ToyWatch

[tnjjeffrey]

Any one bought one of these toywatches:

www.toywatchwatches.co.uk
http://www.julesb.co.uk/toy-watch-268.phtml

I realy fancy the fluo so it will match my car lol

[Roger645]

I bought Mrs 645 one. Didn't match her car though!

[ShadownINja]

The irony is that they're supposed to be "toy" versions of expensive watch brands as a kind of rebellion against Western values, yet as cheap, colourful, plastic watches go, they're fking expensive. You can get similarly styled watches for a tenth of the price.

[Roger645]

ShadownINja said:

The irony is that they're supposed to be "toy" versions of expensive watch brands as a kind of rebellion against Western values, yet as cheap, colourful, plastic watches go, they're fking expensive. You can get similarly styled watches for a tenth of the price.

Just like all watches!

[ShadownINja]

Roger645 said:

ShadownINja said:

The irony is that they're supposed to be "toy" versions of expensive watch brands as a kind of rebellion against Western values, yet as cheap, colourful, plastic watches go, they're fking expensive. You can get similarly styled watches for a tenth of the price.

Just like all watches!

haha true but as they're supposedly cheap watches, you shouldn't be able to find cheap versions of them!

[Nolar Dog]

Ghastly pieces of st bought by wannabes and plebs.

[ShadownINja]

Nolar Dog said:

Ghastly pieces of st bought by wannabes and plebs.

But they're not worn by wannabes. That's the whole point. Or am I missing something? I thought celebs wore them as a rebellious statement.

[krusty]

They do seem to be quite expensive. I've just bought my wife the 'sekonda summertime cloud'as a bit of fun for the summer and for under £30 more realistic than the Channel J12 (which I will get her one day)
The Toy Watches version is just under £200 for what seems almost identical to the Sekonda

[Nolar Dog]

ShadownINja said:

Nolar Dog said:

Ghastly pieces of st bought by wannabes and plebs.

But they're not worn by wannabes. That's the whole point. Or am I missing something? I thought celebs wore them as a rebellious statement.

Yes, celebs wear them which is trite and cheap. Then wannabes wear them to be cool, like the celebrities.

That's how I see it anyway.
Either: Overpriced plastic st. The watch. Not the wearer. Although...

[Fittster]

Nolar Dog said:

ShadownINja said:

Nolar Dog said:

Ghastly pieces of st bought by wannabes and plebs.

But they're not worn by wannabes. That's the whole point. Or am I missing something? I thought celebs wore them as a rebellious statement.

Yes, celebs wear them which is trite and cheap. Then wannabes wear them to be cool, like the celebrities.

That's how I see it anyway.
Either: Overpriced plastic st. The watch. Not the wearer. Although...

Lets say there this Celeb called Steve McQueen who wears a watch, would anyone who wears that watch be a pleb/wannabe?

What if the watch is worn by a fictional spy....

[Nolar Dog]

Well done on totally missing the point. The watches you're referring too aren't plastic tat akin to junk found in the reduced section of Argos.

[Fittster]

Nolar Dog said:

Well done on totally missing the point. The watches you're referring too aren't plastic tat akin to junk found in the reduced section of Argos.

At want prices point do you stop being a pleb and become discerning when you buy a watch that was made popular by a celeb.

As for the price point, are you trying to say that all those watches with ETA movements are value? Poor value for money is rife in the watch industry.

[Roger645]

Nolar Dog said:

Ghastly pieces of st bought by wannabes and plebs.

I know, just like tattoos, only sailors and criminals have them!

[dustybottoms]

Some of these Toy Watches are for sale at well over £1000!!!!!
I kid you not; I saw some of these in Selfridges.

At up to £50 they are a reasonable fashionable and disposable jewellery item, dress jewellery has it’s place and a lot of women like all that, but when they are running in to the hundreds and thousand pound plus bracket then…jeez, you’d have to be crackers to buy a watch that looks like it came from a cracker!

[Nolar Dog]

dustybottoms said:

At up to £50 they are a reasonable fashionable and disposable jewellery item, dress jewellery has it’s place and a lot of women like all that, but when they are running in to the hundreds and thousand pound plus bracket then…jeez, you’d have to be crackers to buy a watch that looks like it came from a cracker!

This.

[ShadownINja]

Nolar Dog said:

ShadownINja said:

Nolar Dog said:

Ghastly pieces of st bought by wannabes and plebs.

But they're not worn by wannabes. That's the whole point. Or am I missing something? I thought celebs wore them as a rebellious statement.

Yes, celebs wear them which is trite and cheap. Then wannabes wear them to be cool, like the celebrities.

First bit re celebs, as I said, the wore them to rebel so if you say they're trite and being cheap, you're missing the point if I'm right about their point. The second point, I agree.

[Lost soul]

ShadownINja said:

Nolar Dog said:

Ghastly pieces of st bought by wannabes and plebs.

But they're not worn by wannabes. That's the whole point. Or am I missing something? I thought celebs wore them as a rebellious statement.

And i wonder how much the celebs are being paid to wear then in an effort to convince the plebs they are cool

[Lost soul]

just nasty

[ShadownINja]

Lost soul said:

ShadownINja said:

Nolar Dog said:

Ghastly pieces of st bought by wannabes and plebs.

But they're not worn by wannabes. That's the whole point. Or am I missing something? I thought celebs wore them as a rebellious statement.

And i wonder how much the celebs are being paid to wear then in an effort to convince the plebs they are cool

Fair point. Are they?

[Lost soul]

ShadownINja said:

Lost soul said:

ShadownINja said:

Nolar Dog said:

Ghastly pieces of st bought by wannabes and plebs.

But they're not worn by wannabes. That's the whole point. Or am I missing something? I thought celebs wore them as a rebellious statement.

And i wonder how much the celebs are being paid to wear then in an effort to convince the plebs they are cool

Fair point. Are they?

Dunno , but i am a cynic and would expect them to be