Anyone keen on watches?

[Roy S]

But I just noticed the Invicta wing logo is different... might be just the camera angle though?

Yes, mines definitely 'coloured in', hairs on our arms nearly match though. What movement has yours got? Mine has an NH35A in it.

[willbewill]

Yes, mines definitely 'coloured in', hairs on our arms nearly match though. What movement has yours got? Mine has an NH35A in it.

Just put mine on and yes it's 'coloured in' as well so was a trick of the light in photo. Same movement as yours.

[Roy S]

I tend buy mostly quartz watches these days. I know they don't have the soul of a nice automatic, but the accuracy and reliability are key for me. I've had mixed success with autos, the Breitling colt was very good, but a couple of years ago I had an automatic Seamaster and it was the worst time keeper I've haver had (it lost 3 or 4 mins a week), even after a service. And neither the watch or the service were particularly cheap, so that put me off. Having said that, I very recently had a Tag F1 calibre 5 auto, that was pretty good.

As I change watches quite often I'm always resetting them so accuracy isn't a particular problem (I'm sure some of the cheapies - sub £20 - would be hours out by the end of the week)

[stairpost]

As I change watches quite often I'm always resetting them so accuracy isn't a particular problem (I'm sure some of the cheapies - sub £20 - would be hours out by the end of the week)

I can't imagine what sort of movement you are going to get in a sub £20 watch. having said that, a mate at work puts size and make of watch as the most important factors, therefore any watch of reasonable size and budget that I was wearing was obviously a "woman's watch", so to annoy him I bought and wore the most flowery, cheapest, pinkest watch I could find, it was less than a fiver inc posting, and for the 5 or 6 months the battery lasted it was pretty spot on.

I can never settle on a watch for very long either. I did have a small collection of quite nice watches for a while, but found the old saying about only wearing one at a time to be annoyingly true. So now I only ever buy second hand watches knowing that if I want to change it in a few months or a year, I'll get back roughly what I paid for it.

[Roy S]

I can't imagine what sort of movement you are going to get in a sub £20 watch. having said that, a mate at work puts size and make of watch as the most important factors, therefore any watch of reasonable size and budget that I was wearing was obviously a "woman's watch", so to annoy him I bought and wore the most flowery, cheapest, pinkest watch I could find, it was less than a fiver inc posting, and for the 5 or 6 months the battery lasted it was pretty spot on.

I can never settle on a watch for very long either. I did have a small collection of quite nice watches for a while, but found the old saying about only wearing one at a time to be annoyingly true. So now I only ever buy second hand watches knowing that if I want to change it in a few months or a year, I'll get back roughly what I paid for it.

This one was surprisingly good for just on £20 and with a leather strap!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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This one was surprisingly good for just on £20 and with a leather strap!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

That's a nice looking watch, and if it keeps good time at that price I do wonder what motivates us to buy a pricier "brand".

[struth]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Leather-Ult...1J7A6QTECTET1H

nice slim one too

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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Leather-Ult...1J7A6QTECTET1H

nice slim one too

That's a perfectly good dress watch, I wonder if watches at that price point would be more popular unbranded?

[Roy S]

That's a nice looking watch, and if it keeps good time at that price I do wonder what motivates us to buy a pricier "brand".

I had to pay a pound more for the brown strapped derivative

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[struth]

Straps are always too short. I need min 9.5 inches just to get around wrist plus a bit to tuck in.
Another reason I use pockets