Nixon Watches - Opinions?

[JimNotJon]

I have always liked Nixon watches, especially the heavy chunky varieties. A friend of mine has decided to sell his 51-30 similar to the one below for £180. Is it worth the money? It's virtually brand new as he is more of a collector and an occasional wearer.

[CommanderJameson]

Fashion brand. Wouldn't part with more than £50 for the one in the picture; look where the date is. That's a sure sign of a boggo off-the-shelf movement being put in a massive case.

[carter711]

Nixon are a fashion brand but one of my favoured ones, I have 2 of them. The construction of the bracelets on both is awful but the design is good. I sometime pick up cheap ones on Ebay.

[JimNotJon]

What would you consider cheap?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nixon-51-30-Chrono-Black...

Would you say that one above is a fake. The words "100% Authentic" don't exactly fill me with confidence.

[Chicane-UK]

180 quid?! You are almost into Tissot money there!

[BalhamBadger]

JimNotJon said:

I have always liked Nixon watches, especially the heavy chunky varieties. A friend of mine has decided to sell his 51-30 similar to the one below for £180. Is it worth the money? It's virtually brand new as he is more of a collector and an occasional wearer.

It's nasty and horrible (IMO).

[Ikemi]

The fact that the Nixon 51-30 Chrono retails for just over £400 is absolute madness - It doesn't even feature sapphire glass! It's an incredibly expensive watch for what you're getting in return, but ultimately, it's your decision ... You're going to be the one wearing it!

However I'd personally spend the £180 on a nice Seiko or Citizen, which will have better specs, better build quality and a better reputation (if that matters?).

Alternatively, Parnis do a similar watch to the 51-30. It is 3mm bigger in diameter, but only costs £60-80: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/276-PARNIS-50MM-LEFTY-QU...

[Funk]

Ikemi said:

Alternatively, Parnis do a similar watch to the 51-30. It is 3mm bigger in diameter, but only costs £60-80: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/276-PARNIS-50MM-LEFTY-QU...

Indeed; I have this and am very pleased with it:



I would assume that the one on your eBay link would be only for those who wear their watch 'a la dyslexique'? I would imagine that the crown being on the left would dig in too much for those of us who wear them on the correct wrist..?

[anonymous-user]

I have a Nixon Rubber player like the pic below and it's a decent fashion watch, however I would never pay the actual RRP for them as they seem massively overpriced. I got mine off ebay.

[Ikemi]

Funk said:

I would imagine that the crown being on the left would dig in too much for those of us who wear them on the correct wrist..?

It depends what you deem 'the correct wrist' I wear all my watches on my left wrist, so the lefty Parnis wouldn't be an issue.

[Funk]

Ikemi said:

Funk said:

I would imagine that the crown being on the left would dig in too much for those of us who wear them on the correct wrist..?

It depends what you deem 'the correct wrist' I wear all my watches on my left wrist, so the lefty Parnis wouldn't be an issue.

Erm, wouldn't you want the crown on the right if you wear it on your left wrist (as I do)?

Edited by Funk on Friday 30th December 02:18

[andy tims]

BalhamBadger said:

JimNotJon said:

I have always liked Nixon watches, especially the heavy chunky varieties. A friend of mine has decided to sell his 51-30 similar to the one below for £180. Is it worth the money? It's virtually brand new as he is more of a collector and an occasional wearer.

It's nasty and horrible (IMO).

Ditto

[rufusgti]

I love Nixons. I have the rubber player like the blue one above but mines bright green. It was quite funky when I bought it, although now every other kid seems to have a bright watch on their arm. I still wear it occasionaly.
I think they're ok quality. They look very good, some of the metal players with the black anodising and dark faces look a million dollars when they're new. Unfortunately they're not expensive watches so that anodising wears off and the faces scratch easily. You pays your money...

Deffinately good secondhand buys. Worth noting that the fancy digital ones apparently die after 1 year with a flat battery. They have to go back to Nixon who are notoriously poor to deal with and very expensive.

I know 4 people with Nixons and one had to go back. I'm not sure what kind of picture that paints, if any.

[Ikemi]

Funk said:

Ikemi said:

Funk said:

I would imagine that the crown being on the left would dig in too much for those of us who wear them on the correct wrist..?

It depends what you deem 'the correct wrist' I wear all my watches on my left wrist, so the lefty Parnis wouldn't be an issue.

Erm, wouldn't you want the crown on the right if you wear it on your left wrist (as I do)?

Edited by Funk on Friday 30th December 02:18

It wouldn't make a difference, as far as I can see? If the watch is on your wrist, your arm isn't going to bend in a way that the crown would dig in; unless you break your arm, in which you're going to have bigger problems The oversized crown is just as likely to be as uncomfortable whilst facing towards your hand, as it's likely to dig into the back of your hand ... ?

Even Sinn do them (and people wear them on their left wrist) ...



ETA: If you are referring to usage, then yes, you'd have to get used to the chrono buttons being on a different side, but it would just be a case of getting used to the layout. Just trying to save the OP a few quid

ETAA: The Nixon is a lefty too, so the Parnis is a fair alternative

Edited by Ikemi on Friday 30th December 14:14

[JimNotJon]

I have to admit, I don't know a great deal about watches. The same "technique" applies to me when buying a watch as a woman* buying a car "Oooo that looks nice". What constitutes as poor quality when you mention movement? Is it the longevity of the workings? I understand there's "Swiss movement" and "Jap", but would a non watch connoisseur such as my self really notice a difference? My kind of blinkered opinion is that they must all contain the same parts to make them work?

I fully agree with the quality of the glass, anodised parts etc. Is the weight of some of these Nixon's (I think they are REALLY heavy) just to lull you into thinking they are high quality?

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