Get a Casio MRW-200, 3-hander analogue with day/date. Very lightweight and comfy with 100m water resistance. Yours for a penny under £20 from Argos.
Meets my definition of cheap and disposable better than paying £100+ for an automatic.
Love a 104 with arabics. Great choice!
Can anyone recommend a nice but cheap ‘disposable’ waterproof watch? Ideally analogue rather than heavy G-shock style as I have skinny wrists.
Fully lumed dial is fun, watch is sensibly sized.
The thread has even prompted me to wear mine today...
Meets my definition of cheap and disposable better than paying £100+ for an automatic.
Thats’s nice. Casio do some really good cheap beaters.
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Lovely Sinn there!
£35 for this anadigital Casio:
It's solar too so no power worries. I bought mine for a holiday in France in 2017 and it's been faultless. And it's still the same price!
Baltany look nice but moving away from disposable (for me).
The simple Lorus above wins, looks idiot proof and I won't cry if I lose it (and doubt it will look tempting to others). Arriving tomo so will see.
Thanks all.
Next up will be Rolex Explorer vs Submariner - which is better for wearing to the pub (it may drizzle)?
Rolex Explorer vs Submariner
Buy both. It's the only correct answer... 🙃
Black faced sub/white faced Explorer.
NEXT!
Next up will be Rolex Explorer vs Submariner – which is better for wearing to the pub (it may drizzle)?
Explorer 1?
Depends on your wrist size; but I'd go Explorer - you want something that *you* know is worth checking out, but few other people do
What are the forums etc for selling watches in the UK? Oris has gone, three more to go...
New watch day again. Went to look at this late last year, was £1500, now discontinued and being sold for £750. Glad I waited.
As this was reduced so much managed to get one for the other half as well….also half the list price….not a great photo, looks a lot better in real life.
Nice, I like Longines, think they are underrated. Managed to snag a heritage skin diver last year for half price, been on my wrist every day since I got it.
This is a good looking watch. I love the dial colour.
It looks almost the same blue as the Tsuyosa
Curious bezel, a dive bezel divided like a GMT bezel? Why?
@futonrivercrossing: for diving in a different time zone? 😁
I know what you mean. I think it's a hybrid "light diver" / beater given it's WR rating.
Hey fellow watch nerds, question about after market deployant clasps. I've always had a preference for a deployant clasp on watch straps, and am looking for one now.
The strap's canvas, with holes, 18mm and about 3mm thick. I'm thinking of something like the Hirsch Sport single fold clasp ( https://www.watchobsession.co.uk/products/hirsch-sport-deployment-clasp-silver). I've also looked at Artem, but given the width and the fact it's not loopless, I don't think any of their offerings quite hit the mark.
So what's the best deployant you'd recommend? Budget up to £70 or so I'd say, and I'd prefer solid/ well made over cheap, given the choice.
Strapcode are good. Or look for something from zuludiver perhaps. I left field option is the watchgecko octopod. It's not what you asked for though.
Or just go on ebay/etsy/aliexpress. A 2 piece single fold deployant is not hard to get right and they ate cheap. BUT. Some people will say you need a new strap as the 12 and 6 o'clock pieces on a buckle 2 piece are different lengths. This may result in the deployant not sitting comfortably under the wrist with its curve closely hugging it. I have not met this myself though (cheap fake omega deployant with a cheap sailcloth works fine for me and my seamaster)
A year or so ago I stumbled on this vintage Longines: https://mrjoneswatches.com/products/longines-ref-5483-1947 … and I thought what a beautiful, if expensive, watch. Somewhat inspired by that watch I have a wee N+1 plan for the Christopher Ward homage to it or it’s style: https://www.christopherward.com/aquitaine/c65-dune-automatic/C65-38ADA3-S00E0-WC.html
So I have a question for the collective wisdom of Watches N+1 - If I N+1 this watch I’ll have a bona fide use case for a four watch winder. Any recommendations?
TIA
Yeah, don't get a watch winder.
You are just wearing out the movement and unless you are a serial Edwardian style wardrobe changer (multiple out fits in a day), what's the point?
I'd need to have some serious complications in my movements to justify it.
For a deployment I love RHD, but they appear to have gone bump.
That Chris Ward came via my email inbox with pics and videos and boy, I immediately fell in lust with it, I’d love that as a “Holiday” watch. But then again I say that about all the watches I have that arnt overly expensive and that I’d be happy overseas and in a pool/sea with.
The web pics don’t do it justice in the slightest. It looks to have the depth & lume of the SMP, without the hefty price tag and albeit less celubrious / mechanically inferior, but still a damn good piece. I’m still considering whether to let the overly large King Samurai and the Baltany go for one of these, but I’m a bit funny about owning another CW which competes with the sentimental one Mrs K bought me, in my head it removes the uniqueness of that sentiment. I’m a bit odd that way.
The web pics don’t do it justice in the slightest.
That’s good because in the pictures it looks very underwhelming, just doesn’t seem to have anything about it (imho obvs).
The C65 Dune above?
I reckon it’s lovely. The head on shot is a little flat, but the 3/4 picture showing the relief is gorgeous.
Presently desperately trying to convince myself I can’t afford / don’t want another watch.
Winning so far but you know what it’s like - sometimes your hand slips.
I am tempted to order one on the basis of the 60 day return option TBH.
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But then again it’s 5x the price of the Baltany 🥹
This is an interesting time, having just put the Nato shod Baltany back on the relieve me of "the look" - see Scapegoats post on p212 😀
Looking at the watch box reveals I'm favouring the round/ovoid indices of the SMP/Seiko Arnie and that C65.
I'm wearing my SMP mostly these days but am a little scared to take it overseas / damage it because of its value so I think my head is hunting for that credible-branded budget SMP-like alternative that wouldn't get me robbed or cause concern. So thats what attracts me to the C65 - a lot of dial similarity with SMP, yet a casual wallet friendly (ish) and respected but not Thief worthy branding.
Could this be the 6th entry into my 6 watch collection? (SMP/Aquaracer/CW C65 Compressor/King Sam/Arnie). Yet my head says no, the Arnie is the tool watch for that use.
I like the Christopher Ward Kryton. Just thinking of other similar oval indices, maybe have a look at Yema Superman Maxi Dial or the Regent Yacht.
If you’ve already got a CW I think I’d be looking at an alternative brand. Maybe Elliot Brown as they have some similar?
The EB Bloxworth? Yeah nice, I’d go black tropic or maybe the blue rubber for summer use although £625 is a lot for a quartz. I’ve also looked at the Ti Certina action diver - the turquoise indices / nato as an option, but the grey dial feels a bit flat for me… …and I don’t feel emotional about it.
Having had a CW, the bronze diver...err c60 Pro iirc, I'd get one again. They are well made watches with a great spec for the price. I would say Hunt out what you want used though, or from one of their sales.
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we have been sorting through the late FILs things and come across this watch. It comes with the original certificate and is dated from 1984. He was the only ever owner of the watch. It seems in very good condition for something that is 40 years old. We have had it valued at a standard jewellers who said £1500. Looking online they seem to go for about £2800-£4000 but unsure what drives the price etc. as a layman what is the best thing to do?
@robbo1234biking Don't go for the 1500 valuation. I would expect it to be worth more than that. Or keep it as a nice watch.
As above seems a low value - was that an insurance valuation or offer to buy it f the latter they are obviously putting in a margin on something that might not move that fast.
Its a nice watch but not ultra-trendy for Rolex hence could take longer to sell. Having papers helps, as would the box if you’ve got it.
As to what to do it’s a good 40 years old watch with family history - seems a shame to move it on but if it’s of no use there’s little point keeping it. .Would anyone in the family appreciate it?
No it meant something to her dad but not to anyone else. Her brother doesn’t want it. It’s very small! We would rather sell it and use the money to make some memories. You can’t take possessions with you and although it meant something to him that doesn’t translate to your own memories. not in a rush to sell it particularly so can wait for the right buyer to come along.
As kilo says, that's their offer I think not an insurance valuation.
If its got box and papers, and in good condition as it looks, it will be worth more BUT you say its small, if it's 34mm it's a bit small for current fashion but would sell, 36mm is fine and desirable, smaller than 34 is a bit less. It's still a quality watch.
Where are you? One of the best and very trust worthy rolex dealers is in Chester. A gentlemen named haywood Milton, his shop is Milton's millionaires. He is often on tz-uk and I suspect trf (the rolex forum) and is very trusted. I'd contact him. Lots of photos of the case and bracelet, he would want, on order to properly verify it, the bracelet removed and good photos of the model number and serial number which is etched between the lugs. Also all the numbers on the bracelet and the end links plus all paperwork... if you have any service history it will help. If you can get to good shop and he can get the back off to confirm the movement then he would give the most accurate price but I'd guess he'd give an accurate price from good photos.
The one thing that goes against a top top price is it likely needs a service.
My guess £3k.
Let us know how you get on.
Thanks @neilnevill thats really useful information. I have tracked down his website and will get in touch with him.
Yes I expect it will need a service I have no idea when the last service was!
A bit more info for you. I'd expect a watch of that age to have folded end links and probably a folded link bracelet, I'm not an expert on rolex but I know they were slow going to solid end links, solid link bracelet and also milled clasps ( yours will be folded) These days a rolex bracelet is very very good, but 80s, 90s, 00s when omega etc were getting good bracelets rolex were some way behind. The folded link bracelets stretch. So do solid ones as the pins wear but folded links really stretch as the links open a bit. If the watch was for best, and the case condition may indicate that, the bracelet won't be stretched. If bracelet is stretched but case is good, case has been refinished, other way around and its a replacement bracelet. Hold the watch by the clasp and out sideways, if the bracelet droops lots its well stretched. These are the sort of detail that help pin fish l down that value.
In a fit of madness I’ve found a desk diver that meets my criteria for a beach / pool watch:
- Cheap
- Orange
- Applied round/0void indices
- Slightly chintzy
- No emotional connection
- great lume
- drilled lugs
Can you guess what it is yet? Should arrive later today….
Invicta
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Cestrian or a Dan Henry?
