I'd go for a vintage Seiko 6139 like this...
70s watch perfection.
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This thread piqued my interest and some fantasy eBay browsing. Does this represent value for money?
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There's a few here for you to browse through £250-£400 watch reviews I have a G. Gerlach which are a bit left-field and great VFM and I do like the Melbourne Flinders
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Hamilton
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Use this to hunt through loads of Seikos range across the 5 main styles.
I'd be wary of anything from the Swatch group as they are limiting spares for repairs and increasing service costs.
Posted 3 days ago # -
Going with the standard STW rulz, I bought one of these Redux COURG titanium watchs when it was a Kickstarter project so I am obliged to recommend it.
You can pick the numeral styling you want from about four. Nice mix of diver and pilot for me as a work watch.
Posted 3 days ago # -
Think this'll be my next purchase
Posted 3 days ago # -
Why are timefactors watches popular on here?
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I have a couple of Timefactors watches - a Speedbird GMT and a Smiths Everest. Great watches!
My favourite, that I keep coming back to is a smaller-sized B-Uhr- style German pilot/navigators' watch. There are LOADs out there - mine is an Archimedes (as they do a 39mm and I have the wrists of a girl), but there are affordable ones by Steinhart that are fantastic too. Both companies do a range of sizes.
https://www.steinhartwatches.de/en/flieger-watch/nav-b-uhr-44-automatic-a-muster.htmlPosted 22 hours ago # -
That Nav B-Uhr 44 Automatic A-Muster Chipps linked to is a lovely classic design, and one I’d be perfectly happy to own and wear, although I’m not so keen on the riveted strap, but that’s easily replaced anyway.
Posted 20 hours ago # -
more silly questions:
When people say "daily beater", does that mean a watch worn daily with an automatic movement? Or a watch worn daily to withstand a bit of abuse?Do the Seiko divers watches people mention above put up with a bit of abuse? e.g. wearing swimming, MTBing, gym etc etc
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OP, that second picture is my wrist! Freaky.
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At around £400 i'm a big fan of the Hamilton Khaki field watch range.
These are either just under or just over £400:
That king auto is stunning at £425.
http://www.hamiltonwatch.com/collection/khaki/field/king-auto/h64455133
John Lewis stocks them and they are very impressive 'in the metal'.
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I have a few watches, including the Christopher Ward watch shown by the OP. I really like Christopher ward. The movements are in many cases the same as in the "big" brands and I have 6 of their watches! Their titanium trident is every bit as nice as a Tudor but less than 1/4 of the price in the sale. Casio Oceanus also do (did?) some great watches, but recent offerings from Casio have not appealed to me. I think what this thread shows is that we all have different taste in what makes a nice watch, some of the ones above really don't appeal to me.
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For the people who liked the Magrette watches, they have a European distributor.
They have some of the older watches in stock, which might be interesting?
I haven't worked out if there is a price advantage, but personally if I was ordering a watch on spec I would prefer to go direct and deal with Dion the owner directly.Posted 39 minutes ago # -
I have a Christopher Ward C2 Lido that I've only worn a few times and was thinking of selling.
Just like the one pictured in this link...
https://www.christopherward.com/media/manuals/c2_manual.pdfI don't think they make anything as cool-looking as this now, but I do like the one you posted (can't find it on their site however).
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