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Green Datsun

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57 posts

195 months

Monday 9th September 2013
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looking for a watch to buy, have a budget of £500. only one i have seen so far is the red arrows edition citizen watch that i like but i want to have a look at some other options, i am open to the idea of preowned as well i generally like quiet chunky watches and it needs to be a metal bracelet as i seem to snap leather ones.

marcosgt

11,506 posts

207 months

Monday 9th September 2013
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Lots of Citizens and Seikos to choose from in that budget.

Some astute shopping will find you a quartz Longines Hydroconquest (or maybe a used Automatic).

Many Christian Wards fall in this price range new (as do, to be honest, lots of other watches).

The Citizen Red Arrows is quite a complex watch (if it's the Skyhawk you mean). Tissot make the T-Touch range which feature a combination of analogue and digital with a touch sensitive crystal, rather cool (I think) and some will be in budget new (and all used).

M,

mikeveal

5,141 posts

281 months

Tuesday 10th September 2013
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As ever this is going to be like finding a needle in a haystack. How about these for starters?

New:
A Smiths PRS68 copy made by timefactors ( £485\http://www.timefactors.com/smiths.htm):


Old:
A Citizen Bullhead from the 1970's ( £275 on ebay):

PJ S

10,842 posts

258 months

Wednesday 11th September 2013
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Officer's Day Date Mechanical by Victorinox.
It's up for grabs now that I've acquired my grail.