Owning a nice watch

[Crouchinho]

I bought a cheap Casio watch 14 years ago for a bit of nostalgia. The battery is still bloody going!! These things last forever. To me it's a nice watch, very basic, no bells and whistles, just a shitty light lol

 

[Bill Walker]

I bought a cheap Casio watch 14 years ago for a bit of nostalgia. The battery is still bloody going!! These things last forever. To me it's a nice watch, very basic, no bells and whistles, just a shitty light lol

I think I have the same watch as you, battery been going over 8 years ! It's St Steel with a blue face.

 

[Bill Walker]

In order, I'd say San Martin are the best quality, followed closely by Cronos - but these are also more expensive, anything from £150-£300 depending on model. Then you've got Seagull at about £100, who have been making watches for the Chinese military since the 50s. Between £40-£100 you've got brands like SteelDive and Pagani Design.

I would start with something like this from Steeldive - it's based on a '70s Seiko made famous by the character Captain Willard in Apocalypse Now. It's also known as the 'turtle', after the shape of the case and is very comfortable to wear. The movement is an automatic Seiko NH35 and it has a stainless steel case and sapphire crystal glass. For £48 delivered to the UK, it is a bargain!

AliExpress have sales every few months, so sometimes it's worth waiting to get good discounts.

Thanks mate, very helpful, that Steeldive looks like a good deal, automatic although somebody said it gains 3 minutes a day which is a bit annoying. It's $83 shipped to Oz. I guess it's quite heavy ?

How do you pay Ali....by cc ?

 

[homerdog]

Thanks mate, very helpful, that Steeldive looks like a good deal, automatic although somebody said it gains 3 minutes a day which is a bit annoying. It's $83 shipped to Oz. I guess it's quite heavy ?

How do you pay Ali....by cc ?

The Seiko movements can be adjusted if needed, although I think mine is more like 15 seconds a day, which is fine. The parcels are pretty light, so postage isn't expensive - delivery to the Uk includes VAT at 20%, not sure about Oz.
I use Paypal and never had any issues.

 

[Bill Walker]

The Seiko movements can be adjusted if needed, although I think mine is more like 15 seconds a day, which is fine. The parcels are pretty light, so postage isn't expensive - delivery to the Uk includes VAT at 20%, not sure about Oz.
I use Paypal and never had any issues.

No I meant is the watch heavy to wear :)

Do you get it pretty quick ? It says 10 day delivery to Oz.

 

[homerdog]

No I meant is the watch heavy to wear :)

Do you get it pretty quick ? It says 10 day delivery to Oz.

Oh! Not at all and you can always put it on a rubber strap to make it even more comfortable.

Usually arrives in a week, or two - used to take months!

 

[RadcliffeRick]

No I meant is the watch heavy to wear :)

Do you get it pretty quick ? It says 10 day delivery to Oz.

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[Nethermoor]

Another stunning watch no doubt.

Easy to say do it, finding the money is the hard part and convincing the wife even harder lol

This is spot on! :D

 

[Ray bloody Purchase]

I wish I had seen thread a while back, I have been after a certain Omega for a few years, it’s a limited edition De Ville, only 1000 made, every time I see one for sale, it’s either got no box or papers, or the box it comes with isn’t / doesn’t look like the original, think I have only found one that looked like the complete deal. So I am now looking at a Rolex Datejust, referring back to the article posted by The Perfect Fumble a good few pages back it seems it’s not a simple process. It’s our 25 th wedding Anniversary next May, so we are buying a decent watch each, I knew there was a wait for a new Rolo, but reading that article……Jesus, it’s like you are humiliated for even having the nerve to ask, is it still like this now, say if you went in Watches of Switzerland in town?
Does anyone know if you can buy a Cartier over the counter or do you have to plead, grovel, sign off half your house for one of those as well?

 

[jimharri]

I bought a cheap Casio watch 14 years ago for a bit of nostalgia. The battery is still bloody going!! These things last forever. To me it's a nice watch, very basic, no bells and whistles, just a shitty light lol

Casio are fantastically reliable watches, speaking from my own experience. I wear a Casio Duro at work; €35 off Ebay. Accurate to within 2 seconds a month. No doubt the more discerning on here wouldn't be seen dead with one of them on their wrist. No; it doesn't monitor my heart rate or blood pressure, count the amount of steps I take in a day or let me know when I've got emails. It's just bloody good at keeping time. Radical, I know.

 

[maxwellblue]

I wish I had seen thread a while back, I have been after a certain Omega for a few years, it’s a limited edition De Ville, only 1000 made, every time I see one for sale, it’s either got no box or papers, or the box it comes with isn’t / doesn’t look like the original, think I have only found one that looked like the complete deal. So I am now looking at a Rolex Datejust, referring back to the article posted by The Perfect Fumble a good few pages back it seems it’s not a simple process. It’s our 25 th wedding Anniversary next May, so we are buying a decent watch each, I knew there was a wait for a new Rolo, but reading that article……Jesus, it’s like you are humiliated for even having the nerve to ask, is it still like this now, say if you went in Watches of Switzerland in town?
Does anyone know if you can buy a Cartier over the counter or do you have to plead, grovel, sign off half your house for one of those as well?

Pretty much, you make an appointment with the AD. You tell them which watch you are after and they ask you all sorts of questions about yourself and they then deem if you are worthy of owning a Rolex. If you are they then "register your interest" in your chosen watch. You then wait for the call from them to say that your watch is available to buy. Depending on the model will depend on the wait. You might not have to wait that long for a Datejust as those are the ones that are made in the greatest volume.

 

[Ray bloody Purchase]

Pretty much, you make an appointment with the AD. You tell them which watch you are after and they ask you all sorts of questions about yourself and they then deem if you are worthy of owning a Rolex. If you are they then "register your interest" in your chosen watch. You then wait for the call from them to say that your watch is available to buy. Depending on the model will depend on the wait. You might not have to wait that long for a Datejust as those are the ones that are made in the greatest volume.

Wow, cheers for the response, I wouldn’t mind as much if the watches I am after were £100’s of thousands of pounds, for the 2 it’s only around £10k, …..I think I will look at the used market for mine, they seem to be slightly more expensive, but I already don’t want to give a shop that kind of money if that’s what you have to do

 

[maxwellblue]

Wow, cheers for the response, I wouldn’t mind as much if the watches I am after were £100’s of thousands of pounds, for the 2 it’s only around £10k, …..I think I will look at the used market for mine, they seem to be slightly more expensive, but I already don’t want to give a shop that kind of money if that’s what you have to do

Oddly, you stand more chance of getting one of the precious metal or bi metal watches quicker than the stainless models, especially the sports models. The Datejust is a great watch and it's worth trying at an AD first before going to the grey market.

 

[blueinsa]

It does look stunning. Can you post a pic or three after it arrives and you've stopped running around the room in excitement ? :)

 

[Bill Walker]

If I spent that much on a watch, I'd be terrified to wear it out in public among the plebs. Which, I suppose, kind of defeats the purpose of owning such an item. Not much point owning such a watch if you can't show it off in public.

Why would you be terrified ?

My son wears his expensive watch every day 24/7 it's still in perfect nick, obviously takes it off if playing footie or gardening jobs, things like that.

 

[RadcliffeRick]

Nice Watch. Looks great!! Enjoy it!

 

[jimharri]

Why would you be terrified ?

My son wears his expensive watch every day 24/7 it's still in perfect nick, obviously takes it off if playing footie or gardening jobs, things like that.

Of being mugged for it, like that lady was who was mentioned earlier in the thread.

 

[Bill Walker]

Of being mugged for it, like that lady was who was mentioned earlier in the thread.

Wow that's pretty shit.

 

[HypnoticBlue]

I had the white dial explorer and i traded it in against a Rolex deep sea ( blue/black dial ) 2 years ago,i paid £7,000 for the explorer and got £10,000 for the trade in,but prices have dropped this last 18 months and you would not get anything near £10,000 now,i paid a total of £15,000 ( minus the trade in ) for the deep sea but now they are going for about £12,000,i would advise buy now while the prices are down and sit on it as in the long run you wont lose on a Rolex.

Just got mine from AD, waited 12 months, treated myself for my 60th.

 

[BLS]

Just got mine from AD, waited 12 months, treated myself for my 60th.

Nice one mate,its a beautiful watch,wear in good health.