The under £200 watch thread!

[redrabbit]

Wallace12R said:

It’s NLD day today so I thought I’d dust off my Spurs Sekonda.

That's a very nice looking piece.

Can you send a pic with it set to 3:01? Just for reference...

[CharlesdeGaulle]

redrabbit said:

Wallace12R said:

It’s NLD day today so I thought I’d dust off my Spurs Sekonda.

That's a very nice looking piece.

Can you send a pic with it set to 3:01? Just for reference...

Ouch! Nicely done.

[Bobberoo]

bjcracing said:

One of a few (under £200) watches that I own, and probably my favourite ..

Nice, and welcome to our little corner of tinternet!!
Pics of the rest of your collection would be welcome!!!

[Wallace12R]

redrabbit said:

That's a very nice looking piece.

Can you send a pic with it set to 3:01? Just for reference...

Laugh it up……….




It can stay in the box until Jan 15th now.

[redrabbit]

Wallace12R said:

redrabbit said:

That's a very nice looking piece.

Can you send a pic with it set to 3:01? Just for reference...

Laugh it up……….




It can stay in the box until Jan 15th now.

Kudos, chap! That's what this thread is about

For what it's worth, yesterday was a flash in the pan. We'll be back to our mid table mediocrity in no time...

Edited by redrabbit on Monday 27th September 21:53

[wibble cb]

Wallace12R said:

redrabbit said:

That's a very nice looking piece.

Can you send a pic with it set to 3:01? Just for reference...

Laugh it up……….




It can stay in the box until Jan 15th now.

Its growing on me now.....can't think why (spoken as a Soton fan, so I outdo anyone on this thread for mid/lower table mediocrity thank you very much) !

[blingybongy]

wibble cb said:

Its growing on me now.....can't think why (spoken as a Soton fan, so I outdo anyone on this thread for mid/lower table mediocrity thank you very much) !

Oh no you don't.

[Bobberoo]

wibble cb said:

Its growing on me now.....can't think why (spoken as a Soton fan, so I outdo anyone on this thread for mid/lower table mediocrity thank you very much) !

Are you a Southampton local wibble cb, or do you just like the pain of constant defeat and uncertainty???

[Wallace12R]

redrabbit said:

Kudos, chap! That's what this thread is about

For what it's worth, yesterday was a flash in the pan. We'll be back to our mid table mediocrity in no time...

Edited by redrabbit on Monday 27th September 21:53

The way things are looking for us at the moment I’m not too confident on doing much better.

[wibble cb]

Bobberoo said:

wibble cb said:

Its growing on me now.....can't think why (spoken as a Soton fan, so I outdo anyone on this thread for mid/lower table mediocrity thank you very much) !

Are you a Southampton local wibble cb, or do you just like the pain of constant defeat and uncertainty???

The story was that when I was v young, I liked their colours, but I was born/ raised around Reading, not that this much matters anymore as I now live in Toronto!

[Bobberoo]

wibble cb said:

Bobberoo said:

wibble cb said:

Its growing on me now.....can't think why (spoken as a Soton fan, so I outdo anyone on this thread for mid/lower table mediocrity thank you very much) !

Are you a Southampton local wibble cb, or do you just like the pain of constant defeat and uncertainty???

The story was that when I was v young, I liked their colours, but I was born/ raised around Reading, not that this much matters anymore as I now live in Toronto!

Fair play!!!

[r159]

blingybongy said:

wibble cb said:

Its growing on me now.....can't think why (spoken as a Soton fan, so I outdo anyone on this thread for mid/lower table mediocrity thank you very much) !

Oh no you don't.

+1

[Wallace12R]

Well the watch I ordered for my father in law has arrived, and I must say I’m rather chuffed with it. Let’s hope he is too. This certainly doesn’t have the look and feel of a watch that cost £38.24 delivered, and that’s including the additional £12.70 for the presentation box.

[Bobberoo]

Nice!!

[r159]

2nd working day after ordering my new to me Vostok Komandirskie 350751 arrived (with the all important box and paper -for investment purposes… ) I really like it, it’s in cracking condition especially for a touch over £40 delivered.

It feels very different from the scuba dude.

Although it’s not from the Amphibian range it still has 200m WR and even a lumed marker on the bezel

The dial & bezel combo makes it look a bit Luminoxy to me. It came on a light grey silicone band with quick release bars which I’m 99% sure is not original and although nice to wear doesn’t look right in my eyes.

So a few different straps have been tried..
Mesh, but as the case/bezel has no polishing at all I’m not sure, photo dulls down the strap quite a lot

Next a brushed bracelet, but without a taper looks too wide. The watch has 22mm lugs but isn’t that wide -41mm

The Duro strap looks quite good

Black nato

Red nato

I might have a look for a brushed but tapered bracelet or a matt finished mesh. On the other hand a red dive style tapered strap might be nice too.
Not sure which looks best…thoughts?

Edited by r159 on Tuesday 28th September 20:53

[RSTurboPaul]

I think that looks great on the red strap - a bit unexpected and it picks up the red highlight on the dial

[Drooles]

I think the duro looks good, and the mesh.

Red NATO looks really cool but I never think they feel that great when wearing them

[Wallace12R]

Drooles said:

Red NATO looks really cool but I never think they feel that great when wearing them

+1

Pretty much word for word what I was about to say.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Black rubber Duro or red NATO for me.

[r159]

Thanks for the replies, funnily enough it has stayed on the red nato

I do find that watches end up rotating around my wrist on a nato, possibly a conventional red fabric strap might be good.

Edited by r159 on Tuesday 28th September 21:19

Edited by r159 on Tuesday 28th September 21:20