Watch lovers?

[GregR]

Really?? I tried a panerai and really liked it...I must confess I've not tried a chopard

Yup, I was gery disappointed. There was no feeling of where the money went at all

[H8OAG]

I have more watches than I care to admit to on here........... but with bank interest rates what they are etc. etc.
As Tut states, It may seem strange spending the equivalent of the "family car" on a timepiece, but for me its all about the engineering effort it takes to make one in this digital age.
I started my own collection after seeing a Bond film where 007 chose a watch from a splendid case in his equally splendid dressing room.
My advice would be to buy the best branded used watch you can afford rather than a new Christopher Ward/TW Steel or any of the others than have jumped on the bandwagon.
The Panerai is a good choice and will always look a tad different from other watches.
I have worn one now as an everyday beater for 16 years and with a recent refurb it looks good as new.
If you apply the same research and effort on your prospective watch purchase as you do on your cars........ it's amazing what you may find - A work colleague managed to pick up a lightly used Radiomir on Gumtree for £1200. (The owner thought it too heavy on the wrist)

In the interests of balance............I also have a Seiko Monster (£120) which has the build quality (Case and Bracelet) of my Daytona at £8400

[tut]

Out of interest I looked up Christopher Ward. For me so many of the Chronographs look the same, but this is simple and clear and looks beautifully made.

I also like the exposed movement which seems to be a special piece of engineering, and naming it Harrison was neat. If I wore a watch that would do me nicely.



http://www.christopherward.co.uk/le/c900swtr.html

tut

[Lazydonkey]

I also have a Seiko Monster (£120) which has the build quality (Case and Bracelet) of my Daytona at £8400

I've got two seikos now, one cost £100 and one £300 and both are exceptional in terms of build quality and general "ooh that's nice"ness.

The £300 baby tuna especially so.

[alicrozier]

My fairly recent daily beater is one of the Boag unloved.

I like it (which is I guess the most important thing, esp as I don't consider it an investment), nice Lotus connection...

[BiggestNizzy]

I have 2 watches



I have had my Seiko Kinetic for 15 years now, and my g-shock does for work, not having a kushy office job I get my hands dirty.

[GregR]

I have no watches

Boagster, still got the white faced Daytona? Id venture £7.7 is a better estimate, especially if its a thin hands Zenith (cant recall).... Where will they stop? Mine was sub £5k!

[shooomer]

Daytonas have got to be uncool now?

[GregR]

Daytonas have got to be uncool now?

Not to me... Still saving for a white gold on croc

Edited to add... I do drive a Subaru right enough

[shooomer]

I served a girl with ugg boots recently and she had a daytona
#true

[Modena Scotland]

Some classic watches are timeless......

[H8OAG]

Uncool Daytona with Rolex 4130 movement

Could have been Holly in the Ugg Boots.............She has taken to wearing my watches

[StiflerMR2]

Hey guys,

Quick question. I'm still on the hunt for a speedy pro so I just went over to TZ-UK to register but it says that registration has been disabled?

Have too many people joining up lately and so the admins have capped it?

[Lazydonkey]

Eddie may well have spat the dummy for some reason

[steve_weegie]

Yep, you'll need to have 217752 posts and be active for 5 years to view sales corner too....