Budget black chrono, £500 budget...
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Hello all, and thank you for the help so far found and gratefully received on this forum. For a relative watch newbie, I have found this far more friendly, useful and informative than most resources. I like the fact that you don't have to own a particular brand or be into very expensive stuff to receive advice. Thanks for that.
Anyway, my holiday wear for over 10 years has been a dirt cheap Casio F-91 in black. The strap has broken. As I was about to click on a replacement watch for the princely sum of £6 on amazon, I thought "hang on, can I get something else?". The answer was obviously a big yes.
I looked at G-shocks but don't really fancy one. What I would like is an all black, metal/rubber banded Chronograph, that fits my girly slim wrist and won't get me too much attention when travelling in dicey places (which I do regularly, for both work and pleasure). It also needs to be able to deal with snorkelling/light diving.
I initially looked at a black Omega, but quickly decided that a £6k watch is no "beater", as I would be really upset if I dented, scratched or lost it.
I then fell in love with the solar powered Seiko Pronext Black, before realising that at 43mm, I would look as if I was wearing a grandfather clock on my arm (I genuinely have tiny wirsts - I had to have the strap on my latest watch punched with an extra hole a good distance away from the others for it to fit).
Any ideas? Quartz actually preferable for zero maintenance...and £500 budget.
The Seiko - I love it, but it's just too big...
Anyway, my holiday wear for over 10 years has been a dirt cheap Casio F-91 in black. The strap has broken. As I was about to click on a replacement watch for the princely sum of £6 on amazon, I thought "hang on, can I get something else?". The answer was obviously a big yes.
I looked at G-shocks but don't really fancy one. What I would like is an all black, metal/rubber banded Chronograph, that fits my girly slim wrist and won't get me too much attention when travelling in dicey places (which I do regularly, for both work and pleasure). It also needs to be able to deal with snorkelling/light diving.
I initially looked at a black Omega, but quickly decided that a £6k watch is no "beater", as I would be really upset if I dented, scratched or lost it.
I then fell in love with the solar powered Seiko Pronext Black, before realising that at 43mm, I would look as if I was wearing a grandfather clock on my arm (I genuinely have tiny wirsts - I had to have the strap on my latest watch punched with an extra hole a good distance away from the others for it to fit).
Any ideas? Quartz actually preferable for zero maintenance...and £500 budget.
The Seiko - I love it, but it's just too big...
Everyone hates an unfinished thread, so here we go. A colleague and fellow PHer very kindly let me try on his Seiko Chronos, and I liked them a great deal. However, I really preferred the stainless case one he owns to the black case. I toyed with a rose gold plated version of the watch below, but we both decided that it was a bit shiny for a daily/beater watch. So I have just ordered this...
Essentially the same watch as the one I originally posted, but with different hands and a stainless case. It cost £220 delivered. Thanks so much for all of the suggestions. I think I may treat myself to a Christopher Ward auto one day too...
Essentially the same watch as the one I originally posted, but with different hands and a stainless case. It cost £220 delivered. Thanks so much for all of the suggestions. I think I may treat myself to a Christopher Ward auto one day too...
Edited by Harry Flashman on Tuesday 21st August 21:19
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