Been wearing a FILA that cost about £120 12 years ago, been great but it's packed in, so have a budget of say up to £200: Criteria:
everyday watch for work, play etc. (Have a separate half decent Seiko dress watch )
Straightforward, analogue face no gizmos
Not one of these impossibly large things. Less is more sort of thing.
Robust enough to take a few knocks with sport, general everyday use, DIY etc
Auto/manual/wind-up? Don't mind, whatever is good and durable
Am thinking along lines of Seiko/Pulsar etc, but basically know nothing other than what looks nice.
Any ideas please?
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Costco (Edinburgh at least) had a job-lot of Seiko watches for around 40 notes apiece last time I was in.
One type was a chrono style face, the other a single analogue face.
Alternatively get a 5 quid digi like the Casio-please-send-me-to-Guantanamo and replace it every 18-24 months when the strap breaks.
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My Seiko Kinetic developed a noisy charging weight after a few years. It was replaced with a Citizen (same company) Eco-Drive, no battery, solar powered, runs for six months in the dark, or up your sleeve without any light. Normal use will keep it charged.
Last edited by: Old Navy on Mon 2 Jan 12 at 19:30
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I'm umming and ahhing about one of them...
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I am pleased with mine, I have two of them now and would not go back to batteries or mechanical (Kinetic) systems.
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The Seiko divers watch you like is £137 here
tinyurl.com/74q48dq
I have a Pulsar solar powered and radio adjusted Skyhawk but it is a bit over £200 new
These people do very keen prices
www.watchshop.com/
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My Seiko Kinetic died, the rechargeable cells on them apparently are a weakness. Could get it repaired, but for only a little more I bought a Citizen Eco.
I keep that for best, and every day wear is a £7 Seiko bought in the market. New battery fitted in the same place for £2.50
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>>My Seiko Kinetic died, the rechargeable cells on them apparently are a weakness
You could go for a proper kinetic (mechanical) one
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003JQL8F8
That one's probably a bit big for your taste, but the bracelet on them is amazing - really heavy and solid.
This is a bit smaller and lighter, same movement and water resistance
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000OP1M6M
The bargain seiko auto, not offically imported to UK (I'm not sure any of the mech one are now) is the Seiko 5
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-Seiko-Mens-SNK307K1-Seiko-5-Automatic-Black-Dial-Stainless-Steel-Watch-/130617844975?pt=UK_Jewelery_Watches_Watches_MensWatches_GL&hash=item1e696e24ef
All these have the same 7S26 movement - not expensive but reliable and runs after a few seconds shaking (you can't hand wind these Seiko autos, and they have a non-hacking movement - they don't stop0 when you pull the crown out to adjust the time).
No good if you demand quartz accuracy, in which case the Citizen eco-drives are good. Don't leave them in a sunny window though - they can be cooked :-(
Edit - if you like the Seiko 'black monster' try here - I've bought several watches from here, good chap.
www.rltwatches.co.uk/acatalog/Whats_s_New.html#a2121
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>> in which case the Citizen eco-drives are good.
>> Don't leave them in a sunny window though - they can be cooked :-(
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That odd, the instructions specifically state that they can't be overcharged.
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>> >> in which case the Citizen eco-drives are good.
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>> That odd, the instructions specifically state that they can't be overcharged.
Not overcharged, overheated.
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>> Not overcharged, overheated.
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You are right, they should not exceed 60°C, (do not leave on a car dashboard or close to an incandescent light source).
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Well chuffed with my Accurist Skymaster. I paid £130, but can be found online for a bit less.
Worn every day now for a year or so, had a few knocks, and still unmarked. Keeps very good time, and has prompted more than a few complements from people.
www.cooldesignerwatches.co.uk/images/accurist/accurist-mb745y.jpg
Also available with black or blue face. I liked the yellow.
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Buy one of these for going out
www.watchshop.com/mens-sekonda-watch-3676-p99933462.html
How can anyone say that's not classical and stunningly good looking.
and one of these for roughing around in.
www.watchshop.com/mens-timex-alarm-chronograph-watch-t75961-p99938068.html
There you go, less than 50 quid.
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If you want cheap, Casio F91W.
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>> If you want cheap, Casio F91W.
Thats the "Casio-please-send-me-to-Guantanamo" mentioned above.
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Oh well, when my Goldsmith Vouchers arrive, Citizen for me then !
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Having worn a wristwatch compulsively from around age 10 I broke the habit at 50. There are wall and desk clocks at work and at home. Failing that the time is always there in the lower right of my computer screen. It's also on the 'video' and at the push of a button on the TV screen.
Both cars display the time in the centre console. Trains show the time alternately with destination/next stop etc. There are massive clocks on the platforms on stations and on the underground. Failing all of those the time is on my phone and MP3 player.
If I want a watch a cheap Casio will do the job.
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I wear a Tag Heuer every day. Never gone wrong, original bracelet and totally accurate. Think it probably cost my ex-wife quite a lot of my money 25 years ago.
For flatulenting about I wear a Casio waveceptor G-Shock digital. Solar powered, always 100% accurate as it updates from a radio signal every day.
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I have a Citizen Ecodrive. Wouldn't recommend one, the crystal has scratched deeply in multiple locations despite having an easy life. My old Seiko (which I lost...) was given three years of abuse and never showed a mark.
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That's sort of the thing with the Tag FF. It still looks like new despite its age. Probably it'll outlast me !
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Same with my work-a-day Seiko bought it in July 2008 in an US outlet store - wear it most days including multiple bike-trips and camping. Unmarked. My special occasion Omega Seamaster had its bracelet fail out of warranty (cost an arm and a leg to fix). It failed when I was asleep in bed - how does that happen ?
My other special watch is a hand-made German effort.
forums.watchuseek.com/f67/stowa-flieger-eta-2801-review-5209.html
Properly made that.
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>> It failed when I was asleep in bed - how does that happen ?
Sleepwa*king is a medical condition.
Go and speak to your GP before you cause yourself an injury/develop carpal tunnel syndrome.
;-)
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>> Sleepwa*king is a medical condition.
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>> Go and speak to your GP before you cause yourself an injury/develop carpal tunnel syndrome.
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>> ;-)
Nice one!!
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I sleep like a log these days - i switch off and don't move until get up time (or puppy alarm goes off) not even a loo visit in the night, I was taught some techniques at a stressful time when I refused pills, and use it to this day. My wife reckoned I was asleep within a few seconds of "lights out" last night.
Mind you I had the most horrendous indigestion last night, something I haven't suffered from since I stopped work...:-)
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You are of course totally correct, the time is everywhere! But I just feel slightly incompletely dressed without a watch on, habit i suppose.
Thanks for the suggestions folks, by the way. I am tempted to go super-cheap, but will probably go with something slightly pricier, though am not sure why, do you get what you pay for in this price bracket do you reckon?
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>> do you get what you pay for in this price bracket do you reckon?
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No chance. :-)
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Goldsmiths do a nice enough Guantanamo special with a gold coloured expanding bracelet for 40 notes.
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...Goldsmiths do a nice enough Guantanamo special with a gold coloured expanding bracelet for 40 notes...
Or for similar money, an easy-to-read analogue Timex:
www.timex.co.uk/product_display.aspx?id=43
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>> If you want cheap, Casio F91W.
Day to day I wear a Casio DB360N. Nothing flash, has an up to 10 year life battery, tells the time, has a stop watch and count down timer (useful for part of my job), 5 alarms, dual time, and 30 entry database for phone numbers - couldn't be bothered entering info in with this option though. Oh, and has a brilliant backlight, unlike my other Casio which doesn't light hardly anything up.
Bought off Amazon for something like £11.99 3 years ago when everywhere else were selling them for £24 to £30.
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count down timer (useful for part of my job)
Going home time ? :-)
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www.watchshop.com/mens-sekonda-watch-3676-p99933462.html
How can anyone say that's not classical and stunningly good looking. <<
That's exactly the one I've got! Bought it on Brittany Ferries last March for £25 and it's the best watch I've had in decades. Russian name (the last Sekonda I had was a mechanical disaster), movement made in Japan and - inevitably - assembled in China.
The plating seems good quality, as does the glass and the strap, it keeps perfect time and the mechanism even feels good when I pull out the 'winder' to advance the date.
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I have a Citizen eco drive dress (ish) watch. Superb, but not waterproof methinks.
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Tissot PRS200 has served me well over the last 11 years or so. A present from an ex-girlfriend.
Glass still unmarked though the bezel is a bit scratched.
It goes through straps faster than batteries is the only downside. Leather strap with a plastic outer coating. Will replace next time with a leather strap minus the plastic.
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This is quite elegant if you like such complications.
tinyurl.com/4hltlsg
You might have to bargain a bit though.
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That's the one, will go nicely with the Veronne when we're out for a spin :-)
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...You might have to bargain a bit though...
I don't understand those little dials, one says it's Saturday and Wednesday, and the other says it's March and July.
"If you can't read the watch, sir, you clearly can't afford it."
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>> This is quite elegant if you like such complications.
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>> tinyurl.com/4hltlsg
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>> You might have to bargain a bit though.
Thats a little common, prefer this
www.davidmrobinson.co.uk/watches/audemars-piguet/gents-audemars-piguet-royal-oak-offshore-carbon-bumblebee-26176fo-oo-d101cr-01
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Oh I see Zero, you mean a watch that actually costs something?
I see your bumblebee and raise you a Chopard.
famousdiamonds.tripod.com/chopard201watch.html
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That would have been of no earthly use in the situation my $300 Seiko found itself in today !
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>> That would have been of no earthly use in the situation my $300 Seiko found
>> itself in today !
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Well, as you mentioned techniques for sleeping, can you start a new thread and tell those of us who simply can't sleep how you do it? Gets very tedious lying there still trying to get to sleep and then it's light and that's another night with not even five minutes. Had quite a few of those.
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OK. Works for me - will do it in a mo...
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>> Well, as you mentioned techniques for sleeping, can you start a new thread and tell
>> those of us who simply can't sleep how you do it? Gets very tedious lying
>> there still trying to get to sleep and then it's light and that's another night
>> with not even five minutes. Had quite a few of those.
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Me too!
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I've been toying over buying one of two Victorinox Swiss Army watches.
241290 and 241309.
Both were around £250 before Christmas.
Bit like when you want to change cars isn't it, the perfect and desirable product is there at a bargain price till the day your car dies and you can justify buying, can you find what you want then?, not a chance.
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If I decided I wanted a watch again I have a problem; for a guy in hi fifitiesI'm very slightly built.
Humph's Casio r/c device or the nice looking Mondano 'Swiss Railway' are miles too big for my skinny limbs. OTOH the ladies versions look effeminate.
I'm left with a limited choice of Casio, the Timex models highlighted upthread or schoolboy versions of men's watches. Plastic straps and some metal bracelets, if they shrink enough, give me contact dermatitis.
Doing without was a release.
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I am not heavily boned and swmbo obeyed bought me a Mondaine 'black digits on a white face' Swiss rail watch from the DT circa £80.
Funnily enough we sell Victorinox stuff at work & I could have bought any of their's at trade price. To be honest I wasn't even aware they sold watches but will have a look in the catalogue tomorrow!
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I ain't worn a watch since the Rolex I bought in Tenerife for 2000 pesetas broke 16 years ago.
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I had my old Omega re-commissioned last year with new glass, strap and service. Not a ' watch man ' but it was a 21st pressie in 1966 from SWM's late parents.
Swm spent many years in retail jewellery. We had a day in Chester and she decided to get me a new ' everyday ' watch. My only demand was that it be easily readable. She does know summat about them and opted to get me a traditional Accurist. White face with black hands and numbers. Date, which I don't bother with. Has done it's job well for the last 6 months and at £37 you can trouser a chunky bit of change.
Only worn the Omega once since the refurb and I'm sure nobody noticed or cared...just as I don't give a tuppeny fart for what anyone else has !
Image ?.....schmimage !
Ted
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>> If I decided I wanted a watch again I have a problem; for a guy in hi fifitiesI'm very slightly built.
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I have always had the same problem as I have slim wrists.
The old expanding bracelets would not stretch over my hands or there were not enough links to be removed.
Punching holes in leather straps then allowed the end to overlap the edge of the face and chopping off the end was not a real option
I resorted to having leather straps made.
Shorter straps, in recent years, seem to be available.
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I've got three bits of twisted copper on my left wrist now. They are harmonizing my energies or some ghastly crap like that. If I want to know the time, I look at my mobile phone if it is ready to hand. Or my computer.
I used to wear watches. My old man who liked clockwork gave me a Citizen clockwork automatic with month and date in French or English. It worked well and kept good time. When it needed cleaning, not being my old man who liked nothing better than fiddling around with tiny parts with a jeweller's glass screwed into his eye, I gave it to the Citizen agency in Southall or somewhere, Ealing, I dunno, and they screwed it up definitively. Just like the Nigerian street watchmaker who filled my ex-wife's Poljot with mud when I asked him to dry the condensation out of the inside of the crystal.
Although I haven't had a wristwatch on for years now I still sometimes look reflexively at the inside of my left wrist. Perhaps I will get a cheap demure Timex or something. They're just as good, harmless looking and cheap enough not to matter. I'd go for that if I were you. None o' yer Jaeger Le Coultre pish...
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The only watch i wear is a rado sintra, got it for £950 for sale on peter jacksons, two yrs ago, i know £950 for a watch is steep, but for me it was the quality of the materials like scratch proof glass, high tech ceramic and the fact it looked good, they do hold their value and it a subtle sign, to the sales man that is if you were going to for a test drive or buy a car, theres a old saying clothes make a man...
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>> subtle sign, to the sales man
Bet he thinks 'great, here's someone with more money than sense' :)
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"and it a subtle sign"
But what sort of sign? That you're the sort of person who won't bat an eyelid at spending £950 on a watch so won't be overly concerned if the car you are giving the once over is priced a few grand over the odds?
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Both SWMBO & I have his & hers Longines (each chosen independently of the other!): cost about £500 each a good few years ago.
Inside they are hardly better than a cheapo ticker, but the cases & bracelets are good.
OTH, it's a big wedge to pay and I wouldn't do it again.
I've been tempted by £5 watches on the basis that it costs around a fiver to replace a battery, so they are really disposable items.
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Both SWMBO & I have his & hers Longines...
Do you wear one on each wrist?
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OOPS! That'll be a slapped wrist for me for poor grammar.
Pedant hangs head in shame!
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it costs around a fiver to replace a battery,
£2.50 on Norwich market
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Jeweller in Wokingham wanted £10 to replace the battery in my weekend Casio - and had the gall to warn me that it would no longer keep out the water when they'd finished with it. I bought two batteries (so I now have a spare) from 7dayshop for £2.25 and did it myself, probably more carefully than the shop would have.
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>> £2.50 on Norwich market
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99p for a card full of batteries and DIY ?
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£2.50 on Norwich market
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99p for a card full of batteries and DIY ?
Sometimes I like to go wild with the cash
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>> 99p for a card full of batteries and DIY ?
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>> Sometimes I like to go wild with the cash
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But I did go wild with the cash. I bought three different cards.
A lifetimes supply! I think they might have a longer life than me :-)
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> a>> subtle sign, to the sales man that is if you were going to for a
>> test drive or buy a car,
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That sounds to me, to be the worst possible reason to buy a fairly expensive watch!
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>> > a>> subtle sign, to the sales man that is if you were going to
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>> That sounds to me, to be the worst possible reason to buy a fairly expensive
>> watch!
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well isnt this a car forum? some car dealers do judge you by appearances, the clothes you wear, watches, so anything that creates a favourable impression may help you get a sale in your favour, same thing like meeting people
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I think the point was that showing you have a lot of money by wearing an expensive watch is likely to end in the salesman charging you more for your car than if you look a little less well off.
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>> I think the point was that showing you have a lot of money by wearing
>> an expensive watch is likely to end in the salesman charging you more for your
>> car than if you look a little less well off.
But however well off you are, it is always up to you whether you choose to pay it.
Of the people I know, and have met over the years, there is a definite correlation between wealth, and reluctance to spend / willingness to haggle.
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True - The rich are usually reluctant to spend over the odds. That's how they get rich. It's not a good start to a negotiation though to look like you've got more money than sense.
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This site has some quirky watches: www.timefactors.com/new1.htm
I bought a mechanical Seiko a few years ago. Was fine but now needs a service (I dropped it and suspect the auto-winding weight has become misaligned) which I keep putting off as virtually no-one is competent. I have a recommended repairer in mind (for the Seiko, a vintage Orfina (MOD "special" of my father's) and a Fortis, but I have yet to pluck up the courage to send one or all off to the south coast to test!
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I wear one of 2 watches depending what mood I'm in. They're both Casio F91W digital copies (and sold as such) bought on ebay for about a fiver. The first one turned out to be about 20 seconds a day fast, so I complained and was sent another, which is about 10 seconds a day slow.
I'm wearing the fast one today :)
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Off the wall suggestion: A classic tuning fork f300hz Omega or similar? These were the bridge between jewelled movements and quartz, produced for a few years in the early 1970s. Not quite as accurate as a quartz, but better than an auto. Battery runs a tuning fork whose resonance drives the movement. The second hand sweeps smoothly without any steps at all, and the watch emits a humming noise (300hz hence the name).
You can pick these up on ebay quite cheaply depending on the design. I have one as pictured on this page (the diver's watch with the silver face). www.deskdivers.com/Site/SMf300.html
A little bit unusual and a nice thing to own.
HTH,
Alex.
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You wear a fake Casio? Make me feel good having an original ;-)
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I've always turned up as scruffy as I can at garages, when I went to look at the X1 - I think they viewed me as something smelly the cat had dragged in - which suited me, still had a test drive.
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I have a rather nice and expensive Omega watch, but these days I find I don't even wear it - I just use my mobile phone when I want to know the time.....
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42 years ago I worked in Saudi Arabia - some things were cheaper there than here, and the opposite in some cases.
Watches and jewellery were really cheap - Seikos from £9 (£35 UK), 18ct Gold £13.00 oz -Whisky (illegal) £10 - at home £2.00 IIRC
A friend I brought back a Seiko for was saying the othr day that the clasp was wearing and it gains about 1 minute a week.................£9.00/40 yrs = 22.25p per year for the time.
I have 3 x watches - Omega Constellation (21st Birthday) broke down once under warranty. Longines Ferrari (1984) runs out of batteries quite quickly but never failed, Seiko Kinetic (auto/electronic no replacement battery) a bit of a heavy beast bot still going after 10 years
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I just blew 300 worth of my Goldsmith vouchers on one of these.....
www.goldsmiths.co.uk/product/citizen-calibre-8700-gents-eco-drive-watch-bl8090-51e
Identical other than its on a black titanium bracelet.
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Did they not do a green one?
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What does 'eco-drive' mean?
Is this watch clockwork automatic, or does it have a battery?
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Well it does have a battery, but a rechargeable.!
See www.citizenwatch.com/CUK/English/home.asp
I've got one, basically a photocell to recharge the battery.
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>> I've got one, basically a photocell to recharge the battery.
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Me too, it just needs some light to keep it going.
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Auto watches used to be rewound by wrist movement.
Short strokes back and forth were ideal.
But I suppose RP is a bit too old for that now. :)
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I have an automatwatic Omega.......It's a bit big for SWM's wrist, though.
Ted
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>> The only watch i wear is a rado sintra, got it for £950 for sale.. it a
>> subtle sign, to the sales man that is if you were going to for a
>> test drive or buy a car, theres a old saying clothes make a man...
tinyurl.com/7kgxpjv
To me it says "man with no taste".
And boasting about how much it cost is another indicator of no taste.
BTW, how often do you go to buy a car? I'd think that the car you parked outside says more than a watch that TBH looks as though it might have cost a fiver at the market.
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I'd think that the car
>> you parked outside says more than a watch
You'd think so wouldn't you, but you'd be quite wrong.
Chap i know parked his 2 year old Focus car outside the local BMW dealer a few years ago, he fancied trying a 3 series.
Wandered in and had a nose around, after speaking to someone masquerading as a salesman he was invited to return when he could afford to buy one.
If the numpty in the shiny suit had looked out the window he might have twigged the Focus' number plate would buy a brand new good car and give change, and if they followed him home they would have had an even bigger shock as they negotiated his drive.
On the other hand my MB indy who is well known in the marque, visits ruralish MB dealers in his green (not grey..;) overalls and is greeted as an old chum.
Books and covers judging eh?
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Seiko. I chose the model I've got partly because the case is shaped so as to protect the sides of the crown (or winder button) and it doesn't have an integral bracelet. I was able to remove the original leather bracelet and fit an expanding bracelet, which I like. A lot of watches nowadays have an integral bracelet which can't be changed.
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I've got a "mucking about" watch. A Casio digital G-Shock thing. It is powered by sunlight and automatically corrects itself with a radio signal. It knows what time it is wherever it is in the world. It has multiple alarm settings, a stopwatch, a countdown timer, a backlight and is waterproof to 200m. Looks a bit odd though.
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I keep meaning to get a plain black plastic cheapo Timex thing because the last watch I had that worked, a glittery little child's Timex, stopped working years ago. I use my mobile to tell the time. It isn't accurate and doesn't adjust automatically by radio although of course it could and damn well ought to.
A few years ago you could get watches in a granite case. I liked the idea but didn't fancy the watches. What I don't understand is why there isn't an electric watch inside an appropriate lump of clear plastic, with a screw-in plug somewhere to change the battery and do any adjustment. That would be water resistant to the bottom of the sea and you would never have to take it off. It would be cheap too.
Don't much fancy diamond-encrusted bling or aviator-style techno-bling with fourteen overlapping dials like a Porsche dashboard.
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>> This the one I have.
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>> www.amazon.co.uk/Casio-G-shock-Ceptor-Digital-Watch/dp/B000K2Y4KK
You know that almost looks like the back end of a New Mercedes E class estate.
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>>You know that almost looks like ...
Yeah, I know what you mean. Bit too much going on maybe. Useful thing though. I find myself wearing it a lot more than I'd have imagined. Goes on holiday with me. Swim in it, don't mind getting it covered in mud when on my bike or sand when on the beach, use it as an alarm etc. I sort of don't think I should like it but secretly do. Perhaps I'm getting to that stage in life when function counts for more than form. Dunno.
What I really like is it always being accurate to the second and never having to remember if a battery might be due. Had it a number of years, well, about four years I think, but only recently discovered you can set it to briefly light up by rotating your wrist. That's kind of cool. Well, it pleases me anyway ! Doesn't take much these days !
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Almost Rob. But I don't like digital. Even lcd analogue would do though (my wife used to have one of those, which got all excited when the alarm went off and did a sort of starburst thing. But went the way of all watches).
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Yup, that's more like it. Perfect in fact.
If only I had Lud's money...
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That's exactly what I have. Who could want more.
£5.89 delivered. What are you waiting for?
If you have truly fallen on hard times then maybe Lud would lend you the money.
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Just noticed that having followed RP's link the Amazon page tells me when I bought the watch!
So if that part of the page is affected by my computer are the prices?
Do different people see different prices?
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>> Just noticed that having followed RP's link the Amazon page tells me when I
>> bought the watch!
>> So if that part of the page is affected by my computer are the prices?
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>> Do different people see different prices?
You know, that wouldn't surprise me at all. Amazon does have pretty impressive pricing algorithms, prices changing by the day or hour. If the view rate on any item goes up, so does the price.
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£5.89 is the price I see - 10p more expensive at Play.com according to Invisible Hand.
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And I have one! Bought as a cheapy when I was in hospital and if it went walkabout, not something I'd worry about.
Battery changed last year, worn for washing up, only down side is it's not luminous so you can't read it in the dark. Strap still looks good.
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About two years ago I snapped up an Argos bargain, a blue face, analogue, day/date, stainless steel case and strap, waterproof to 100m, Kinetic Pulsar Cal. YT58 watch for the stupidly low price of £69.99...:-) It was being offered in the main jewellers' outlets at approaching £160 at the time, so I reserved the only one in my area overnight and picked it up the following morning.
One of the key benefits is that without the need to replace a battery, the high cost of doing so with a Seiko/Pulsar product because of the need to ensure the watch is waterproof afterwards is out of the equation. See: tinyurl.com/bsvamuz
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>> About two years ago I snapped up an Argos bargain, a blue face, analogue, day/date,
>> stainless steel case and strap, waterproof to 100m, Kinetic Pulsar Cal. YT58 watch for the
>> stupidly low price of £69.99...:
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>> One of the key benefits is that without the need to replace a battery, the
>> high cost of doing so with a Seiko/Pulsar product because of the need to ensure
>> the watch is waterproof afterwards is out of the equation. See: tinyurl.com/bsvamuz
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I have a Seiko Kinetic - about 10 yrs old - Makro £80 and it is an excellent timekeeper- unfortunately the rechargeable battery has a short life in the earlier models - Jewellers want about £80 to replace the re-chargeable battery.............rip-off Britain again. When that day comes it will be cheaper to buy new one from Pulsar viaInternet
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This outfit serviced an replaced the rechargeable cell in my Kinetic watch. Recommended.
www.kinetic-repairs.co.uk/
Last edited by: Old Navy on Mon 21 May 12 at 18:59
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If I'm doing DIY or working on the car, I wear a £3.99 silver watch from Lidl. When the watch's battery runs out about once a year, I replace it with one from a 40 batteries pack from Poundland...:-)
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65 quid to replace and re-prof an Omega - four year battery life.
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I stopped buying watches with metal straps years ago because they pinched the hairs on my wrist when taking them off.
I have a guantanamo watch in the drawer as a spare - my everyday watch is a g shock in the same classic face
www.amazon.co.uk/Casio-GW-M5610-1ER-Controlled-G-SHOCK-Digital/dp/B001414NT8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1337621008&sr=8-1
I don't remember mine costing anything like that price though.
RP - you must have very manly wrists to be able to wear a submarine hatch like that Seiko mentioned earlier in the thread :)
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>> I stopped buying watches with metal straps years ago because they pinched the hairs on
>> my wrist when taking them off.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JDzlhW3XTM
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>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JDzlhW3XTM
It's when the hair pushes the shirt off my back that I'll start to worry.
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Well I suppose they are....! Not hairy though !
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fspz4PTEpy0
More me (0.03 seconds in) maybe this is subconsciously why I like black faced watches...
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>>subconsciously why I like black faced watches...
Do you like them to call you "Guv" at work?
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Argos has restarted listing the £70 Pulsar Kinetic watch I mentioned earlier, £55 cheaper than on the Pulsar website...:-))
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To answer the the original question you would have to define what a decent wristwatch is.
Every watch now tells the time to a level of accuracy unknown 40 years ago. In fact the cheapest Casio will now be more accurate than a mechanical Swiss watch costing thousands. If hope to impress I guess you buy the dearest watch you can afford. Otherwise you just buy one you like the look of. All will perform the funcuon of telling you the time.
Personally I've given up watches and just use my mobile phone. Sort of reverted to a pocket watch in a way. Lots of people seem to do the same so I guess the wristwatch may have a limited future.
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>> Link ? :-) >>
No problem.
www.argos.co.uk/static/Search/searchTerms/2778103.htm
Or page 510 in latest Argos catalogue (Number 9). I live at number nine so it must have been an omen...:-))
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I yielded to shopping-channel temptation remembering that I still sometimes start to glance at the inside of my left wrist for the time, and tried to buy Rob's decent basic black plastic electric watch.
But there was a problem with whether I was an existing Amazonian or a new one, and the addresses and card numbers and all that.
By the time I had sorted all that out and they were willing at last to sell me something, I had already upgraded myself to a bigger all-orange one for nearly twice the price. But I was too stingy to pay for postage and packing so it won't get here till the end of the month. I can hardly wait.
Have I erred? If so I can give it to some willing recipient among my descendants. Will yobbos call me gay in the street and chuck lumps of wood at me? Only time will tell.
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Post a link so we can er.....admire it.
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>> I still sometimes start to glance at the inside of my left wrist for the time, and tried to buy Rob's decent basic black plastic electric watch.
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Why the inside of the wrist?
Or, put it another way, I wonder why most(?) of us wear a watch with the face on the outside, but some have the face on the inside of the wrist?
I have always considered wearing a watch on the inside of the wrist an affectation.....
Perhaps that's why the yobbos think you are gay and throw wood at you......
;-)
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>> Er...not...um..."this", is it...gulp...?
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I admire your taste, or is it bravery? Does it come with sunglasses?
I suppose it will match a fake tan. :-)
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Cracking. Like it. Slightly bigger at 38mm than the black one if the dimensions are correct - 35mm cases look small these days.
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>> always considered wearing a watch on the inside of the wrist an affectation.....
Perhaps it is. But a very long time ago, after demolishing one worn on the outside in some piece of stupid mayhem, decided the inside was safer and got used to it. Safer, but not always safe. I think I broke one there too.
No one has thrown any wood at me yet. I don't worry unduly what the yobbos think provided they keep it to themselves.
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My Dad always wore his watch on the inside. Said it was less prone to scratches and damage, and he could see it more easily when he was riding his bike - he went in for road racing as a young chap.
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>> .... I like black faced watches ....
Are watches the only things you like black faced?
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>> >> .... I like black faced watches ....
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>> Are watches the only things you like black faced?
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Sheep?
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Bought a CWC watch military watch as supplied to our armed forces W10 was the one i went for and used it for work it lasted 2 yrs and had a new movement and it didn't take any punishment pure rubbish.
The cheap £20.00 thing is doing very well.
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Bought one of these
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/200656985288#ht_4251wt_1071
Its just been delivered. I bought it out of curiosity mainly, but I have to say I am delighted. It looks and feels good on the wrist, looks unusual and is pretty unique in the way it tells the time, which at first glance looks daunting and unworkable but in fact is quickly useable.
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I like "Watch is no more a time machine"; a feeling at the same time tinged with disappointment.
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>> is pretty unique in the way it tells the time
Of course - it's a "mostly revolution designed LED watch". And I see "Watch is no more a time machine, it is also fashion and lifestyle", with "stainless steel back case and Rubber band" :)
Actually it does look pretty neat...
My £8 Casio from Amazon came yesterday - not so much fashion and lifestyle in that one :)
EDIT: snap
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>> I Like Zeddo......
I prefer the watch ;)
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I think it`s dodgy!! ;-)
If you look at the top picture in the description you can see that 11.20AM is lit up, but if you look at the pointers, it is showing 01.43AM !! as in pic two!
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The pointers don't work. They are just for show.
Yes i know that sound naff, but when you press the button, it so flash it more than makes up for it. Its difficult to describe how whizzy it is.
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Do a tutorial vid and show us the "Whizzy" bits on You- Tube! ;-)
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Watch from Mars!
The chances of Anything coming from Mars is a Million to one, they say!
very "Whizzy" and watchable! ;-)
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It's a bit like watching the rainman on Christmas day.
As to the silver thing top right, it's either the base of a candelabra or a jelly mould. Must be hight tea time.
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That's his helmet (stops them waves from Mars you know) !
I'm so going to buy one if those watches.....Thanks Zero !
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Well, at under 15 quid you just got to really.
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In fact damned rude not to. I can impress all the women I see with it !
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>>I can impress all the women
If that works, report back! - and I`ll buy one! ;-)
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So many Women...................So little time!
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Time is like a Womans Tongue, it seems to go on and on for eternity!!!
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>> The pointers don't work. They are just for show.
>> Yes i know that sound naff
It is naff. Puts me off completely. Pity because the thing looks all right.
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I asked an expert this, a watch and clock maker who did the maintenance of Salisbury Cathedral clock. He said the best, these days, was to buy a cheap battery watch and get another when the battery wore out. The design of these cheapos is in fact often quite pleasing.
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A rather elderly relative of ours was given a new watch for his birthday. When he noticed (or someone pointed out maybe) that the thing had a battery life of ten years he was heard to mutter, "That should be sufficient"...
:-)
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>> He said the best, these days, was to buy a cheap battery watch and get another when the battery wore out. The design of these cheapos is in fact often quite pleasing. >>
My knockabout wear watch is a Lidl £2.99 offering. It keeps perfect time and if and when the battery conks out, I replace it with one from a 40 batteries for a pound pack from (surprise) Poundland. Even if I only use one battery I save money on buying one from an electronics shop or watch specialists, but generally I have other items that use batteries. I suspect that even their batteries may be/are produced by the same 40 for a £1 manufacturers as re-badging is a common practice in many areas.
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The pound shop batteries I've tried haven't lasted long
I usually look here and similar places -
www.cousinsuk.com
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None of the "40 batteries on a card" fit any of my watches.
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>> The pound shop batteries I've tried haven't lasted long>>
Usually last me between 10 and 12 months.
By the way, has Zero seen this particular LED watch?
www.miniinthebox.com/bracelet-design-future-blue-led-wrist-watch-black_p203760.html
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>> By the way, has Zero seen this particular LED watch?
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>> www.miniinthebox.com/bracelet-design-future-blue-led-wrist-watch-black_p203760.html
Yeah, the place that sells the martian watch sells them. Looked at it, didn't like it.
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>> >> By the way, has Zero seen this particular LED watch?
>> Looked at it, didn't like it.
+1
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Good idea, crap graphic numerals. I'd like it with clearer and more discreet graphics.
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Surprised you don't like it AC. Looks a bit like a bangle.
:-)
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Well, exactly. I do like it, apart from the hideous graphics.
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Whatever happened to your orange watch AC? Seem to remember even you found it a bit too embarrassing and were going to give it away to some family member? Not sure Lud would wear a thing like that...
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>> Not sure Lud would wear a thing like that...
Course he would, and so did I. Perfectly nice watch, low-key, modest and a nice colour. Problem was that after a couple of days one of my granddaughters, a dressy number, suddenly turned out to be 16 that day, so I took it off and gave it to her.
She's here today and wasn't wearing it, so I said I'd quite like it back if she didn't really like it. No chance. She wears it 'sometimes', she said. So that was me told. Keep meaning to get another one in purple to see if she wants to swap.
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The battery on my terrorist Casio conked out a few weeks ago.
The leather strap on my analogue Timex fell apart last week and is now held together with bodge tape.
I don't like the plastic strap on the Casio, and the Timex is a bit too chunky to wear under a shirt cuff.
I might have a look in Argos at lunchtime - you are all going to be so jealous when I post my selection. :)
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>> I might have a look in Argos at lunchtime - you are all going to
>> be so jealous when I post my selection. :) >>
This is still one of my all time best buys from Argos as mentioned previously:
tinyurl.com/cvay58u
It's normally well into triple figures cost wise..:-) A genuine Kinetic watch at a remarkable price.
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>>you are all going to be so jealous ...
You think?
:-)
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I'm now the proud owner of a(nother):
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casio_F91W
Thin, light, readable without glasses, only downside is the nasty plastic strap.
I may fit a leather one to create a true wrist adornment which is sure to be much admired.
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As iffy said - you can't buy class...
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Actually, I rather approve of the anti-style statement it makes. As opposed to the digital watch I own for playtimes which has slightly too much functionality for a man who isn't actually a spy or a member of the special forces...
:-)
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I was tempted by this analogue watch, which couldn't be much cleaner in design, but I wanted one to show the date.
www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/9073320/Trail/searchtext%3ECASIO+WATCH.htm
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Always said the press didn't know what day it was
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Keep it up your sleeve if you don't want to be carted off in the night for rendition.
Like it though.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casio_F91W
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Might look OK with an orange boilersuit...
:-)
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...Keep it up your sleeve...
Could be wise.
After I get the smart leather strap fitted I feel the main risk is someone will mug me for it.
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...update...
Smart black leather strap now fitted which brings total expenditure to £14.
I see leftie QC Vera Baird is also an F91 wearer:
verabaird.com/tackling-domestic-violence-against-women-and-girls/
Despite this, I will continue to wear mine.
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Despite this, I will continue to wear mine.
:-D
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>> I see leftie QC Vera Baird is also an F91 wearer:
But she's not the only one:
www.car4play.com/forum/post/index.htm?v=e&t=11331&m=251193
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>> leftie QC Vera Baird
Er... rightie-ho, Iffsky...
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Recommend me a decent wristwatch please - Lygonos
