Anyone own an Oris watch (NLC)

Post by **Shug** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 10:28 am

RICHARDHUMBLE wrote:It's a watch FFS. Buy another car or something

I don't understand how a watch costs £500 let alone £5k.

My Swatch cost £40 and tells the time and date accuratly and without the need for a £200 service each year. I do not need a stopwatch as my life isn't exciting enough to need to know anything that accurate. +/- 5 mins is close enough most of the time.

HTH
Rich

My pragmatic (and facking skint) side agrees with you. But if I had enough money that a 6K watch would not be either here nor there (especially given it's investment qualities) then I'd have one.

It's just engineering porn. They are masterpieces of human ingenuity - they get bought for that reason (and as a vulgar display of money, for a staggeringly annoying amount of people) A good battery quartz watch will actually be slightly more accurate over an extended period but that's got nothing to do with it - it's a mechanical thing and because of that, it's got inherent beauty....

But I'd not go without petrol to have one.....

/switches off over-romantic pish and resumes normal service...

Post by **Shug** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 10:29 am

Gareth wrote:Why do people buy Yoko 48's when they could just buy a budget tyre from Quik fit....why buy a sports exhaust when the standard exhaust will do...

I like watches and quality costs.

Sadly, his £40 quartz swatch is likely to be infinatesimally more accurate over an extended period - but that's hardly the point...

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 10:31 am

- to shug's first one (not you shoooomer

)

i'd like a decent watch for similar reasons. be a while though. need to get the right one, and cost would not need to be a factor.......

dream mode off.......

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 10:34 am

Hmm, I suppost your right, but I'm still not paying more than £50 for my next watch!

£5k will keep me and her in holidays for 10 years!
(Or her buying new clothes for about 3 weeks

)

/pikey

thinfourth · Post by **thinfourth** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 10:38 am

Gareth wrote:Why do people buy Yoko 48's when they could just buy a budget tyre from Quik fit....why buy a sports exhaust when the standard exhaust will do...

I like watches and quality costs.

Well i would say that the tyres and exhaust give you a benefit. Where as my 20 dollar casio does more then a couple of K watch

However if you like watches and that is your thing then go for it

Still think your are effing nuts sayes the man with a 2grand socket set

Gareth · Post by **Gareth** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 10:50 am

thinfourth wrote:
Gareth wrote:Why do people buy Yoko 48's when they could just buy a budget tyre from Quik fit....why buy a sports exhaust when the standard exhaust will do...

I like watches and quality costs.
Well i would say that the tyres and exhaust give you a benefit. Where as my 20 dollar casio does more then a couple of K watch

However if you like watches and that is your thing then go for it

Still think your are effing nuts sayes the man with a 2grand socket set

Not buying a £5K watch...not unless I had the money to burn.
£900 is my limit

mac · Post by **mac** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 11:04 am

get the funky chrome & orange Lotus watch - it's about £500 or so I think.

Looks like a disc and caliper (well it does to me)

Mac

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 11:09 am

I think the Lotus watch is only about £175. That must be the fish & chips out of a newspaper to some of the fillet mignon brigade here

Derek ( Rado watch faction)

alicrozier · Post by **alicrozier** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 11:17 am

Nice watches are fantastic but hopless for telling the time...

(I have a TAG Monza)

Scotty C · Post by **Scotty C** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 11:57 am

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I have a couple of tags.

Old classic carrera that i got for my 30th.

http://www.tagheuer.com/the-collection/ ... 11B.BA0787

and a monaco vintage (le mans) that Amanda bought me.

http://www.tagheuer.com/the-news/new-pr ... 58A71F437C

not that i wear a watch everyday. see robins quote - my phone tells the time etc

Gareth · Post by **Gareth** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 12:20 pm

Scotty C wrote:g

I have a couple of tags.

Old classic carrera that i got for my 30th.

http://www.tagheuer.com/the-collection/ ... 11B.BA0787

and a monaco vintage (le mans) that Amanda bought me.

http://www.tagheuer.com/the-news/new-pr ... 58A71F437C

not that i wear a watch everyday. see robins quote - my phone tells the time etc

Both very nice Scotty

GilesM · Post by **GilesM** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 12:36 pm

Gareth

I bought an Oris BC3 a couple of months ago, I think it looks great and it was a bit less than £500, see here 40mm one with the rubber strap.
http://www.oris.ch/english/index.html

Select Avaition, then BC3.

As several have already said, I think a battery quartz for £50 would probably be more accurate, but I like the mechanical, beautifully engineered stuff.

If your looking for Hollywood endorsement, Nicholas Cage wears one in Eight Millimeter, not a good reason to buy one, but sure beats any James Bond film for the disturbing factor.

If all you want is a watch to tell the time, take Simon's argos recommendation, if you want a car to get from A to B buy a Toyota Yaris, life isn't supposed to be dull.

Giles

Gareth · Post by **Gareth** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 12:40 pm

Nice one Giles

GregR · Post by **GregR** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 1:42 pm

Shoomer - I loved your watch when I saw it - not ashamed to admit I went home and tried to see if I could get hold of one via t'internet! No joy though

Gareth, most watch specialists will tell you that the best watch ever made is a Roley - no getting away from it! As for the Speedmaster - glad to see you're individual enough to step away from the Seamaster, i think its a hurrendous looking thing! Still, you pays your money, you takes your choice

Speedmaster is a v. sexy watch, but not sure about the model you've picked - I prefer the silver faced ones

First watch to get on the moon aswell you know... (totally trivia-tastic

)

BTW, I guess that 20 inch Breil monster has finally packed up? (or have your wrists got tired of lugging it around

)

GregR · Post by **GregR** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 1:44 pm

oh yeah - and when buying, get them to throw in free servicing while you're at it! Mine needs to go in for a 5year service, and it'll set me back 220 notes....