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

[CharlesdeGaulle]

I haven't ordered one but thought this was quite a nice looking watch from our Chinese friends.

https://m.aliexpress.com/item/1005003157935656.htm...

Just over half thread budget.

[gregs656]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

I haven't ordered one but thought this was quite a nice looking watch from our Chinese friends.

https://m.aliexpress.com/item/1005003157935656.htm...

Just over half thread budget.

Another one where they have just ripped the image from the Omega website and changed the logo.

[blue_haddock]

redrabbit said:

I am in seventh heaven... Found this during a deep early spring clean today, thought I'd lost it years ago. Didn't even need a battery.

Now I'm one of the few on here who loves a digital watch.

I'd love a retro red led watch but don't fancy paying out for the bulova computron

[tedmus]

New strap arrived, looks much better now I think.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

tedmus said:

New strap arrived, looks much better now I think.

Snazzy shirt.

[lordstig]

[redrabbit]

blue_haddock said:

redrabbit said:

I am in seventh heaven... Found this during a deep early spring clean today, thought I'd lost it years ago. Didn't even need a battery.

Now I'm one of the few on here who loves a digital watch.

I'd love a retro red led watch but don't fancy paying out for the bulova computron

They are pretty good. Mine was another eBay acquisition from around 2004 when people were giving this stuff away. Amazingly it's also 1976 NOS with box and papers. The reissues are cool too, and not terrible value (at least not when compared to the daylight robbery of the Hamilton LED reissue)

[Bobberoo]

lordstig said:

Like the colours on that!!

[Barchettaman]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

I haven't ordered one but thought this was quite a nice looking watch from our Chinese friends.

https://m.aliexpress.com/item/1005003157935656.htm...

Just over half thread budget.

Everyone’s favourite Scouse watch reviewer had a close look at that, if you’re interested.

https://youtu.be/JvN0silEC-k

[Wallace12R]

Today’s choice



Also, have one of these incoming too. Should arrive in the next week hopefully

[Barchettaman]

Courtesy of the recent WatchGecko sale, I am trying the wonderful Glycine Combat Sub on a £5 vintage leather/rallye style strap, and very nice it is too.

[gregs656]

Barchettaman said:

Courtesy of the recent WatchGecko sale, I am trying the wonderful Glycine Combat Sub on a £5 vintage leather/rallye style strap, and very nice it is too.

Snap. I bought one for my Speedy. It’s decent as you say.

[tedmus]

gregs656 said:

Barchettaman said:

Courtesy of the recent WatchGecko sale, I am trying the wonderful Glycine Combat Sub on a £5 vintage leather/rallye style strap, and very nice it is too.

Snap. I bought one for my Speedy. It’s decent as you say.

Can I join in, I got one in brown?

[gregs656]

Not a great picture of mine, but very happy with it. A bargain for a fiver. I fancied a sail cloth one too but missed the boat.

[Mr E]

tedmus said:

gregs656 said:

Barchettaman said:

Courtesy of the recent WatchGecko sale, I am trying the wonderful Glycine Combat Sub on a £5 vintage leather/rallye style strap, and very nice it is too.

Snap. I bought one for my Speedy. It’s decent as you say.

Can I join in, I got one in brown?

Snap. The strap wasn’t a fiver when I bought it.

[gregs656]

I am tempted to dye the white stitching either red or black....

[BigGingerBob]

It's arrived!
I was about to be really annoyed that the days are in French but it changes to English at about 2.30am. not sure of that's a usual thing or not.
Thankfully I bought a winder too because you can only seem to change the day and not the date with the crown so I've just had to twist through 25 days to get the correct date!
It's a lovely looking thing though, very pleased.

[Bobberoo]

BigGingerBob said:

It's arrived!
I was about to be really annoyed that the days are in French but it changes to English at about 2.30am. not sure of that's a usual thing or not.
Thankfully I bought a winder too because you can only seem to change the day and not the date with the crown so I've just had to twist through 25 days to get the correct date!
It's a lovely looking thing though, very pleased.

Lovely, I think crown rotation one way does the day and the opposite direction changes the day!!

[AndrewCrown]

At the time of 'peak' calculator watch ~ 1985 They were still a little out of pocket money reach.
They were also disallowed in exams... remember that?

Santa delivered a DBC32-1A this year. Its a calculator, but also a databank!

[Mr E]

Calculator watch is excellent. Takes me back.