The under £200 watch thread!

[blue_haddock]

wibble cb said:

Incoming....



Nh35a automatic movement

Tempted by one of these... for70 quid?

Is that an skx clone?

I'd be interested at that kind of price.

Wheres it from?

[TorqueDirty]

blue_haddock said:

Today I'm wearing my marlin that I think a couple of you also got recently. I just love the weight of it on the bracelet, kind of reassuringly heavy!



eBay have another £1 final value fee offer so tonight I'm going to list a few more watches that don't get any 'wrist time'

That really is a very nice watch - but 45mm is just too big for me sadly.

[wibble cb]

blue_haddock said:

wibble cb said:

Incoming....bought via eBay- 150 cad, so about 90 quid?



Nh35a automatic movement




I am Tempted by one of these... for70 quid, never had a citizen but quite like this...also eBay

Is that an skx clone?

I'd be interested at that kind of price.

Wheres it from?

[VR99]

blue_haddock said:

wibble cb said:

Incoming....



Nh35a automatic movement

Tempted by one of these... for70 quid?

Is that an skx clone?

I'd be interested at that kind of price.

Wheres it from?

I've got the Citizen...bought it years back from Argos(£100 ish) and stuck it on a Nato. It got a lot of attention and I do think it's a great looking watch for the price point however my Citizens seem to suffer when not in the light for a while and am having issues with two Citizens including this one where if they have been stored away for a period of time are then struggling to 'restart' or at least not keeping good time.

[blue_haddock]

Any chance of a link to the seller?

I really like that

[Bobberoo99]

My new with tags but no box Citizen Promaster is ready for collection, i'll update when i get it home...........

[slopes]

My birthday present from Lady Slopes has turned up, a GX Smartwatch, all £70 of it. This brings my entire watch collection to the grand total of about £650 which covers 7 watches, two of which were in excess of £200

[wibble cb]

blue_haddock said:

Any chance of a link to the seller?

I really like that

Here you go, just re read it...it’s a refurb, hence the price and there will be import fees, looks good though, the digits remind me of Bell & Ross

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/265039419809

[Bobberoo99]

That looks good slopes, certainly far better than mine.......
What I paid for, picture from listing.

What arrived......

It is so obviously a fake it's fking hilarious!!! Started a return and refund clearly stating that it's a fake and nothing like the listing and surprisingly it has been accepted!!!!

[blue_haddock]

That's shockingly bad!

The actual citizen looks good but I was more interested in a link for the skx style watch above it!

[Ninjin]

AS62 said:

I’m in no way an expert on these things, but I think you’re right, the quality and finish of the dial and case are really nice. Better than I was expecting. I like the shape of the crystal too, feels a little unusual. Couple more pictures below. A (poor) attempt a size comparison with my Tudor GMT, and a (poor) attempt at a closer photo of the dial.

It wears nicely - feels quality but also nice and light (but most things feel light compared to the GMT!). The only thing that feels a bit cheap is the action of the chrono start/stop/reset pushers. In bright light the silver hands can be hard to spot at first glance, but I think they just take a bit of getting used to.

For the money - get one ordered. I don’t think you’ll be disappointed. I’m not!

Thanks for the info..... still resisting... but may give in soon..

[Ninjin]

Barchettaman said:

I bought one last year (or something similar) from Creation.
It was very nice, sat resolutely at +2 secs/day, but ultimately was a bit too small and fussy of face for me so I sold it on at a small profit.

Edited by Barchettaman on Sunday 7th March 13:08

Yours is the smaller 38mm which is quite small for todays standards. The smaller one has the crown at 4 o'clock.

[magpie215]

Ninjin said:

Barchettaman said:

I bought one last year (or something similar) from Creation.
It was very nice, sat resolutely at +2 secs/day, but ultimately was a bit too small and fussy of face for me so I sold it on at a small profit.

Edited by Barchettaman on Sunday 7th March 13:08

Yours is the smaller 38mm which is quite small for todays standards. The smaller one has the crown at 4 o'clock.

A fellow PHr gifted me a broken snk....after a bit of fettling it ended up becoming a 556 alike.

Does wear small so stuck it on a bund strap.

[wibble cb]

blue_haddock said:

That's shockingly bad!

The actual citizen looks good but I was more interested in a link for the skx style watch above it!

Sorry, thought you meant the citizen!

Here you

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/114657852447

[slopes]

Bobberoo99 said:

That looks good slopes, certainly far better than mine.......

It's actually alright, it keep disconnecting from the phone but that's not a major issue, it has several useful features, BP monitor, ecg, pedometer etc etc and is generally quite a nice thing.
It's lightweight too. If i can sort the connectivity issue then everything will be good.

[Steve91]

blue_haddock said:

Hi Steve, was it by any chance a tag f1 style Lorus?

If so ive already seen it......

Ha, indeed you have already seen it! Can honestly say that I didn't know it was you selling it.

For everyone else;

[r159]

Bobberoo99 said:

That looks good slopes, certainly far better than mine.......
What I paid for, picture from listing.

What arrived......

It is so obviously a fake it's fking hilarious!!! Started a return and refund clearly stating that it's a fake and nothing like the listing and surprisingly it has been accepted!!!!

wkers! How stupid must they think people are, they could have listed as an eco drive diver and probably got some mug to buy it.
Gutted for you especially as it’s a bloody good watch, I’ve noticed on eBay the black face ‘40s on rubber are only going for a few quid over £100 lately.

Edited by r159 on Monday 8th March 20:39

[Bobberoo99]

r159 said:

Bobberoo99 said:

That looks good slopes, certainly far better than mine.......
What I paid for, picture from listing.

What arrived......

It is so obviously a fake it's fking hilarious!!! Started a return and refund clearly stating that it's a fake and nothing like the listing and surprisingly it has been accepted!!!!

wkers! How stupid must they think people are, they could have listed as an eco drive diver and probably got some mug to buy it.
Gutted for you especially as it’s a bloody good watch, I’ve noticed on eBay the black face ‘40s on rubber are only going for a few quid over £100 lately.

Edited by r159 on Monday 8th March 20:39

Cheers r159, hopefully i'll get a full refund from them.

[r159]

Bobberoo99 said:

r159 said:

Bobberoo99 said:

That looks good slopes, certainly far better than mine.......
What I paid for, picture from listing.

What arrived......

It is so obviously a fake it's fking hilarious!!! Started a return and refund clearly stating that it's a fake and nothing like the listing and surprisingly it has been accepted!!!!

wkers! How stupid must they think people are, they could have listed as an eco drive diver and probably got some mug to buy it.
Gutted for you especially as it’s a bloody good watch, I’ve noticed on eBay the black face ‘40s on rubber are only going for a few quid over £100 lately.

Edited by r159 on Monday 8th March 20:39

Cheers r159, hopefully i'll get a full refund from them.

Tbh I think an Inox would be right up your street, Tkmaxx still have the full steel on offer...

[Bobberoo99]

r159 said:

Tbh I think an Inox would be right up your street, Tkmaxx still have the full steel on offer...

I do like the Inox but have my heart set on a Pepsi bezel!!!