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Luke Send message Joined: 31 Dec 06 Posts: 2546 Credit: 817,560 RAC: 0 |
Okay folks, perhaps a few of you could help me out??? I'm looking for a reasonable mens watch. I'd prefer the cost to be less than NZ$200 (US$135). My aviation watch has quite a bit of 'clutter' on it, so to speak, and although is useful when I was flying, it just isn't suitable as a general watch for me to wear. Anyone got any good suggestions? Preferences: Must be analogue. Black or dark blue face. Circular face. From a reputable brand. (SEIKO, Omega, Pierre Cardin) Include a date calender. Don't mind about material, can be leather, silver steel, gold steel, but not fully gold steel. Not minimalistic, but not cluttered. I like the Pierre Cardin 4688 . - Luke. |
Iona Send message Joined: 12 Jul 07 Posts: 790 Credit: 22,438,118 RAC: 0 |
Hmmmm, less than £135? That'll rule out my father's old 60's Omega Sea Master, for certain! For that sort of money though, you can also include some of the Rotary range - one of my father's friends was an ex-RAF pilot and he always had Rotary watches, aside from a favourite Longines watch. You probably won't go far wrong with Seiko; I bought my brother one, 20 years ago and its still in perfect order (its an analogue, with small multi-function LCD digital display bar at the bottom of the dial). You could also consider Citizen Eco-Drives and Accurist, although you probably wouldn't want a Citizen like mine - or you might, but thats strictly your business! lol Don't take life too seriously, as you'll never come out of it alive! |
tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 8797 Credit: 2,930,782 RAC: 1 |
My Tissot Touch has both an analog and a digital display, a barometer/altimeter very useful in hiking, a chronometer, a thermometer, an alarm and a compass. I paid it a million lira and now it costs about 500 euro. It is waterproof bit not for scuba diving. Tullio I forgot the date calendar. |
Carlos Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 30567 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157 |
In that price range you cannot go wrong with a Seiko. Just search for Seiko watches and go to the Seiko home page. They have a watch finder. Enter your price range $100-200 US and you will get a list of watches. Here is the one that I think fits your specifications. SGA 58 I have a Rolex, TAG/Heuer, Seiko and Citizens. The Citizens is junk, but the TAG and Seiko are good everyday watches. The TAG is a little out or your price range but find the Seiko is almost as good a watch. |
Dena Wiltsie Send message Joined: 19 Apr 01 Posts: 1628 Credit: 24,230,968 RAC: 26 |
I have a Seiko that was given to me in 1983. It has had 3 watch bands, 1 crystal, 1 cleaning, two back gaskets and I am not sure how many batteries but it is still running and is off by less than a second a day. I wear it day and night and only take it off to shower. My room mate has two - one for every day wear and one for dress. Even if you have to pay a little more, it will be worth it over the long term. With a little care, it could be the last watch you need to buy. |
Monday Send message Joined: 24 Sep 05 Posts: 9676 Credit: 20,067,888 RAC: 12 |
I got one of these from this internet shop. Its in Malaysia. It only took a couple of days to get to Oz and its a genuine Seiko and genuine saving on the price here.http://www.bodying.com.au/seiko-watches-skx009k1/watches/214 They may have somthing else that you like.I was a bit dubious about buying a watch this way but I am very happy with the one I got. |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51477 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
http://www.citizenwatch.com/COA/English/detail.asp?Country=COA&Language=English&ModelNumber=BY0006-50E&page=2 THIS ONE WOULD WORK FOR ME. "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once." |
GalaxyIce Send message Joined: 13 May 06 Posts: 8927 Credit: 1,361,057 RAC: 0 |
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tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 8797 Credit: 2,930,782 RAC: 1 |
I also have an aluminium Swatch bought for 50 euros after swimming with the Tissot Touch which did not like the salt water. It likes only snow. Tullio |
Luke Send message Joined: 31 Dec 06 Posts: 2546 Credit: 817,560 RAC: 0 |
Thanks everyone. Looks like everyone trusts Seiko. I went to a number of retailers in the city (not prepared to by a watch online - half of them are fakes). The Seiko's were all $300-$1000. Way outta' my price range. I found a good Lorus 9119 (brand owned by Seiko) watch for $120. One day I'll save for a Bremont Alt1-Z. The same watch Bear Grylls wears. What a shame they're so expensive. - Luke. |
Dr. C.E.T.I. Send message Joined: 29 Feb 00 Posts: 16019 Credit: 794,685 RAC: 0 |
. . . Stauer Titanium Atomic Watch $145.00US - uses cesium fission atomic clock - will gain or lose only one second over a 20 million-year BOINC Wiki . . . Science Status Page . . . |
Highlander Send message Joined: 5 Oct 99 Posts: 167 Credit: 37,987,668 RAC: 16 |
And here again some watches to dream of: Nice Stuff hm? Have saw them life at TannKosh meeting, but someone must teach me to make the right money for this :-( - Performance is not a simple linear function of the number of CPUs you throw at the problem. - |
uwe Send message Joined: 31 Aug 99 Posts: 124 Credit: 177,257 RAC: 0 |
I have been told that Jorg Gray's JG6500 is cult... |
GalaxyIce Send message Joined: 13 May 06 Posts: 8927 Credit: 1,361,057 RAC: 0 |
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arkayn Send message Joined: 14 May 99 Posts: 4438 Credit: 55,006,323 RAC: 0 |
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rebest Send message Joined: 16 Apr 00 Posts: 1296 Credit: 45,357,093 RAC: 0 |
After years of trying to find the "right watch", I quit wearing one a couple years ago. As long as there is a signal, my cell phone gives me perfect local time. I think of it as a 21st century pocket watch. Join the PACK! |
Allie in Vancouver Send message Joined: 16 Mar 07 Posts: 3949 Credit: 1,604,668 RAC: 0 |
A little off topic, but I got curious. Clocks in my apartment: Range Microwave Refrigerator (I kid you not, it has a clock in the front panel.) Computer VCR (12:00...12:00...12:00) DVD player TV Bedside alarm Cell phone Camera Digital Recorder Mixer console MP3 player CD player And there are probably some I missed. But, no conventional clock on the wall and I don't own a watch. Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas. Albert Einstein |
Luke Send message Joined: 31 Dec 06 Posts: 2546 Credit: 817,560 RAC: 0 |
A little off topic, but I got curious. Clocks in my apartment: LOL. Let's see. Celeron Computer Core i7 Rig Laptop iPod Classic iPhone Microwave Oven Watch Aviation Watch TV Blu-Ray Player DVD Plaver (What's a VCR ;) Kitchen Clock Alarm Clock Lounge Clock Camera I count 16. :) - Luke. |
John McLeod VII Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0 |
A little off topic, but I got curious. Clocks in my apartment: OK, since I had to set all of them this morning: Thermostats (3). Computers (5) (do not need setting - OS) VCR / DVD Player combos (2) (do not need setting - From TV Signal) VCR / CVR Combo (1) (do not need setting - From TV signal) TV (3) (do not need setting - From TV signal) Bedside alarm clocks (4) Mantle Clock Kitchen Radio Oven Microwave oven Watches (4) (one does not need setting - from Denver) Dive Watch Shop wall Cell Phones (3) (do not need setting - from carrier) I count 28. BOINC WIKI |
Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13131 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
On the weekend I never wear a watch. It drives my husband crazy! |
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