Which watch for £500 (ish)...?

[Fastra]

Been left some money from the recent death of my dear old gran and want to buy something quite long lasting, such as a decent watch.

I know nothing about watches and could do with some 'impartial' advice really.
Obviously these things are very subjective in terms of looks and style but any suggestions would be most welcome.

I have been looking at some of the Seiko Sportura variations - such as the Honda F1;




or this (diverse selection I know);




Cheers in advance anyway.

[PH5121]

You will get good advice if you post this in the watch section of the forum, where there are lots of knowledgable folk.

[Arachnid]

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[Arachnid]

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[Scott328i]

I recently bought a watch - not as much as £500 though.

Its a hugo boss watch paid £325 for it. Has a real nice feel and quite weighty.

I know fk all about watches but it looks nice

I wouldnt buy a leather strap watch - will wear faster than stainless steel.

[TWSTEEL]

Naturally I'd be in favour of a TWSTEEL
Like this........

http://www.twsteel.com/


BTW they're HUGE!!!!!!!

Edited by TWSTEEL on Monday 14th July 10:48

[MrTom]

It all depends on what you want the watch to do, and what style you like. It sounds as thought you don't know yourself.

[monthefish]

Bit of a strange question.

Seems like the cost of the watch is more important to you than brand/style/features etc etc...

[Fastra]

TWSTEEL said:

Naturally I'd be in favour of a TWSTEEL
Like this........

http://www.twsteel.com/

Lovely site, but where do I look for prices?

[Fastra]

monthefish said:

Bit of a strange question.

Seems like the cost of the watch is more important to you than brand/style/features etc etc...

Not really - my limit is £500 (so that bit is important), but I can see how much of a 'how long is a piece of string' question this is.

But in asking I now have had 2 suggestions of brands I wouldn't have looked at.

So its worth throwing it out there perhaps!

[quyen]

I bought an Omega watch as a present for my brother 21st for £500-£600 a few years back. Not sure if you can still get them for that price now.

[Technonotice]

Fastra said:

I really like those ones! I should of bought one when i had the spare cash! doh

[monthefish]

Fastra said:

monthefish said:

Bit of a strange question.

Seems like the cost of the watch is more important to you than brand/style/features etc etc...

Not really - my limit is £500 (so that bit is important), but I can see how much of a 'how long is a piece of string' question this is.

But in asking I now have had 2 suggestions of brands I wouldn't have looked at.

So its worth throwing it out there perhaps!

[Pesty]

Sinn 556 under £400
beautiful clean classy looking




Revue Thommen and Glycine also make some nice watches at that price

Edited by Pesty on Monday 14th July 11:20

[Fastra]

quyen said:

I bought an Omega watch as a present for my brother 21st for £500-£600 a few years back. Not sure if you can still get them for that price now.

Quite a bit more that £500 now!

Unfortunately its quite a bit shy of the some of Omegas and Tags that I would ideally like.

[MrTom]

You might want to check out Sinn, they are out of your budget new, but second hand you could get something very special.

Alternatively you could get something inexpensive that will last forever, for example my latest purchase

Suunto core £200



or Seiko Orange Monster on a watchworx strap £150 ish

[Fastra]

Technonotice said:

Fastra said:

I really like those ones! I should of bought one when i had the spare cash! doh

I think I'm coming round to this one.

They do a Jenson Button version - but this loses out on association at the moment

[Fastra]

MrTom said:

You might want to check out Sinn, they are out of your budget new, but second hand you could get something very special.

Alternatively you could get something inexpensive that will last forever, for example my latest purchase

Suunto core £200

WOW!

Don't know what that is exactly, but it looks fantastic.
My lad would love that for his BEN 10 episodes.

[Fastra]

Pesty said:

Sinn 556
beautiful clean classy looking




Revue Thommen and Glycine also make some nice watches at that price

Edited by Pesty on Monday 14th July 11:07

Edited by Pesty on Monday 14th July 11:08

Some more Sinns on here:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

The 856 looks very nice!

[Pesty]

Yes but out of your bdget I think. The Sinn 556 comes in at under £400 new I think.

Seems to be a completely different style to what you are looking for though

Oh and thanks I'm going to have to buy one of those now Ive been looking at the pics again

Edited by Pesty on Monday 14th July 11:23