< £150 reccomendations.

[snotrag]

I just got a bit of money back from the Inland Revenue (that is a good feeling!) and would like to spend a little on a new watch. I've been without a working watch for months now as my ebay jump hour bargain finally gave up.

I've been looking on the Werners site and there are some lovely ones there, I'm gonna give him a mail.

I also seem to remember a shop in Whitby that had an online store, doing similar style stuff, anyone know it?

I have small wrists so it needs to be quite small. Chronograph ideally. Not a bracelet, but leather/fabric/other strap.

£150 max. Any ideas?

[PH5121]

The Seiko monster divers watch seems quite well regarded from the posts on this forum, rugged and can be bought for under £110.

[snotrag]

Yeah I've just been reading that, I find it a little too metallic and clunky looking if I'm honest.

I'm really liking the AstroAvias on the Werner site.

[Wadeski]

Can you get an Ollech & Wajs for £150?

I know some are around £200....

[lowdrag]

I wear an IWC Spitfire chrono normally but for the money I just had to order a watch from Werner! He also gave me a small discount as a Pistonheads member! Hell, for £80 they are stylish and fun and guaranteed two years to boot! I bought this one for the hell of it:-

http://www.wernersflyingwatches.com/products.asp?P...

I reckon I'm going to have a lot of fun wearing that watch. Incidentally I have small wrists but the 42mm IWC doesn't look out of place at all.

PS At your quoted budget you can have two watches from him and this one is both automatic and smaller:-

http://www.wernersflyingwatches.com/products.asp?P...

Edited by lowdrag on Wednesday 14th May 17:06

[immigrant]

Also look at RLT Watches and Timefactors, they both have a lot of cool automatic stuff in that price range.

[snotrag]

RLT - that was the company I was trying to remember earlier. Based in Brid, not Whitby!

Im having a browse round that timefactors site, but theres still nothing standing out as much as the AstroAvias, they really are good looking arent they?

[snotrag]

Hmm, spoken to Nick ayt Werner.

Its either the R4


or R7




What do you think? Gonna pre-order one or the other for when they come in next week.

[BigAlinEmbra]

I'm sure someone round these parts picked up a 70's omega for about 150 sheets in the last month or so.
Completely blowing the budget, I think this is a tasty little number.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Omega-Seamaster-Automatic-Me...

(Apologies for massive ebay link)

[lowdrag]

Personally I wouldn't go for the alarm watch. It is just something else to go wrong. After all, we have a mobile phone which acts as an alarm clock anyway. If that is your style then this seems to be more classic and stylish, but then watches are a personal choice. We don't all like the same. No matter what, at these prices you can't go wrong anyway.

[posterboy]

lowdrag said:

Personally I wouldn't go for the alarm watch. It is just something else to go wrong. After all, we have a mobile phone which acts as an alarm clock anyway. If that is your style then this seems to be more classic and stylish, but then watches are a personal choice. We don't all like the same. No matter what, at these prices you can't go wrong anyway.

What watch is this please?

[lowdrag]

Look here.

http://www.wernersflyingwatches.com/products.asp?P...

Incidentally, got my watch from Werner this morning ahd at the price I think it is great.

http://www.wernersflyingwatches.com/products.asp?P...

A nice chap to deal with and you'll get a slight discount if you mention Pistonheads.

Edited by lowdrag on Saturday 17th May 14:51

Edited by lowdrag on Saturday 17th May 14:53

[rob1234]

Really tempted by an R4 and/or a Tauchmesiter diving watch.

Can anyone compare the overall sizes to my Navitimer? Sometimes find that manufacturer's measurements differ to reality somewhat! I've just measured mine at 45mm (ie the entire watch across, not including knobs).

Many thanks!

[lowdrag]

According to Werner the watch I bought is 43mm wide and is exactly the same size (well, as near as dammit) as my Navitimer. The watch you quote (R4) is supposedly 40mm and the one I bought 43mm so it should be a bit smaller than your Navitimer.

[rob1234]

Many thanks - going to jump on the Astroavia bandwagon!

Edited by rob1234 on Sunday 25th May 19:02