Cheaper alternatives to the Chanel ceramic watches?

[mcanny]

My good lady has taken a liking to the white ceramic Chanel J12 watches.

However she doesn't really wear watches on a regular basis and I fear it will be nothing more than a temporary fashion bangle - with this in mind I'm looking for something similar for a lot less money. She already has an Omega collecting dust and I don't want another "fancy" watch going to waste.

Has anyone seen anything that has the same design as the Chanel but for a lot less, like £100 or so?

The Toywatch Plasteramic seems like an obvious choice but it looks really cheap and nasty, more £10 to my eyes:

http://toywatchusa.com/Plasteramic-Watch-Collectio...

It's lacking the shine that the Chanel has and generally looks a bit poo IMO.

Any other suggestions for something more Chanel and a bit less Lego?

[Fittster]

Rado?

[B16JUS]

a girl at work has a toy watch its actually ok esp for £125

[BrabusMog]

B16JUS said:

a girl at work has a toy watch its actually ok esp for £125

Was going to say the same thing.

[mcanny]

I'll take another look at the Toy, maybe the lighting in the shop let it down - cheers.

[flasher]

Ditto this, my wife really wants one of these.

There are two on the market that I feel get close for a 10th of the money:

Storm do this one for about £219 called the Sona



And Guess do this one for around £300



both proper ceramic rather than nasty plastic. The Storm one is actually much more like the Chanel.

[B16JUS]

the j12 is a nice watch but a lot of money to spend for the " In Watch " if you can affort to spend 2 - 3k on a watch and in a few years when its no longer nice and fashion then fine.

in say take a look at toy watch try it on etc they do a normal and chrono and loads of colours

other ideas is try asos they might have some other white watches

J

[Brabus Jord]

my good lady would like this:

http://www.watchshopuk.com/ladies-michael-kors-chr...

[andy tims]

Sorry but the pukka J12 looks cheap to me.

Might as well get a cheaper version & the Storm above looks a pretty good bet.

[flasher]

My Missus has tried them all on and the storm gets closest. Plus I have now found a place selling them for £175 which makes it a bargain.

Some of the other white watches are plastic which will just stain...

[thetapeworm]

Thanks for the heads up on the Storm, that fits the bill nicely.

ETA: I changed my username, didn't realise it would only change on new posts, I was mcanny

Edited by thetapeworm on Friday 4th September 10:18

[flasher]

thetapeworm said:

Thanks for the heads up on the Storm, that fits the bill nicely.

ETA: I changed my username, didn't realise it would only change on new posts, I was mcanny

Edited by thetapeworm on Friday 4th September 10:18

http://www.nigelohara.com/Products/Watches/Storm-Sona-White-sona-white-pid10882.aspx

£40 odd quid saving on the Storm. Can't find it cheaper anywhere else....

[Stitch]

I would be looking at all of the fashion brands that do the lower end stuff - Gucci, DKNY etc