The Under £200ish Watch and occasional Opera Thread! Vol2

[Pebbles167]

If they are proper reviews by decent channels I'd tend to trust them, influencers and paid promoters can F right off though, listening to them could land you with the next Daniel Wellington.

21st Century Man said:

Just something I read somewhere when it was discontinued, it was absent for a while and then reintroduced. Could just be bks on the internet? But I think it was Hodinkee iirc, so a reasonable source.

Lovely thing though, and I'd go "New" anyway.

I'm pretty new to it all so I'd imagine you know more than me, but a fair deal of research revealed no worrying things. Regardless, I'm sure it'll be fine for me to potter about on walks with!

Edited by Pebbles167 on Saturday 2nd March 15:47

[redrabbit]

It's possible I've posted this before, maybe even recently, but anyway...

This looks intriguing, £211 on Amazon, albeit a cheap looking strap and US supplier (easily rectified for me with my international agent network) - looks pretty cool IMHO, and a little light googling suggests it is a interesting movement.

Tell me why I shouldn't do it...

[Pebbles167]

You absolutely should, it's an awesome movement in my opinion. Good price too.

Shame it's only in Bulova watches!

[CharlesdeGaulle]

redrabbit said:

It's possible I've posted this before, maybe even recently, but anyway...

This looks intriguing, £211 on Amazon, albeit a cheap looking strap and US supplier (easily rectified for me with my international agent network) - looks pretty cool IMHO, and a little light googling suggests it is a interesting movement.

Tell me why I shouldn't do it...

I can't see any reason not to. Handsome watch.

[21st Century Man]

Pebbles167 said:

I'd imagine you know more than me......

Er, nope!

Actually, I was thinking of picking one up for my son for Christmas, he's in Japan and we're visiting in the autumn, so the price locally will probably be good what with the ever weakening Yen.

[Composer62]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

redrabbit said:

It's possible I've posted this before, maybe even recently, but anyway...

This looks intriguing, £211 on Amazon, albeit a cheap looking strap and US supplier (easily rectified for me with my international agent network) - looks pretty cool IMHO, and a little light googling suggests it is a interesting movement.

Tell me why I shouldn't do it...

I can't see any reason not to. Handsome watch.

I have that movement in my Bulova Sea King, It's very accurate. I picked it up for a bargain £89 a few years ago It's no where near as elegant as the Precisionist but come the Zombie apocalypse I'll be all set

[redrabbit]

Composer62 said:

CharlesdeGaulle said:

redrabbit said:

It's possible I've posted this before, maybe even recently, but anyway...

This looks intriguing, £211 on Amazon, albeit a cheap looking strap and US supplier (easily rectified for me with my international agent network) - looks pretty cool IMHO, and a little light googling suggests it is a interesting movement.

Tell me why I shouldn't do it...

I can't see any reason not to. Handsome watch.

I have that movement in my Bulova Sea King, It's very accurate. I picked it up for a bargain £89 a few years ago It's no where near as elegant as the Precisionist but come the Zombie apocalypse I'll be all set

Excellent - thanks! Turns out it's actually £170 equivalent in the US, (my lovely sister will repatriate it in the Autumn), so that was the clincher.

I'm may need to start offloading some inventory soon though, to make way for newcomers...

Edited by redrabbit on Saturday 2nd March 17:36

[g4ry13]

RSTurboPaul said:

GWC said:

Fraser Hart have the pale blue prx auto for £490.50 at the moment, that's very tempting.

Ooh, nice!

https://www.fraserhart.co.uk/t1374071135100-tissot...

The price is tempting. I did weigh up whether to go for the Ice blue over the Mint Green.

Ultimately, I decided it's not worth paying £200 extra just to have a better movement when I was trying to buy a cheap 'fun' watch. Also read that the movement is difficult to service and has plastic components.

[redrabbit]

g4ry13 said:

RSTurboPaul said:

GWC said:

Fraser Hart have the pale blue prx auto for £490.50 at the moment, that's very tempting.

Ooh, nice!

https://www.fraserhart.co.uk/t1374071135100-tissot...

The price is tempting. I did weigh up whether to go for the Ice blue over the Mint Green.

Ultimately, I decided it's not worth paying £200 extra just to have a better movement when I was trying to buy a cheap 'fun' watch. Also read that the movement is difficult to service and has plastic components.

I was sort of in the same place. In fact I chanced it with a Pagani homage to see if I wanted one long term, and never went back...got the chrono as well, for well under £200 combined. I'm not dissing the originals, but having tried the Tissot on my wrist before I went to Pagani, I couldn't see much difference, and still can't...

[Ninjin]

redrabbit said:

It's possible I've posted this before, maybe even recently, but anyway...

This looks intriguing, £211 on Amazon, albeit a cheap looking strap and US supplier (easily rectified for me with my international agent network) - looks pretty cool IMHO, and a little light googling suggests it is a interesting movement.

Tell me why I shouldn't do it...

I love the 262khz movement. Just looks so expensive the way it moves!

Heres my 262khz that I've had for around 6years:

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Ninjin said:

I love the 262khz movement. Just looks so expensive the way it moves!

Heres my 262khz that I've had for around 6years:

You have a furry cuff!

[Bobberoo]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Ninjin said:

I love the 262khz movement. Just looks so expensive the way it moves!

Heres my 262khz that I've had for around 6years:

You have a furry cuff!

I say, steady on old chap, that's very forward of you!!!

[redrabbit]

Ninjin said:

I love the 262khz movement. Just looks so expensive the way it moves!

Heres my 262khz that I've had for around 6years:

Now that's a really great looking watch.

Looking forward to joining the 262 club!

[judas]

While we're having a Bulova love-in, here's mine:



Over thread budget, but still one of my favourites.

[g4ry13]

Any recommendations for a cheap single hand watch? I'm thinking along the lines of the more expensive MeisterSinger design.

I saw a brand Fawler and there's a few knocking around on Amazon.

[Pebbles167]

Ninjin said:

That's a looker! What model is it? I wrongly thought the 262 only appeared in a couple of modernish designs.

Not that i dislike the precisionist but might have to go and actually buy one if they have it in watches that look this good.

[RSTurboPaul]

Bobberoo said:

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Ninjin said:

I love the 262khz movement. Just looks so expensive the way it moves!

Heres my 262khz that I've had for around 6years:

You have a furry cuff!

I say, steady on old chap, that's very forward of you!!!

But does it match his collar?

[RSTurboPaul]

redrabbit said:

g4ry13 said:

RSTurboPaul said:

GWC said:

Fraser Hart have the pale blue prx auto for £490.50 at the moment, that's very tempting.

Ooh, nice!

https://www.fraserhart.co.uk/t1374071135100-tissot...

The price is tempting. I did weigh up whether to go for the Ice blue over the Mint Green.

Ultimately, I decided it's not worth paying £200 extra just to have a better movement when I was trying to buy a cheap 'fun' watch. Also read that the movement is difficult to service and has plastic components.

I was sort of in the same place. In fact I chanced it with a Pagani homage to see if I wanted one long term, and never went back...got the chrono as well, for well under £200 combined. I'm not dissing the originals, but having tried the Tissot on my wrist before I went to Pagani, I couldn't see much difference, and still can't...

I really do need to get one of those three-hand variants but I can never decide on which colour!

Remind me again which is the decent (UK?) vendor...?

Edited by RSTurboPaul on Sunday 3rd March 01:23

[redrabbit]

RSTurboPaul said:

I really do need to get one of those three-hand variants but I can never decide on which colour!

Remind me again which is the decent (UK?) vendor...?

Edited by RSTurboPaul on Sunday 3rd March 01:23

All my Paganis are from AliExpress. Easy, cheap and quick in my experience, never had an issue.

[Regbuser]

RSTurboPaul said:

I really do need to get one of those three-hand variants but I can never decide on which colour!

Remind me again which is the decent (UK?) vendor...?

Edited by RSTurboPaul on Sunday 3rd March 01:23

https://jjawatches.co.uk/