What watch do you wear?

theNude said:
I've never heard of the brand before? Are they reliable I'd rather not something made in china that will break in 6 months. I want a watch to last a number of years.

thanks

dude
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Not heard of them but for that sort of money I doubt it will feel cheap in any way, can you find a UK stockist to go and try it on?

Also, when paying more than £150 I would not settle for anything other than Automatic purely due to the coin you're paying.

That's all I would look out for really.

I could pretend to make up some BS and offer further advice, however you would need to buy me a Longines for that :p
 
theNude said:
I've never heard of the brand before? Are they reliable I'd rather not something made in china that will break in 6 months. I want a watch to last a number of years.
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Techne - Swiss designed and use quality asian movements. My SparrowHawkII looks lovely and wears beautifully. That said, it's currently in Switzerland to be tweaked as the chrono wasn't resetting dead on zero.

Phate said:
Also, when paying more than £150 I would not settle for anything other than Automatic purely due to the coin you're paying.
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That's a bit... odd. Plenty of very nice, non-auto expensive timepieces out there.
 
after following this thread for awhile i decided to get my self a nice going out/ special occasion watch, so i have a tissot t-sport titanium arriving tomorrow so i will post pics then.
 
So that watch winder / box I bought on US eBay arrived in the US offices... I wondered why they said it would be $1800 to ship to me...

HE BIG!

I suppose I should have realised when the I look back at the auction and it takes 10 watches on the first wrack, let alone the draw and the 4 winders!!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WATCH-WIN...ue5lV3Xjtq0oEeaScItLk%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

Now to work out how to get it back here haha it weighs a ton too. I feel a trip to the US coming up then.

As an aside, I haven't bought any more watches, but I do hope I've sold that Longines Conquest I picked up a few weeks ago. In negotiations at the moment about 6-650CHF, bought for ~350CHF so that'd be nice.
 
I genuinly was going to wait for this as I didnt really want to spend at the moment . But looking at it every night online I just couldn't wait any longer :D and thought why not.

Christopher Ward C60 trident Automatic Blue Bezel 42mm





 
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Doohickey said:
Haha. I don't care much about the lume, was just pointing it out. And the strap is great I just can't put a deployment clasp on it (as far as my googling goes), so going to find a similar one that I can.
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What thickness is the strap? I managed to order a Hamilton butterfly clasp through the website I bought my hamilton from. I think it was something like £25.
 


It maybe is to some people. These pictures do make it look very blue, but that's what I love. In the flesh its quite the opposite, no where near as blue as the light catches it in photos. With having a dress watch that's smart and dressed down/not in your face, blue being my favourite colour I wanted something that's smart and a bit more in your face. Tbh I cant get a very good photo on my phone.
 
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It's a shame because I would have had the Orange Trident had they not messed me about with stock and delivery **** ups. But then I'd not have been shown the Longines either which is in a nicer package!
 
Hi watch people!

My partner has given me up to £200 to spend on a watch for my birthday and I'd appreciate some recommendations. I can chip in if that's not enough as I want something which will last.

I'm after something simple/classic i.e. no massive bezels or bright colours or anything like that. I'm much more about having something which is technically good quality over something flashy/stylish. That said, if gold is within budget then that would be super.

So where should I start looking in terms of manufacturers and retailers? I'm not crazy about going down to one of the massive high street jewellers and dropping two or three hundred on a watch without doing some research.
 
Have a look at Tissot, they do a lot of nice simple classic designs and don't necessarily break the bank. :)
 
Another vote for Tissot. Some of their dress watches are gorgeous. Might be worth popping into a decent local jeweller to try a few things on to get some ideas in terms of what style, width, thickness etc you would like best.
 
I still rate Tissot very highly. The PRC200 is brilliant, just a shame it wasn't an automatic.
 
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