The Under £200ish Watch and occasional Opera Thread! Vol2

The Under £200ish Watch and occasional Opera Thread! Vol2

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Bobberoo

Original Poster:

38,624 posts

98 months

Friday 24th June 2022
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Some nice looking G-Shocks there, and welcome to the new posters!!!

300sl-24

528 posts

94 months

Saturday 25th June 2022
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For Father’s Day one daughter bought me the steeldive sub pictured earlier and my other daughter bought me this under budget ( I think not sure) but I wanted a Pepsi watch

CharlesdeGaulle

26,265 posts

180 months

Saturday 25th June 2022
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300sl-24 said:
For Father’s Day one daughter bought me the steeldive sub pictured earlier and my other daughter bought me this under budget ( I think not sure) but I wanted a Pepsi watch
You get better gifts from your offspring than I do from mine!

300sl-24

528 posts

94 months

Saturday 25th June 2022
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CharlesdeGaulle said:
You get better gifts from your offspring than I do from mine!
Yes I was very lucky this year they are 25 and 23 so not kids anymore but I was well chuffed.
And the watch that you kindly gave me is with a friend as I struggled to remove the back but it will work again soon. Many thanks once again and good to see you back

BrabusMog

20,150 posts

186 months

Saturday 25th June 2022
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300sl-24 said:
CharlesdeGaulle said:
You get better gifts from your offspring than I do from mine!
Yes I was very lucky this year they are 25 and 23 so not kids anymore but I was well chuffed.
And the watch that you kindly gave me is with a friend as I struggled to remove the back but it will work again soon. Many thanks once again and good to see you back
I can tell you that both myself and my older sister were so happy to be able to start giving decent gifts to our parents when circumstances started to make it allowed - I think everyone gets something out of it biggrin

TheThing

938 posts

134 months

Saturday 25th June 2022
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Bobberoo said:
Some nice looking G-Shocks there, and welcome to the new posters!!!
Thanks thumbup

Bobberoo

Original Poster:

38,624 posts

98 months

Saturday 25th June 2022
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TheThing said:
Bobberoo said:
Some nice looking G-Shocks there, and welcome to the new posters!!!
Thanks thumbup
Very welcome old chap, just be aware that it's a slippery slope!!!

Mr E

21,616 posts

259 months

Saturday 25th June 2022
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TheThing said:
I purchased one about 4 weeks ago. Great watch thumbup
This has been my daily wear for about 10 years. I’m aware cheap casios can be used as timers for bombs. If you could find it afterwards, you could probably use a M5610 to do that again.

Drooles

1,367 posts

56 months

Sunday 26th June 2022
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Gardening today… I’ve put this on a NATO. I never really get on with this type of strap but it suits it reasonably well. The only problem is I had to take a spring bar out to attach the strap as the gap was too small to just thread it through. To me, that defeats the object so this will probably be another occasion when a NATO is just a fleeting dalliance

r159

2,261 posts

74 months

Sunday 26th June 2022
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AliExpress sale starts tomorrow, Steeldive Willard for less than £60 plus vat…plus lots other shiny bits and bobs….

RSTurboPaul

10,372 posts

258 months

Monday 27th June 2022
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r159 said:
AliExpress sale starts tomorrow, Steeldive Willard for less than £60 plus vat…plus lots other shiny bits and bobs….
No-one should post up any links to bargains, obviously... whistle


tongue out

blue_haddock

3,205 posts

67 months

Monday 27th June 2022
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RSTurboPaul said:
No-one should post up any links to bargains, obviously... whistle


tongue out
I like this one.

£91.92 82%OFF | 2022 PAGANI DESIGN Men Watches Fashion Casual Luxury Sport Quartz Chronograph 100m Waterproof VK63 Stainless Steel Clock PDYS008
https://a.aliexpress.com/_m01wLgq



Barchettaman

6,309 posts

132 months

Monday 27th June 2022
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^ £81 for that is just utterly ridiculous.

Wallace12R

281 posts

190 months

Tuesday 28th June 2022
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Still wearing the Steeldive, but have now fitted an AliExpress Oysterflex that I had ordered for a different watch. It works, and is very comfortable.


TVR-Stu

813 posts

199 months

Tuesday 28th June 2022
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Wallace12R said:
Still wearing the Steeldive, but have now fitted an AliExpress Oysterflex that I had ordered for a different watch. It works, and is very comfortable.

Looks really good and I fancy one of those straps myself. Do you have a link or 'shop' name for AliExpress? I tried a search but it was the usual mass of results returned and it's good to have a recommendation.

Wallace12R

281 posts

190 months

Tuesday 28th June 2022
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TVR-Stu said:
Wallace12R said:
Still wearing the Steeldive, but have now fitted an AliExpress Oysterflex that I had ordered for a different watch. It works, and is very comfortable.

Looks really good and I fancy one of those straps myself. Do you have a link or 'shop' name for AliExpress? I tried a search but it was the usual mass of results returned and it's good to have a recommendation.
The shop name is YF Strap Store, hopefully the link works.

YF Strap Store
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mL9Pah8

The strap itself is very soft and very very comfortable, and the curve is a perfect fit and very solid once the pins are in. I’ll be ordering a couple more for sure.

TVR-Stu

813 posts

199 months

Tuesday 28th June 2022
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Wallace12R said:
The shop name is YF Strap Store, hopefully the link works.

YF Strap Store
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mL9Pah8

The strap itself is very soft and very very comfortable, and the curve is a perfect fit and very solid once the pins are in. I’ll be ordering a couple more for sure.
Thanks for the link, I'll get one ordered then wonder what it is in the post when arrives six weeks later. smile

Wallace12R

281 posts

190 months

Tuesday 28th June 2022
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TVR-Stu said:
Wallace12R said:
The shop name is YF Strap Store, hopefully the link works.

YF Strap Store
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mL9Pah8

The strap itself is very soft and very very comfortable, and the curve is a perfect fit and very solid once the pins are in. I’ll be ordering a couple more for sure.
Thanks for the link, I'll get one ordered then wonder what it is in the post when arrives six weeks later. smile
laugh

To be fair it only took 10 days from ordering to arrive.

CharlesdeGaulle

26,265 posts

180 months

Tuesday 28th June 2022
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blue_haddock said:
I like this one.

?91.92 82%OFF | 2022 PAGANI DESIGN Men Watches Fashion Casual Luxury Sport Quartz Chronograph 100m Waterproof VK63 Stainless Steel Clock PDYS008
https://a.aliexpress.com/_m01wLgq
That's a nice looking watch, especially at that price.

Richtea1970

1,115 posts

60 months

Wednesday 29th June 2022
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Wallace12R said:
laugh

To be fair it only took 10 days from ordering to arrive.
Been noticing this a bit more lately with Ali. Despite the usual 4 or 5 week delivery time estimate, seem to be turning up in a couple of weeks.