What watch ~£500

[M3Alan]

Hi Guys,
Returned off holiday yesterday to find that my house had been broken into and all my watches gone.
Whilst I wait for the insurance to pay out I am on the look out for a new watch to wear day to day, upto the value of £500.

Had a quick look at few TW Steels, which look good value. What other watches would you lot recommend?

[chrisispringles]

Have a look at Steinhart, they have a nice selection of watches between £300-500.

[M3Alan]

Cheers for the reply, had a quick look and some of the watches are very nice.
Also had a quick look on Christopher Ward. Liking the C7 Rapide Chrono, would prefer it on a black leather strap but they only appear to be stocking a steal bracelet at the moment.
http://www.christopherward.co.uk/review/product/li...

[rich85uk]

check out stowa, prices are in euros but at the moment a few fall into price range

http://www.stowa.de/

[AndrewWF]

http://www.timefactors.com/ have a good array of watches for well under your price bracket.

[Podie]

Might be able to get a Longines Hydroconquest for that money (or it might be closer to £600)...

The Stowa shout is a good one too, IMO.

Could got second hand?

[M3Alan]

I'm open to second hand. I've found an Oris TT1 for reasonable money which I may follow up on.
Also popped into my local jeweller today to have a look at some pre-owned stock. Going back tomorrow to have a look at a Titanium Certina tomorrow, not 100% sure on the model yet as the salesman who deals with pre-owned was not in the store at the time and had it with him.

[M3Alan]

Decided to go for the Oris, after speaking to Watchfinder and negotiating a deal which I was happy with. By the sounds of it your on here, so thanks Kieran. Look forward to receiving the watch.

[Gatsods]

Was going to comment with some suggestions but you seem to have resolved it.. in the meanwhile however very sorry to hear about your break in! Thieving scum.

[M3Alan]

Cheers Gatsods, was very annoying to find out. They trashed the downstairs of the house looking for my car keys, all that was taken was my watches that were out and some make up (not mine, honest!)

Got a loss assessor coming out later in the week so hopefully the claim should go through smoothly and then I will be in a position to buy something a little bit nicer for the weekends.

Edited by M3Alan on Monday 30th July 23:15

Edited by M3Alan on Monday 30th July 23:16

[KieranWF]

M3Alan said:

Decided to go for the Oris, after speaking to Watchfinder and negotiating a deal which I was happy with. By the sounds of it your on here, so thanks Kieran. Look forward to receiving the watch.

I'm glad that you are happy with the deal... Let me know what you think of it when you get it.