A what watch thread

[firman]

Here it is, the OH is getting me a watch for my forthcoming 32nd celebration of arrival in this world and I am looking at the £150 ish price range. Need some suggestions, currently the orange monster gets most wrist time, got a nice smart fossil one and a few others like g-shocks etc.

What would your £150ish go on? I am currently liking this at a smidge over budget http://www.creationwatches.com/products/citizen-pr...

Fixed that for you

Edited by firman on Monday 9th July 20:23

[RedWhiteMonkey]

Impressive, have you written that from the womb?

Are you looking for something dressy, sporty or other?

[firman]

Tend to be wearing smarter watches nowadays, g-shocks are kept for spannering, wearing down the gym and the like.

[RedWhiteMonkey]

The Skyhawk is bit too fussy for me. How about something like this - http://www.creationwatches.com/products/seiko-kine...

[threadlock]

I'd be looking for interesting second-hand watches as it's a birthday, to save myself some money. My wife bought me a £600 Hamilton Khaki Navy GMT from a PHer a couple of years ago for £250 and I love it to bits.

For example...

This vintage Citizen X-8 looks interesting, from the '70s. It's for sale for £125 on tz-uk.com:



Or there's this one, with a self-winding Swiss ETA movement for £159 on tz-uk.com:



This is a 'Seiko Solar' chronograph, brand new for £120 on tz-uk.com:



I'd choose any of these over the Citizen you posted simply because I find them more interesting, but that's just me. You probably can't see the adverts for these yourself because you're not a member of tz-uk.com so if any of them look interesting let me know if you need more details.

[firman]

threadlock said:

I'd be looking for interesting second-hand watches as it's a birthday, to save myself some money. My wife bought me a £600 Hamilton Khaki Navy GMT from a PHer a couple of years ago for £250 and I love it to bits.

For example...

This vintage Citizen X-8 looks interesting, from the '70s. It's for sale for £125 on tz-uk.com:



Or there's this one, with a self-winding Swiss ETA movement for £159 on tz-uk.com:



This is a 'Seiko Solar' chronograph, brand new for £120 on tz-uk.com:



I'd choose any of these over the Citizen you posted simply because I find them more interesting, but that's just me. You probably can't see the adverts for these yourself because you're not a member of tz-uk.com so if any of them look interesting let me know if you need more details.

hmmm, hadnt thought of second hand stuff, may spread my horizons a little.

[Ikemi]

Timex Reserve de Marche? It's very 'Perrelet' in terms of design, but £100 gets you an automatic movement with power reserve indicator and a nicely incorporated date window ...





http://www.chrono24.com/en/timex/gangreserveanzeig...

... or how about a Orient Sub automatic?

http://www.chrono24.com/en/orient/deep-neue-versio...

[CardShark]

Ikemi said:

Timex Reserve de Marche?

That's damn smart for £100, cracking value

[firman]

Some good suggestions guys thanks, what are people's thoughts on TW Steel stuff?

[Ikemi]

firman said:

Some good suggestions guys thanks, what are people's thoughts on TW Steel stuff?

Oversized, overpriced quartz watches ... Parnis do some similar designs for a lot less! However that said, TW Steel watches are well made. The best way to look at it is, if you like, go for it Which one has caught your eye?

[geezerbutler]

Slightly over budget but what about a Bulova Precisionist? One of the most accurate quartz movements around but also has a sweeping second hand like an automatic (but even smoother than a lot of 'budget' autos):

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bulova-96B128-Mens-Watch/d...

[CommanderJameson]

firman said:

Some good suggestions guys thanks, what are people's thoughts on TW Steel stuff?

Hideous tat.

For the money, that Timex is pretty smart.

Maybe I'm a bit risk-averse, but for £150 I'd be looking at a name I already knew - Seiko, Timex, Citizen, etc etc.

[ApexJimi]

Add £37 to it and get this -



http://www.creationwatches.com/products/seiko-dive...

Or if you don't want to add the money, what about the trusty Monsters or SKX007/009?

[r1ch]

A curve ball



Mondaine are quite nice, i'm pretty sure you can get them for around £150.