The Watches Thread

[duncs500]

I do like the look of those. Might get one once they come out proper.

[DaveE]

At that price I’d rather have a Renault Clio.

[DaveE]

I do like the look of those. Might get one once they come out proper.

£200 for a plastic watch with a velcro strap and a quartz movement isn't actually very good value for money IMO

[Mito Man]

The last time I bought an Omega with a quartz movement it cost me £50 from a chap named Sajid in some dodgy backstreet in Dubai But it was all metal!

[Jobbo]

I do like the look of those. Might get one once they come out proper.

£200 for a plastic watch with a velcro strap and a quartz movement isn't actually very good value for money IMO

You’re right - it’s expensive for a Swatch. But clearly good value to many people.

[DaveE]

I do like the look of those. Might get one once they come out proper.

£200 for a plastic watch with a velcro strap and a quartz movement isn't actually very good value for money IMO

You’re right - it’s expensive for a Swatch. But clearly good value to many people.

Yeah, value is entirely subjective

Makes those £50 Pagani Daytona 'homages' (etc) look like conspicuously good value though: full stainless construction, sapphire crystal, ceramic bezel, Oyster bracelet with glidelock clasp etc

Actually, I might dig one out now (I've been wearing that 36mm San Martin almost exclusively since I got it - it's a properly good watch!)

[integrale_evo]

I like some of them, but then I quite like normal swatches. Worth remembering that even the cheap basic ones are £60 these days, so £200 for a ‘premium’ one isn’t daft.

However I wouldn’t queue for hours for one or pay a daft amount to a scalper.

[duncs500]

I do like the look of those. Might get one once they come out proper.

£200 for a plastic watch with a velcro strap and a quartz movement isn't actually very good value for money IMO

Yeah, fair point, they look nice in the pictures, but maybe they feel horrible to handle. I'm a bit of a space nerd though so the theme is appealing.

[Rich B]

Let's not beat around the bush. It's an omega that costs £200. That all anyone really cares about.

[Jobbo]

It has an Omega logo on it but it’s a Swatch which looks like an Omega.

[Rich B]

Let's not beat around the bush. It's got an omega logo and costs £200. That's all anyone really cares about.

[Jobbo]

Seems to be.

Just seen a Facebook post showing the pigment in the bioceramic staining the back of someone’s wrist

[PaulJ]

Yes it's a fact that Pigs can cause terrible staining. Ask a farmer.

[mik]

True to the original though….

[Jobbo]

I'd seen the speculation about a new Rolex GMT-II in green and black, but didn't expect it to be a LHD:

But that looks utterly awful, like you've put your watch on upside down, due to the date on the left. If they had left the date on the right (no effort at all, just use a normal GMT-II face since that has the cut-out for the date on the right) it would have looked OK (ish - as much as a LHD can look OK). Oh dear.

[Jobbo]

Here's one they made earlier without the bi-colour bezel:

[mik]

Ewww - it’s shizzle like that which made people vote Brexit.

[Mito Man]

That looks so wrong.

[DaveE]

It's a left handed version, sir

No it's not, it's just a right handed one, upside down

Oh no sir, this is a special new Rolex orientation known as Oysterentation™

[Jobbo]

It's a left handed version, sir

No it's not, it's just a right handed one, upside down

Oh no sir, this is a special new Rolex orientation known as Oysterentation™

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