Wide Strapped Watches?

Parsley · 11 Sep 2008 at 20:44

Hello folks, hoping you can give me a bit of advice

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I'm after a wide strapped watch for every day use really, I have a decent Accurist that I have been wearing but after scratching it a few times now I have decided I want something a bit cheaper for wearomg all the time and I will leave the Accurist for when I want something that looks a little more dressy (if that makes sense).

After looking around for a little while all I have really found are Storm and Nixon watches. I know there are more out there but I was hoping I grab some suggestions from you guys. My budget is around £100 but that's flexible.

This is the sort of watch I'm after:

http://www.stormwatches.com/watches/mens/pirello-leather-10142

Thanks in advance for any advice!

monkai666 · 11 Sep 2008 at 21:17

I recommend the Nixon Rocker.

http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&q=Nixon rocker&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

It comes in black, steel, brown, tan, and even camo. I had one and it cost me £80 and lasted everyday for 4 years until a skateboarding accident. Sorry I couldn't post a picture, I'm too lazy to set up an account on a image hosting website.

PardonTheWait · 11 Sep 2008 at 23:48

I was going to say the Rocker too. That or the Scout are the first ones that come to mind. I've got two Nixons and I like them both a lot

danza · 11 Sep 2008 at 23:59

http://www.sovietwatches.co.uk/cat--Vostok-Europe-Watches--Vostok+Europe.html

There are several there. Not many are in stock, but you get the idea.

They can be had cheaper with a little searching around aswell.

spiki · 12 Sep 2008 at 00:24

I have an Animal Mega which is pretty cool

cokecan · 12 Sep 2008 at 00:29

I was after a watch with a wide strap a while ago and in the end I found a company in the US that custom made watch straps

http://www.oldschoolleather.com/Watchbands.htm

I bought one of these and just added a watch face (I actually had a pretty good watch with a broken strap, so worked out well), the result is pretty good

Dist · 12 Sep 2008 at 02:05

Kahuna have a couple ranges of watches with a wide wristband. Check out their mens watches section here: http://www.kahuna-uk.com/watches/mens.htm

Their prices are quite good too, but they are just watches, they dont come with alarms or anything fancy.

Tefal · 12 Sep 2008 at 02:10

http://uk.nixonnow.com/watches/mens/the-rocker-A370.html

I actually really like that one.

Anyone know a place to buy em cheaper?

Need a new watch mine is starting to rust (really it is

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monkai666 · 12 Sep 2008 at 13:19

Tefal said:
http://uk.nixonnow.com/watches/mens/the-rocker-A370.html

I actually really like that one.

Anyone know a place to buy em cheaper?

Need a new watch mine is starting to rust (really it is )

Good choice, I say that as I had that one. I'm going to get the camo one when I get some money. I've found that skate shops sell these quite a lot, I hav 2 skate shops around me and been to quite a few others on my travels and only 1 didn't have it.

I wasn't being a weirdo looking for my watch in other shops, I just notice things in shops more if I already own it.

PardonTheWait · 12 Sep 2008 at 13:29

Tefal said:
http://uk.nixonnow.com/watches/mens/the-rocker-A370.html

I actually really like that one.

Anyone know a place to buy em cheaper?

Need a new watch mine is starting to rust (really it is )

http://uk.nixonnow.com/dealers/

Morba · 12 Sep 2008 at 13:30

straps wider than the watch face? looks horrible to me.

Parsley · 13 Sep 2008 at 01:25

I ended up going for this exact combo, I liked the look

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I found the seiko for a good price (took awhile though!) and got the strap seperately. That will do me for everyday use me thinks! Thanks for the advice guys.

SideWinder · 13 Sep 2008 at 01:29

Very nice!