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The watch thread: pocket, wrist, sporty, showy? You name it!

PhilofCas said:
I really like both of those, it’s looking like I need to up my budget, from various bits of reading I’ve done, the Seiko 5 is my favourite, it really does get good reviews for a budget mechanical auto jobby.
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You don't need to up your budget at all, the Seiko 5 above is £50, give or take a tenner. I have the green one, the snk805 iirc, I've had it 5 or 6 years, it's been used nearly every day since and I love it. If you like it, get one. I keep looking at the blue one and thinking "go on..." but the green one still looks better to me.
 
Sue Pertwee-Tyr said:
Yes, I can recommend it. I'm very pleased with it. Mine came from Amazon off the link I included. There are cheaper suppliers, but I preferred the peace of mind of getting it via Amazon rather than a reseller whose provenance I can't realistically check.

It's also available in other colours, some of which are a bit cheaper. I'd have had the green if not the blue. I like the black version too, but my other watch has a black face so I wanted something different.
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Good call on the provenance thing, yes, I’m sceptical too with all the fakes, thanks for your help, I’ll decide soon and post on here what I get.
 
I just bought my first and hopefully, my last watch of 2020: a Casio AQ-230A. This is my second Casio AQ-230A, but this time I've gone for the gold-tone version; I bought the black dial version last year. I saw the watch in Argos the other day and the finish looked unpretentiously cool as opposed to pretentiously garish, which is often the case with cheap gold-tone watches. Suffice to say, I weighed up the pros and cons as I've already got too many watches and not enough wrists, but it's so likeable in real life I just had to buy one :)

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Given that your first purchase is in the first week of the new year, I'd say your chances of holding off all year are minimal. Good luck.
 
stevec67 said:
You don't need to up your budget at all, the Seiko 5 above is £50, give or take a tenner. I have the green one, the snk805 iirc, I've had it 5 or 6 years, it's been used nearly every day since and I love it. If you like it, get one. I keep looking at the blue one and thinking "go on..." but the green one still looks better to me.
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They're great aren't they? I've got one as my gardening /DIY watch. The case and glass are quite battered and scratched but it just keeps going.

On the provenance think, I can't really see anyone bothering to produce fake £50 Seiko 5 based watches, can you?
 
-alan- said:
You ever get the Vostok in the post yet Steve ?
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You won't believe me. I got 2! There was a collection slip landed mid December, I took it to the sorting office and the chap said "have you got the other slip from yesterday?" Er, no, I replied . "Oh well, if you do find it, just destroy it. Sign here." He handed over 2 identical packets. I now have 2 identical watches, one new. It/they are great, keep good time and look good. The bracelet is horrible, it pulls the hairs out of my arm.

Anyone want a cheap watch? I have a spare.
 
stevec67 said:
You won't believe me. I got 2! There was a collection slip landed mid December, I took it to the sorting office and the chap said "have you got the other slip from yesterday?" Er, no, I replied . "Oh well, if you do find it, just destroy it. Sign here." He handed over 2 identical packets. I now have 2 identical watches, one new. It/they are great, keep good time and look good. The bracelet is horrible, it pulls the hairs out of my arm.

Anyone want a cheap watch? I have a spare.
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Ha - Score :)

Throw up a pic maybe when you get the chance. My curiosity has been well and truly peakified after this length of time :)
 
windhoek said:
I just bought my first and hopefully, my last watch of 2020: a Casio AQ-230A. This is my second Casio AQ-230A, but this time I've gone for the gold-tone version; I bought the black dial version last year. I saw the watch in Argos the other day and the finish looked unpretentiously cool as opposed to pretentiously garish, which is often the case with cheap gold-tone watches. Suffice to say, I weighed up the pros and cons as I've already got too many watches and not enough wrists, but it's so likeable in real life I just had to buy one :)

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That reminds me so much of a Seiko I got for my 18th or 21st birthday back in the day.I’m guessing this one is almost twice what I paid for mine back in the day.

http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-5...0001&campid=5338728743&icep_item=323791843946
 
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-alan- said:
Ha - Score :)

Throw up a pic maybe when you get the chance. My curiosity has been well and truly peakified after this length of time :)
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The model I ordered is 060509. Mine has a slightly different bezel, it has numbers instead of NESW but is otherwise identical.
 
I watched that Vostok watches episode on one of the TV sales channels (I watched it online after someone posted a link) and I'm just not man enough to hold one in real life never mind wear one as they're fricken steroids on watches - or is it the other way about, I don't know. I just know I don't have the brute masculinity to wear one lol. That said, I think Steve might have the wrists to pull it off
 
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