Christopher Ward Watches

Messiah Khan · 2 Jan 2007 at 22:59

Boscher said:
That Credor and Omega are incredibly ugly in my opinion and incredibly overpriced.

I agree about the Omega, and im not completely struck on the Credo either, but Credor do make some amazing watches IMO.

Lolcb · 2 Jan 2007 at 23:03

Cartier has a pretty wide collection of watches. Give them a go :cool:

syke · 2 Jan 2007 at 23:05

Rotty said:
make sure he doesn't buy one of these unless he tries it in real life, they are incredibly small by modern standards

Yeah he would try it first. Any watches you can recommend?

He likes old fashioned watches (like the one pictures above).

syke · 2 Jan 2007 at 23:05

Lolcb said:
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Cartier has a pretty wide collection of watches. Give them a go

They are not nice IMO. Not his style either

syke · 2 Jan 2007 at 23:06

messiah khan said:
Just because I can, im going to post my favourite watch of all time. Although personally I would go with a black crocodile skin strap rather than brown, but its still pure watch porn IMO.

*dribble*

Now thats MY style watch. Maybe not his though..will still see.

That watch is verryyy nice.

Lolcb · 2 Jan 2007 at 23:08

Syk3 said:
They are not nice IMO. Not his style either

Ah I see that he prefers older fashioned watches. I will ask my parents about it and see what they recommend.

I like the design of cartier posted above cause I have a couple cartiers and I love them ( might be because I am still <20 ). Kinda suit my age and my wrist size etc.

But I think Cartier do have old fashioned watches?

Super Tigers · 2 Jan 2007 at 23:12

Just started looking for a 70s retro watch and I love the Omega Constellation watches. The price of a good one is about £150-250. Very retro and very vogue at the moment.

When I get back from my skiing holiday in a couple of weeks time I will do some serious searching for one.

Rotty · 2 Jan 2007 at 23:19

Lolcb said:
Cartier has a pretty wide collection of watches. Give them a go

Cartier are an odd one, most of their stuff is more jewellery than a high end watch with very cheap movements but some of the stuff is ok ( as long as good discounts are obtained as most models depreciate very badly )

Rotty · 2 Jan 2007 at 23:21

Syk3 said:
Yeah he would try it first. Any watches you can recommend?

He likes old fashioned watches (like the one pictures above).

Panerai would stand out as the obvious choice, would also include the IWC portuguese range and the Omega aqua terra and railmaster

syke · 2 Jan 2007 at 23:28

Rotty said:
Panerai would stand out as the obvious choice, would also include the IWC portuguese range and the Omega aqua terra and railmaster

Panerai are amazing, but perhaps a bit too expensive.

Rotty · 3 Jan 2007 at 00:09

Syk3 said:
Panerai are amazing, but perhaps a bit too expensive.

seen 2nd hand 000 and 112 models at around £1500

Chabsy · 3 Jan 2007 at 00:18

Christopher Ward looks like 1 of these RRP type scams £1500 RRP but were selling them for £185.

I would suggest Maybe a Zenith class elite or maybe a IWC Spitfire the IWC portuguese may be a bit over budget at 3k ish

Bunka · 3 Jan 2007 at 00:24

If I was spending close to 1k on a watch, I definitely wouldn't be looking at a Seiko. Yes it does look pretty nice, but purely based on the status side of things, just about every Seiko most people look at is from a high street catalogue shop.

Chabsy · 3 Jan 2007 at 00:28

Bunka said:
If I was spending close to 1k on a watch, I definitely wouldn't be looking at a Seiko. Yes it does look pretty nice, but purely based on the status side of things, just about every Seiko most people look at is from a high street catalogue shop.

Try taking a look at a seiko Marine Master imo its every bit as good as some of its Swiss counterparts, id be much more impressed to see a MM than i would to see a Seamaster or Sub, from a exclusivity point of view

The only thing Seiko do wrong is marketing, they send us the kinetics and quartz stuff, but they make some fantasic sub £100 autos but wont sell them here the skx 007 and 009 are classics

Rotty · 3 Jan 2007 at 00:42

Chabsy said:
Christopher Ward looks like 1 of these RRP type scams

the old Klaus Kobec , Krug Baumen , Valentini etc scam

gumbald · 3 Jan 2007 at 00:46

Which all sound like they get sold on one of them auction TV channels. Which I don't get at all, the price is obviously fixed...? But that's another story.

danza · 3 Jan 2007 at 00:48

It's not on topic, it's not new, it's not uber-bling, but I'd give my left testicles' son for one of these. Pure, understated Omega porn in it's most simple form.

Lovely.

Messiah Khan · 3 Jan 2007 at 09:22

Bunka said:
If I was spending close to 1k on a watch, I definitely wouldn't be looking at a Seiko. Yes it does look pretty nice, but purely based on the status side of things, just about every Seiko most people look at is from a high street catalogue shop.

Thats because your used to the European range. We unfortunately only get sent the cheap end of the range.(Although I still like some of this stuff as well). The full Seiko range includes some very good quality and exclusive watches, that personally I would choose over a Rolex anyday.

pugster · 3 Jan 2007 at 09:41

that red omega is a redial and never existed

probably done by one of the fleabay sellers from india that seem to think that ppl like bright colours, ive seen some horrendous ones

,it also has the wrong hand set,wont be worth much except for parts as it is,to the op look at oris,iwc,meistersinger,limes,seiko,nb yaeger,ollech&wajs,revue thommen,omega there should be something in there he likes.

Von Luck · 3 Jan 2007 at 11:19

Considering the style he's after, as Pugster mentioned, Oris might be up his street - although cheaper (around the £400-£450 mark) than he was looking at: