Affordable retro racing watches: Roue/Straton/Autodromo etc

[anonymous-user]

I really like the look of many of these 60’s/70’s style Racing watches being produced by some of the new microbrands that have arrived over the last 10 years or so.

There are a lot to choose from in the £200-1000ish range, and the quality of design and manufacture seems excellent for the money (from watching reviews).

I quite fancy one (or two..) for fun, and I especially like the look of the Roue and the Autodromo for starters.

Anyone else seen any nice retro race watches recently? Post them up

[hilly10]

I have took a liking to this Stratton model

[ellroy]

Take a look at Omologato as well.

[anonymous-user]

hilly10 said:

I have took a liking to this Stratton model

I like look of that in the black colour scheme. I like it a lot.

[anonymous-user]

ellroy said:

Take a look at Omologato as well.

Excellent shout there.

[stub101]

I have a Roue CHR and it’s a brilliant watch. It actually gets more wrist time than my 1969 Breitling Navitimer 806 and ‘everyday’ Breitling Bentley Speed Six.

I’ve been looking for an Autodromo Prototipo for a few months but I’m just not willing to spend £800 on one when I could have 4 more Roue’s for the same money.

[anonymous-user]

stub101 said:

I have a Roue CHR and it’s a brilliant watch. It actually gets more wrist time than my 1969 Breitling Navitimer 806 and ‘everyday’ Breitling Bentley Speed Six.

I’ve been looking for an Autodromo Prototipo for a few months but I’m just not willing to spend £800 on one when I could have 4 more Roue’s for the same money.

I love the looks and style of the Roue CHR so much.

I watched a couple of review videos and was very impressed with the quality when it was inspected close up.

[Lee540]

Christopher Ward C7 Rapide Chronograph

[nikaiyo2]

Why not get a genuine vintage watch, for similar money?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PRISMA-GT-racing-rally-...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BWC-Swiss-Made-Vintage-...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Jenny-Sealab-Ch...

[stub101]

Lord Marylebone said:

I love the looks and style of the Roue CHR so much.

I watched a couple of review videos and was very impressed with the quality when it was inspected close up.

The quality really is amazing, not only for the price point but in comparison to most other “main” brands up to £3-4K. I get more comments about this watch than any other I have owned.

I regularly spend more on a night out which makes the Roue watches a true bargain.

[seefarr]

nikaiyo2 said:

Why not get a genuine vintage watch, for similar money?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PRISMA-GT-racing-rally-...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BWC-Swiss-Made-Vintage-...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Jenny-Sealab-Ch...

I love all of those! That orangeclockwork has some great stuff.

[lostkiwi]

Dan Henry 1968:

[anonymous-user]

Well I’ve just ordered a Roue CHR

Hopefully this will be a good start to me collecting a couple of these lovely retro race watches!

[hilly10]

Lord Marylebone said:

Excellent shout there.

Loving that a lot

[Stunters]

Lord Marylebone said:

Well I’ve just ordered a Roue CHR

Hopefully this will be a good start to me collecting a couple of these lovely retro race watches!

Well done

I have a Roue SSD One and an HDS One. SSD One is on the wrist as i type.





Another brand to throw into the mix would be MHD. Matthew Humphries Design, as in the chap who was Morgan's chief designer for a while. I met him at the Prescott Hillclimb over the last Bank Holiday weekend, he had a stand showing off their watches. He was excellent to chat to.

https://www.mhdwatches.com/collections

Good shout on Omologato, I will check these out too.
I have looked at the Dan Henry 1968 before, I like it, but have failed to pull the trigger. Same with the Autodromo watches.

[anonymous-user]

Stunters said:

Well done

I have a Roue SSD One and an HDS One. SSD One is on the wrist as i type.





Another brand to throw into the mix would be MHD. Matthew Humphries Design, as in the chap who was Morgan's chief designer for a while. I met him at the Prescott Hillclimb over the last Bank Holiday weekend, he had a stand showing off their watches. He was excellent to chat to.

https://www.mhdwatches.com/collections

Good shout on Omologato, I will check these out too.
I have looked at the Dan Henry 1968 before, I like it, but have failed to pull the trigger. Same with the Autodromo watches.

The Roue SSD is so nice.

It was difficult to choose between the CHR and the SSD, but for me, the CHR just edged it.

[Juicetin1]

How about a Geckota C-01 ?

https://www.geckota.com/geckota-c-01-vk64-racing-c...

I love mine.

[lostkiwi]

Juicetin1 said:

How about a Geckota C-01 ?

https://www.geckota.com/geckota-c-01-vk64-racing-c...

I love mine.

That is nice.

[anonymous-user]

If anyone fancies a punt on an actual old/vintage racing watch:

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2...

Could go cheap. Needs a service.

[Sir Snaz]

oh god!!!
why oh why did i click on this!!
I want both the Roue HDS and the MHD SQ1 now!!!