Daily beater

[JOETHETOE]

Im thinking of getting a new daily beater as my ap is getting battered.

Second Hand, up to £3500ish, must be solid as a rock and work smart casual.

The obvious choice is a sub but can you suggest anything else that might be good?

Thought about a jlc diver but think they are £4.5k +?

I have a Breitling Montbrilliant but for some reason don't wear it anymore.

Thoughts/suggestions would be appreciated

Cheers all and happy Crimbo!!

[Spice_Weasel]

Can a JLC ever be considered a beater?

Navy Seals could be the way forward...

[JOETHETOE]

Sorry Navy Seals is what I meant.

Cheers

[ApexJimi]

"beater"

[JOETHETOE]

Why the eye roll??????

[ApexJimi]

Really detest the term 'beater' in relation to watches, and even more so when in relation to decent watches.

[JOETHETOE]

Mate, it's just a term for an everyday watch, relax its not as if I am actually going to beat it!

Odd!

[ApexJimi]

Fair enough

Anyhow, in answer to your question, I think a sub is probably the obvious choice.

I wonder how tough the JLC Navy Seals is versus a sub?

[andy tims]

I have a Navy Seals & a Sea Dweller. Not had the JLC long enough to comment on long term durability but it's superbly made & obviously a lot less "common" than a Rolex.

Worth considering servicing for a daily wearer though. With Rolex you have official UK servicing facilities, but not with JLC, who can be a bit painful to deal with.

[JOETHETOE]

Cheers chaps.. The Breitling Super Ocean chronograph seems reasonably priced second hand.

Not a jlc or Rolex but looks pretty durable and cheaper, not sure I can justify stretching my budget again like I did for my AP.

46mm is pos a bit large though???

[darreni]

Here's my daily:

[JOETHETOE]

Pan is lovely fir sure.......

but my dad, brother, biz partner and best pal have one so need something different i reckon.

Cheers

Joe

[Hoofy]

Joe, how beaten up is your AP? I'm just wondering why you don't just continue wearing that as an everyday watch. It doesn't sound like you intend to climb Guatamalan mountains with muggers chasing you.

[RumbleOfThunder]

For that money I'd be after an IWC Aquatimer. White dial please. Balls to a "done to death" Rolex.

[JOETHETOE]

Ap not that battered will post pic when on pc as can't seem to do it on iPad.

Just thinking the more I use it the more battered it will get,

Will chk out Aquatimers.

Cheers

[jaybirduk]

JOETHETOE said:

Ap not that battered will post pic when on pc as can't seem to do it on iPad.

Cheers

Apologies for OT but you should get the free app called 'picup', it's actually an iPhone app but of course works on iPad and allows you to select images from camera roll or take a photo and upload to imgur.com giving you a web link to use on forums

Example uploaded from my iPad : http://i.imgur.com/5ClFG.jpg

Problem solved

[JOETHETOE]

Great app...has it worked??

Edited by JOETHETOE on Monday 26th December 09:11

[JOETHETOE]

Cheers lobster, just noticed I missed the / at the end. As you can see its just getting dinks and scratches, all sortable upon service but a little gutting at the same time if you know what I men.

Thoughts on this pls?

[ApexJimi]

A point to note on the superocean, the black coating on the bezel will probably show up scratches pretty easily...

[S6 Devil]

The superocean is a lovely watch but is big. I bought the blue faced one but decided it was just too big and I like big watches.