Furoner
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What's the bestest looking posh chronometer with fully working functions for the least dosh? In have, say, GBP150 to spend, but want to look as though it cost 4 times as much. Over....
which most watch for least cash?
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VicS
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To be a "chronometer" it must have undergone precision tests and have a certificate from an official body.
A good range of watches and chronometers here http://www.omegawatches.com/index.php?id=129
May not be anything as cheap as £150 though.
A good range of watches and chronometers here http://www.omegawatches.com/index.php?id=129
May not be anything as cheap as £150 though.
No Regrets
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So you don't care if it's crap or not?
Don't be silly....think quality, or just burn the notes eh?
Seiko. Lovely watches..... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Don't be silly....think quality, or just burn the notes eh?
Seiko. Lovely watches..... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
sailorman
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make sure it has a screw-down winder my Seiko hasnt
JackFrobisher
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My Rolex cost me £6. Hasta be good value.
Searush
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My Rolex cost me £6. Hasta be good value.
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You've bin had, they're only $5 in Manila. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
My Rolex cost me £6. Hasta be good value.
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You've bin had, they're only $5 in Manila. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
stevebirch2002
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Got a great Seiko Kinetic for that price. Quartz but no battery. Had it five years now and still brilliant.
Would like an Omega Seamaster Automatic but wouldnt do anything better.
Steve
Would like an Omega Seamaster Automatic but wouldnt do anything better.
Steve
vyv_cox
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Very hard to beat a £50 Casio if you want reasonable accuracy (seconds per month) and plenty of useful functions.
jerryat
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Very hard to beat a £50 Casio if you want reasonable accuracy (seconds per month) and plenty of useful functions.
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I sometimes wonder about these wonderful expensive watches and their accuracy and, like you, feel the cheap ones are damned good value for money.
I have a very expensive (to me!) Seiko, which is lovely and pretty accurate, I have an expensive genuinely waterproof watch which is again, pretty accurate. But astonishingly to me, the most accurate - and I mean spot on the radio 'pips' week after week - was a 'temporary' one my mum-in-law picked up for me in Argos one weekend when I found I'd left my watch at home while visiting her.
It cost the grand sum of £2.99 and is still going after over three years of sailing, getting wet and being bashed about! It's truly amazing value and as I said, a perfect timekeeper, and if it ever breaks down, I'll try and get an identical one!
Out of interest, the worst and most expensive watch I've ever bought was a top end Omega. Sent back twice for new movements to be fitted and a thoroughly rubbish timekeeper to boot. Stay well clear of these IMHO.
Very hard to beat a £50 Casio if you want reasonable accuracy (seconds per month) and plenty of useful functions.
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I sometimes wonder about these wonderful expensive watches and their accuracy and, like you, feel the cheap ones are damned good value for money.
I have a very expensive (to me!) Seiko, which is lovely and pretty accurate, I have an expensive genuinely waterproof watch which is again, pretty accurate. But astonishingly to me, the most accurate - and I mean spot on the radio 'pips' week after week - was a 'temporary' one my mum-in-law picked up for me in Argos one weekend when I found I'd left my watch at home while visiting her.
It cost the grand sum of £2.99 and is still going after over three years of sailing, getting wet and being bashed about! It's truly amazing value and as I said, a perfect timekeeper, and if it ever breaks down, I'll try and get an identical one!
Out of interest, the worst and most expensive watch I've ever bought was a top end Omega. Sent back twice for new movements to be fitted and a thoroughly rubbish timekeeper to boot. Stay well clear of these IMHO.
Furoner
Member
So I'll go to Argos with £2.99 and avoid any mention of Omega, etc. Not suprised!! Thanks guys.
samwise
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There is a conversation that identifies the owners of a real Rolex from those with the back street Manila models. You ask if the watch keeps good time and if the answer is "Yes, down to the second," then it's a fake.
jerryat
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So I'll go to Argos with £2.99 and avoid any mention of Omega, etc. Not suprised!! Thanks guys.
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You're probably not serious, but if you are, the £2.99 quartz watch is called 'Constant'. The straps are crap, so I knocked up some new ones from some old webbing when the originals broke (after about a year) but for the money - it's simply excellent value!
Hope they still sell 'em 'cos I want another - I think the funds'll run to that! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
So I'll go to Argos with £2.99 and avoid any mention of Omega, etc. Not suprised!! Thanks guys.
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You're probably not serious, but if you are, the £2.99 quartz watch is called 'Constant'. The straps are crap, so I knocked up some new ones from some old webbing when the originals broke (after about a year) but for the money - it's simply excellent value!
Hope they still sell 'em 'cos I want another - I think the funds'll run to that! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
jerryat
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Blimey! Just checked the Argos website and the Constant gents watch has rocketed to £4.99!!!!!! Will have to think VERY carefully about splashing out that kind of dosh!! /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
FrankieJ
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When I was a nipper, my Dad bought one of those chrono-thingy watches from a man in the pub.He said it was accurate to one nano second every fifty years.
One night he was checking it against the News at Ten, when it read , twentypast nine. He cluttered me around the head, for "messing with the telly". /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
One night he was checking it against the News at Ten, when it read , twentypast nine. He cluttered me around the head, for "messing with the telly". /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
mcframe
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There is a conversation that identifies the owners of a real Rolex from those with the back street Manila models. You ask if the watch keeps good time and if the answer is "Yes, down to the second," then it's a fake.
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I'm guessing the "correct" answer is something like "It gains 3 seconds a day in winter and 2 in summer, unless I wear it all night, or leave it face down:then it only gains 1.5 seconds a day. Did you know the difference between TAI, GMT, UTC and UT1?..."
BTW: Stanfords At Excel are selling _The Barefoot Navigator_ by Jack Lagan - it includes navigational techniques such as "Latitude by Stick" and "Longitude by Stick (and a cheap quartz watch)"
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There is a conversation that identifies the owners of a real Rolex from those with the back street Manila models. You ask if the watch keeps good time and if the answer is "Yes, down to the second," then it's a fake.
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I'm guessing the "correct" answer is something like "It gains 3 seconds a day in winter and 2 in summer, unless I wear it all night, or leave it face down:then it only gains 1.5 seconds a day. Did you know the difference between TAI, GMT, UTC and UT1?..."
BTW: Stanfords At Excel are selling _The Barefoot Navigator_ by Jack Lagan - it includes navigational techniques such as "Latitude by Stick" and "Longitude by Stick (and a cheap quartz watch)"
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