What dress watch for c£50?

[waterwonder]

A little bit of a last minute present pickle means i'm on the hunt for a dress watch for c£50 for my father. Requirements: Simple design, automatic, black leather strap.

I've been having a look through the £50 thread for ideas but any other suggestions would be very much welcome.
Ideally something that i can pick up tomorrow but internet order is ok if it represents good value.

Thanks.

[michael gould]

£50 for a dress watch for your father........did he beat you as a child ?

[andy tims]

waterwonder said:

any other suggestions would be very much welcome.

Up the budget

[waterwonder]

Thanks for all your help.

[Jonny_]

Sekonda do some fairly nice stuff for sensible money.

As well as jewellers' displays, department stores such as Debenhams, John Lewis, M&S etc are worth a look.

[TheD]

Here you go http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=18&...

PH has a few fannies that forget not everyone is minted

[waterwonder]

Excellent thanks, I will look through that thread and at Sekonda.

It is a shame that some on PH feel the need to jump to disparaging conclusions.

Edited by waterwonder on Tuesday 24th December 00:42

[michael gould]

waterwonder said:

Excellent thanks, I will look through that thread and at Sekonda.

It is a shame that some on PH feel the need to jump to disparaging conclusions.

Edited by waterwonder on Tuesday 24th December 00:42

I don't care how hard up you are ......but £40 +VAT for a dress watch with a leather strap.......your taking the piss.....you can't buy a decent leather strap for that much

Buy your Dad a decent bottle of Scotch with your £50, at least he will get something of Quality.

Merry Christmas to all

[gaz1234]

Seiko5 with new strap

[GC8]

Seiko has to be the answer. Seiko 5s come with a stainless bracelet usually, but there are many which can have that replaced with a generic 20mm strap.

Id suggest something like this which is just within budget, followed by a reasonable leather strap for around £12-£15 if he really needs it later.

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

Creations current stock of Seiko 5s in ascending price order:

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

[waterwonder]

michael gould said:

I don't care how hard up you are ......but £40 +VAT for a dress watch with a leather strap.......your taking the piss.....you can't buy a decent leather strap for that much

Buy your Dad a decent bottle of Scotch with your £50, at least he will get something of Quality.

Merry Christmas to all

Thanks again for your input. Fair enough if you don't think those perameters are achievable. The rest is unessecary conjecture.

Anyway im off to enjoy my second christmas dinner. Merry Christmas everyone.

[BluePurpleRed]

Something like this?

goo.gl/XTXc27

I know its a steel strap, but its the sort of thing that can be found!

[bobbybee]

michael gould said:

I don't care how hard up you are ......but £40 +VAT for a dress watch with a leather strap.......your taking the piss.....you can't buy a decent leather strap for that much

Buy your Dad a decent bottle of Scotch with your £50, at least he will get something of Quality.

Merry Christmas to all

Whoa there boy, why so hostile to a fellow member asking for some help?
The limited budget is quite restrictive, but we know not the circumstances of it.

[waterwonder]

Thanks for the additional suggestions. The 5's look nice, a dressier version with a strap change may well do the job.

I appreciate the price point is a challenge and hopefully you'll understand why I don't feel the need to explain the context in order to justify it to "the internet".

Thanks for all the ideas.

[Efbe]

waterwonder said:

Thanks for the additional suggestions. The 5's look nice, a dressier version with a strap change may well do the job.

I appreciate the price point is a challenge and hopefully you'll understand why I don't feel the need to explain the context in order to justify it to "the internet".

Thanks for all the ideas.

ignore the up the budget crap.

that bunch of rejects will buy anything that is n investment, or recharges from the sun/movement so it lasts longer, yet needs servicing more than a battery watch needs a new battery.
Stuck up patronising trash talk from the silver-spoon generation.

oh and just go on creation watches, loads for under £50 that look far better than the naffness of a rolex or breitling
http://www.creationwatches.com/products/search/res...


though you could have also just looked in here for inspiration:
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[SmuttyYoda]

michael gould said:

I don't care how hard up you are ......but £40 +VAT for a dress watch with a leather strap.......your taking the piss.....you can't buy a decent leather strap for that much

Buy your Dad a decent bottle of Scotch with your £50, at least he will get something of Quality.

Merry Christmas to all

Check you, billy big balls.

[yeti]

Efbe said:

Stuck up patronising trash talk from the silver-spoon generation.

oh and just go on creation watches, loads for under £50 that look far better than the naffness of a rolex or breitling

Must be hard to walk with that chip on your shoulder.

Lolz at... Well, actually every opinion you just posted

[Efbe]

yeti said:

Must be hard to walk with that chip on your shoulder.

Lolz at... Well, actually every opinion you just posted

you complain about this, but not the first two idiots to post on here. belittling someone's budget is ok, but opinion on watches is not?

[SmuttyYoda]

Efbe said:

you complain about this, but not the first two idiots to post on here. belittling someone's budget is ok, but opinion on watches is not?

Welcome to the watch forum, a symptom of interest free credit being available on a watch.

[Efbe]

SmuttyYoda said:

Welcome to the watch forum, a symptom of interest free credit being available on a watch.

Then I can assume there a few more of these self-congratulating turds around!

Joke is that no-one else could give a flying monkeys what ridiculously expensive watch you are wearing. It's either too big and noticeable, shouting out lottery chav, or understated and sensible and hence unnoticed.
It's not like these watches are even actually worth this much. you pay for the brand, little more.