Vostok Amphibian.

I don’t wear the GMT. It’s a nice watch but the bezel renders it pretty useless as a gmt because you can never be sure it’s where you left it.

I wouldn’t buy it again.

Am I right in thinking the 24hr hand is slaved to the normal hour hand rather than independently set?

[Bobberoo99]

r159 said:

I need some help (don’t we all...)

Over the coming weeks/couple months I will be acquiring vouchers to spend frivolously at places like Argos, Amazon, H Samuel, Ernest Jones potentially up to budget of £150 - depending on my level of patience...so obviously a watch is top of the list...

I fancy the Steeldive range but due the restrictions of the vouchers it’s a no go. If it’s an auto needs to have manual wind and quick set date, sapphire nice to have. Not bothered by the Casioak or g shock squares and have a ga-110. I have Daytona and Speedmaster homages and don’t want a Submariner type.

Ones that have caught my eye so far are

Vostok ‘gmt’

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vostok-Komandirskie-Autom...

Tauchmeister 1000m auto

https://www.amazon.co.uk/XL-Automatic-movement-Tau...

This Victorinox
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Victorinox-241516-Origina...

Momentum 200m field watch
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Adventure-Momentum-Stainl...

This Spinnaker
https://www.amazon.co.uk/SPINNAKER-Spence-Leather-...

This Orient
https://www.amazon.co.uk/ORIENT-FEM75004B9-Orient-...

Anything else you all can think of that I might have missed bearing in mind limitations on spendy places.

That Victorinox looks great for that price!!!

[anonymous-user]

I’d take the Vostok, because I’ve always fancied one, and for the hilarity of the user guide type thing in one of the pictures

[r159]

Classic for just under £20
https://www.argos.co.uk/product/9106967?clickSR=sl...
300m citizen diver £140
https://www.argos.co.uk/product/7926132?clickSR=sl...

Rotary gmt £70

https://www.argos.co.uk/product/3180484?clickSR=sl...

Edited by r159 on Tuesday 27th October 21:47

Edited by r159 on Tuesday 27th October 21:52

[Barchettaman]

r159 said:

Am I right in thinking the 24hr hand is slaved to the normal hour hand rather than independently set?

Yep. The bezel shows the destination time.

To be honest, for a useable GMT go quartz, or go expensive.

I have an eye on a Mido Ocean Star gmt but that is well out of thread budget so will stop talking about it right away.

(It’s utter perfection BTW)

[Bobberoo99]

Barchettaman said:

r159 said:

Am I right in thinking the 24hr hand is slaved to the normal hour hand rather than independently set?

Yep. The bezel shows the destination time.

To be honest, for a useable GMT go quartz, or go expensive.

I have an eye on a Mido Ocean Star gmt but that is well out of thread budget so will stop talking about it right away.

(It’s utter perfection BTW)

Feel free to show it and discuss, i'm lusting after a Christopher Ward Super Compressor!!!