The Under £200ish Watch and occasional Opera Thread! Vol2
Discussion
I haven't bought anything for ages. A Cadisen 8224 is now on it's way to me from China. "Inspired" by the Mondaine design. I actually considered getting an actual Mondaine but the ones on Amazon were £150 upwards for a resin case. The Cadisen 8224 is the usual formula stainless steel case/NH34.
Also I have a Cadisen dress watch which is very good quality so hope this one is as good as it looks.
Not sure about the wire strap but if I don't like it I could buy a black leather Mondaine strap for it.
£64.89 including VAT.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006400094339.h...
Also I have a Cadisen dress watch which is very good quality so hope this one is as good as it looks.
Not sure about the wire strap but if I don't like it I could buy a black leather Mondaine strap for it.
£64.89 including VAT.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006400094339.h...
irc said:
I haven't bought anything for ages. A Cadisen 8224 is now on it's way to me from China. "Inspired" by the Mondaine design. I actually considered getting an actual Mondaine but the ones on Amazon were £150 upwards for a resin case. The Cadisen 8224 is the usual formula stainless steel case/NH34.
Also I have a Cadisen dress watch which is very good quality so hope this one is as good as it looks.
Not sure about the wire strap but if I don't like it I could buy a black leather Mondaine strap for it.
£64.89 including VAT.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006400094339.h...
I'd actually say that looks more like a flieger style than a mondaine.Also I have a Cadisen dress watch which is very good quality so hope this one is as good as it looks.
Not sure about the wire strap but if I don't like it I could buy a black leather Mondaine strap for it.
£64.89 including VAT.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006400094339.h...
I actually quite like the black cased version.
nckr55 said:
New pickup - San Martin SN0121T. Super impressed. Have had an almost total reboot of my watches and am now down to a thread-budget-adhering trio of this, a San Martin SN0111 and a Casio GW5000. All bases covered, for me.
Definitely more into 39-40mm these days than the 42-44mm of previous years; maybe it's an age thing, and I'll be all about 36mm field watches in a year or two
Didn't take 1-2 years in the end; took about 2 months Definitely more into 39-40mm these days than the 42-44mm of previous years; maybe it's an age thing, and I'll be all about 36mm field watches in a year or two
What a cracking little thing this VH31-powered Addiesdive is. Well under £100.
Bracelet is authentically rattly and not incredible, but comfortable once on. Only annoyance is the inexplicable 19mm lug-width decision.
Bubbas Grill said:
A Citizen in our Camper. Creatin' in Croatia. Bit bitten and torched ain't I?
Edited by Bubbas Grill on Monday 20th May 19:12
My Citizen underpants watch is all I need. It is so comfortable to wear (I'm a leftie so the crown position is perfect), it looks great and it just works.
Nuf said.
TorqueDirty said:
I have about 10 watches but this is the only one I wear these days. Others are prettier, some considerably more expensive, have better movements and some are from more upmarket brands etc but none of them get a look in.
My Citizen underpants watch is all I need. It is so comfortable to wear (I'm a leftie so the crown position is perfect), it looks great and it just works.
Nuf said.
I prefer my dive watches on a bracelet and contemplated getting one of those fancy Long Island Watch bracelets for mine: in the end I sold the watch for a few €€ profit. I really liked it but it lost out to the Glycine Combat Sub and the Tisell Submersible in the ‘wearability’ stakes. My Citizen underpants watch is all I need. It is so comfortable to wear (I'm a leftie so the crown position is perfect), it looks great and it just works.
Nuf said.
Plus I was always a bit wary of dinging the crystal. I had bought it very scratched-up (although, oddly, the bezel was perfect) and it took a while to get the scuffs out of the glass.
I like the look of those new Citizen Promaster titanium dive watches but they’re well out of thread budget.
I've recently picked up a Timex Waterbury GMT for £107 from Amazon USA via Amazon UK (taxes and delivery inc.)
(Stock photo, as I can't be bothered to take my own photo)
It caught my eye for wearing to Le Mans and tracking the race time remaining using the '24' bezel and GMT hand, and being cheap enough that you won't care if it gets lost, damaged, stolen, etc.
Interestingly, it says it is made in the Philippines.
The watch feels a bit cheap and nasty compared to the several Seiko and Citizens I own in the £200-300 range - so although you'd expect a watch at half or a third of the price to be of lower quality, it does seem a false economy when 'just' £100 more buys you something much better. (and I suspect that £100 on Ali Express would be your best bet if that was your full budget)
(Stock photo, as I can't be bothered to take my own photo)
It caught my eye for wearing to Le Mans and tracking the race time remaining using the '24' bezel and GMT hand, and being cheap enough that you won't care if it gets lost, damaged, stolen, etc.
Interestingly, it says it is made in the Philippines.
The watch feels a bit cheap and nasty compared to the several Seiko and Citizens I own in the £200-300 range - so although you'd expect a watch at half or a third of the price to be of lower quality, it does seem a false economy when 'just' £100 more buys you something much better. (and I suspect that £100 on Ali Express would be your best bet if that was your full budget)
Argos currently have a sale on for Citizen watches;
https://www.argos.co.uk/browse/jewellery-and-watch...
E.g. Citizen Men's Eco-Drive Stainless Steel Bracelet Watch £149.99*
Half Price Was £299.99
https://www.argos.co.uk/browse/jewellery-and-watch...
E.g. Citizen Men's Eco-Drive Stainless Steel Bracelet Watch £149.99*
Half Price Was £299.99
Bobberoo said:
I have a Songmics 10 watch box and it's pretty good quality, available from Amazon.
I've got the same, a brown wooden one. It's good for a tenner, looks fancier than it is. I'd recommend buying foam pillows/cushions for the watches instead of the semi rigid ones it comes with. Unless your wrists are pretty big any bracelets will be tight as hell on them.
Pebbles167 said:
Bobberoo said:
I have a Songmics 10 watch box and it's pretty good quality, available from Amazon.
I've got the same, a brown wooden one. It's good for a tenner, looks fancier than it is. I'd recommend buying foam pillows/cushions for the watches instead of the semi rigid ones it comes with. Unless your wrists are pretty big any bracelets will be tight as hell on them.
Gorilla wrists.
Gastons_Revenge said:
Any of you fine people have a recommendation for a 6-watch box, about 30cm in length? Thanks!
I've said it before, my watch boxes hold about 20 watches each, were under a fiver and came with a free litre of ice cream. Each watch inside is packed in one of those resealable bags that came with the dreaded covid test kits and contains the silica gel pack from the same place.The boxes come with the added bonus that they are small enough to hide away, rather than act as a display case. That's the sole reason I still had a collection left after some un-invited house guests let themselves in by smashing the 10mm glass in our back door.
I know my solution is not as pretty, not as show offy to yourself, and I know that's what insurance is for. But I still don't think a display case is a good idea.
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