Anyone got a nice watch?

[Charles Foster Kane]

I love the old cheap vs. expensive watch statements

... a watch is an item of jewellery (one of the only ones a man can wear) and is no different to a ring, or a necklace insofar as you can pay barely anything, or silly money for them. The only difference is that a watch 'does' something.

Expensive watches are status symbols - nowt wrong with that.

Yarbles, you're clearly not an horologist, there is a lot more to a watch, it is not just a piece of jewelery. Having a watch with a well made swiss ETA movement and case craftsmanship such as a Rolex Submariner ensures the watch will keep good time for your entire life as well as a good few generations on (if you pass it down), it also keeps it's value generally so is not a bad investment.

That being said, if you want a cheaper well made watch go for something like a Seiko Sportura, it has a very good Japanese movement and there is a version made from gunmetal (it's kinetic too), however the coolest thing about these watches is that they are entirely built by robots, nice. These go for around a couple of hundred pounds.

As for a replica seamaster, you can buy a nice Swiss Omega Seamaster Planet Xl replica for £199 on Gumtree:

http://www.gumtree.com/london/78/10929578.html

Paying £1100 for a replica is an unwise investment, unless you are getting COD (don't believe this is available in the UK) and are expert enough to judge the grade of the replica.

[Charles Foster Kane]

My home computer has a clock.

My work computer has a clock. Even if it didn't, there are some on the walls as well.

My car has a clock.

If my TV and Sky box and various other bits of AV equipment didn't have clocks, there's one on the wall above them.

My mobile phone and PDA have clocks.

The alarm-clock next to my bed has a clock.

The oven and microwave in the kitchen have clocks.

When would I need a watch?

When you are swimming in the sea on holiday.

[Sysman]

No but the chicks are impressed when you wink and tell them that 007 wears the same one.

Incidentally I still have the same Seiko digi watch that Roger Moore wore in Moonraker but I can’t find anywhere that sells the right battery for it.

I had a Seiko that I bought in the early 1980s and I had a hassle getting a replacement battery that lasted. About 10 years ago I scratched the glass badly, took it into a reputable jewellers and asked for a factory service. It came back a couple of week later looking like new and with a battery that lasted several years.

Prior to that I had lost one of the wotsitcalled thingies that holds the strap onto the watch. I happened to be wandering along Threadneedle Street on the way to/from an interview when I spotted a jewellers. Took the watch in and the man fixed a new bit for free. I must have looked rich

[nucastle]

Yarbles, you're clearly not an horologist, there is a lot more to a watch, it is not just a piece of jewelery. Having a watch with a well made swiss ETA movement and case craftsmanship such as a Rolex Submariner ensures the watch will keep good time for your entire life as well as a good few generations on (if you pass it down), it also keeps it's value generally so is not a bad investment.

That being said, if you want a cheaper well made watch go for something like a Seiko Sportura, it has a very good Japanese movement and there is a version made from gunmetal (it's kinetic too), however the coolest thing about these watches is that they are entirely built by robots, nice. These go for around a couple of hundred pounds.

As for a replica seamaster, you can buy a nice Swiss Omega Seamaster Planet Xl replica for £199 on Gumtree:

http://www.gumtree.com/london/78/10929578.html

Paying £1100 for a replica is an unwise investment, unless you are getting COD (don't believe this is available in the UK) and are expert enough to judge the grade of the replica.

I agree with you - but ultimately a watch is something that tells the time.

Expensive watches are of course, works of art in their own mind .... but they still represent 'things' that separate the haves from the have not's, in the same way a finely crafted hand made sports car differs from the clapped out ford fiesta i drive

[Sysman]

I wear the same watch as the President of the United States.

A £25 timex.

50 quid Swatch here. Bought because I was the only one at the office in Zurich with a Jap watch (Seiko) rather than a Swiss one.

Loads of folks have commented on how nice it looks, so I'll stick with it until it gives up the ghost.

[gingerjedi]

I used to have a Seiko kinetic watch but it stopped working after 4 years because the battery that the kinetic movement charged had reached the end of its useful life and would no longer hold a charge. My current watch has a battery life of 5 years, so what was the point of that.

[Charles Foster Kane]

I used to have a Seiko kinetic watch but it stopped working after 4 years because the battery that the kinetic movement charged had reached the end of its useful life and would no longer hold a charge. My current watch has a battery life of 5 years, so what was the point of that.

The answer is that the capacitor or rechargeable battery in the kinetic watch should not die that quickly.

[gingerjedi]

The answer is that the capacitor or rechargeable battery in the kinetic watch should not die that quickly.

I think £1.99 every 5 years will do me from now on, who knows how many people could be walking around with dodgy capacitors and they don't even know it??

[XTC]

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As for a replica seamaster, you can buy a nice Swiss Omega Seamaster Planet Xl replica for £199 on Gumtree:

http://www.gumtree.com/london/78/10929578.html

Paying £1100 for a replica is an unwise investment, unless you are getting COD (don't believe this is available in the UK) and are expert enough to judge the grade of the replica.

No its not a replica, I was just kidding. Well at least I hope it's not a replica, but buying overseas off the net - bit of a risk!

[Moscow Mule]

No its not a replica, I was just kidding. Well at least I hope it's not a replica, but buying overseas off the net - bit of a risk!

Only if it goes wrong.

It won't have an official dealer stamp on the warranty card, i'm not sure if you'll be able to get official dealers to touch it.

This is the one thing that put me off those sites, and the fact that some of them grind the serial number off the watch so it can't be traced.