Alternative to a 'Toy Watch' - For a girl???

[ItsTony]

My sister has wanted one of these for a while, ( http://www.harrods.com/HarrodsStore/find/p/0000000... ) but I just think their utter ste and just well marketed crap so just wanted to ask if anyone can recommend an alternative 'fashion watch' for a young girl. She's pretty set on something 'white' but could be swayed by a classy silver alternative.

Any ideas because I am totally lost and refuse to pay £125 for what is a fancy Kinder Egg toy.

Thanks.

[KP328]

Hi, The daughter of a lady at work was wanting an Ice watch, mabye they are the latest in thing ?

( i think they are cheeper than a toy watch as well )

[sherman]

ItsTony said:

My sister has wanted one of these for a while, ( http://www.harrods.com/HarrodsStore/find/p/0000000... ) but I just think their utter ste and just well marketed crap so just wanted to ask if anyone can recommend an alternative 'fashion watch' for a young girl. She's pretty set on something 'white' but could be swayed by a classy silver alternative.

Any ideas because I am totally lost and refuse to pay £125 for what is a fancy Kinder Egg toy.

Thanks.

The watch in that link is £135 not £125 .

[pokethepope]

If she's dead set on the style/appearance, this for a tenner:

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/2...

[nickcowen]

fossel do nice ceramic watches the are not mega expensive http://www.fossil.co.uk/en_GB/shop/women/watches.h...

[Spice_Weasel]

Got to be Christopher Ward: http://www.christopherward.co.uk/women/trend/W6.ht...

She gets the colours she likes from a Toy Watch. You get the satisfaction that it is good quality.

[clonmult]

Just got swmbo a (very) early birthday present - the Accurist charm bracelet watch.

Over the past year I've filled her original Chamillia bracelet with various rubbish (which she seems to completely adore), and when she saw the Accurist it was virtually a no-brainer.

I guess I can understand the interest in the watch/charm bracelet combo, at least she can customise the look as she wants.

[dustybottoms]

I bought my sister a LTD watch (in a submariner style), exactly the same style as a Toy watch but £45. Quality seems to be the same as a Toy watch for what its worth from checking both out. My sister loves it and she wears this all the time.

My wife bought a black watch by Sekonda (again in a submariner style and looks the same as the Toy and LTD watches) from the duty free shop at Manchester airport. Quality seems far better than either the Toy or LTD watches as it has a type of rubberised coating to the strap and case rather than just hard plastic. This watch comes in all sorts of colours including the white ones and several case sizes. I would say that this watch is a much better watch and cost £20 as a special duty free price, I think RRP was £40. I would recommend this watch over TOY and LTD and for the money it seems an excellent fashion watch.

[Spice_Weasel]

clonmult said:

Just got swmbo a (very) early birthday present - the Accurist charm bracelet watch.

Over the past year I've filled her original Chamillia bracelet with various rubbish (which she seems to completely adore), and when she saw the Accurist it was virtually a no-brainer.

I guess I can understand the interest in the watch/charm bracelet combo, at least she can customise the look as she wants.

Am I the only one that at first mis-read Chamillia as Chlamydia? Very odd name for a jewellery product...

Must. Stop. Speed. Reading

[Odie]

Here is a good alternative.

http://www.rebeccasjewellers.com/details/?col=3&am...


wanna be's wear them rip off, either buy the real thing or buy a seiko.

Edited by Odie on Tuesday 12th October 11:41

[Fittster]

Girl wants X, you buy Y because you think it's an improvement on X. She will reject Y and think you are a git.

It's her present, buy her what she wants.

[andy_s]

Wot Fistter said.

"Initially created as a subversive ‘anti-luxury’ statement accessory, Marco Mavilla’s ToyWatch takes horology to a new level. The wrist attire of choice for many high-profile names, this Italian-born brand is now a global hit.
In the fall of 2006, Milan-based designer and wristwatch aficionado Marco Mavilla designed the first ToyWatch. A lightweight, oversized plastic watch, inspired by high design timepieces, ToyWatch is unexpected, arresting and irreverent. An anti-luxury statement in a luxury obsessed culture, ToyWatch has become the "it" wristwatch and the "must-have" item among style influentials and tastemakers. The Luxury Plasteramic collection is ToyWatch’s signature Plasteramic, but with more sparkle, more shine and featuring pavé crystal dials, stone markers and bezels with crystal baguettes."

Gotta love the marketing men, strip away the bumf and you get "A lightweight, oversized plastic watch", but if that's what she wants, that's what she wants...

Edited by andy_s on Tuesday 12th October 11:57

[aberdeeneuan]

dustybottoms said:

I bought my sister a LTD watch (in a submariner style), exactly the same style as a Toy watch but £45. Quality seems to be the same as a Toy watch for what its worth from checking both out. My sister loves it and she wears this all the time.

My wife bought a black watch by Sekonda (again in a submariner style and looks the same as the Toy and LTD watches) from the duty free shop at Manchester airport. Quality seems far better than either the Toy or LTD watches as it has a type of rubberised coating to the strap and case rather than just hard plastic. This watch comes in all sorts of colours including the white ones and several case sizes. I would say that this watch is a much better watch and cost £20 as a special duty free price, I think RRP was £40. I would recommend this watch over TOY and LTD and for the money it seems an excellent fashion watch.

My missus got one of those Sekondas at Birmingham airport last week, it's actually pretty good. She gets more comments when she wears that than she does her Omega!

[Roger645]

Not the toy watch angst thread again!

[ItsTony]

I'm going to save myself a headache and just get her the crappy Toy Watch, lol.

Thanks for the other suggestions.

[andy_s]

ItsTony said:

I'm going to save myself a headache and just get her the crappy Toy Watch, lol.

Thanks for the other suggestions.

Remember the bloke on The Fast Show....
"Did you get the paper love?"
"No, better than that, I got some periwinkles and a barbeque"

You would have been seen in that light, rather than the astute benefactor...

[DomBertone]

Fittster said:

Girl wants X, you buy Y because you think it's an improvement on X. She will reject Y and think you are a git.

It's her present, buy her what she wants.

So so so true, you did the right thing in the end, just spend the next year teaching her about proper watches

Dom.

[Odie]

andy_s said:

Wot Fistter said.

"Initially created as a subversive ‘anti-luxury’ statement accessory, Marco Mavilla’s ToyWatch takes horology to a new level. The wrist attire of choice for many high-profile names, this Italian-born brand is now a global hit.
In the fall of 2006, Milan-based designer and wristwatch aficionado Marco Mavilla designed the first ToyWatch. A lightweight, oversized plastic watch, inspired by high design timepieces, ToyWatch is unexpected, arresting and irreverent. An anti-luxury statement in a luxury obsessed culture, ToyWatch has become the "it" wristwatch and the "must-have" item among style influentials and tastemakers. The Luxury Plasteramic collection is ToyWatch’s signature Plasteramic, but with more sparkle, more shine and featuring pavé crystal dials, stone markers and bezels with crystal baguettes."

Gotta love the marketing men, strip away the bumf and you get "A lightweight, oversized plastic watch", but if that's what she wants, that's what she wants...

Edited by andy_s on Tuesday 12th October 11:57

"design" fking "design" its a carbon copy of a rolex... "inspired by" I just see it as another way of marketing a fake..