Poor man's watch thread

[Jazzmenco]

German made today. Custom made ostrich leg strap.

 

[Michigan Planner]

A new "affordable" addition to my collection arrived yesterday and I'm loving it: The Clemence Munro. I think Clemence is basically a Kickstarter-style brand but I bought a "Photic Diver" from them a couple years ago and was very happy with it (the finishing was fantastic for the price, looks good, etc.). So when a new run of the Munro was announced with some pretty appealing colors, I decided to give this one a shot too. It didn't help that it clocks in at 37.5mm diameter, which is right in my current sweet spot (10mm thick is pretty nice too). It's 45mm lug-to-lug but it wears a bit smaller than that. Very comfortable.

 

[LouisDavout]

Mido Multifort, my grandfather's second watch. The first one got lost at sea, he was a skipper on a fishing trawler. This one he bought when he was in his 20's in 1962 and used to wear it every single day at sea for 50 years. When he had days of or on a holiday he put on his Mido Ocean star in gold.
The watch is small, only 28mm but still gets a lot of use since he passed it on to me.

 

[Jazzmenco]

 

[Jazzmenco]

Deep Blue good bang for the buck

 

[Thin White Duke]

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I still have a chase durer catalogue kicking around somewhere from back in the early nineties when I contemplated getting one but never got around to pulling the trigger. I really liked some of their aviation style watches even though some were a bit Breitling Navitimer busy. No idea on the quality -I’m assuming their movements were imported from Japan or China or something but the prices were very reasonable back then.

 

[Jazzmenco]

I still have a chase durer catalogue kicking around somewhere from back in the early nineties when I contemplated getting one but never got around to pulling the trigger. I really liked some of their aviation style watches even though some were a bit Breitling Navitimer busy. No idea on the quality -I’m assuming their movements were imported from Japan or China or something but the prices were very reasonable back then.

It has a sellita movement. Pretty decent quality. I bought this early in my rabbit hole experience.

 

[Thin White Duke]

It has a sellita movement. Pretty decent quality. I bought this early in my rabbit hole experience.

Yeah I just looked a little closer at yours and saw it was “Swiss made”.
Just did a google search for Chase Durer and it appears on the same site as bloody Invicta!😀

My alterations tailor was an Invicta fiend and had dozens of the huge gaudy gilt-emblazoned hockey pucks. I used to tease him saying with what he laid for all that lot he could have bought a decent watch! I think he may have seen the light as the last time I was in there he was sporting a much more subdued and classy watch!

 

[DorianGreen]

 

[Jazzmenco]

 

[Jazzmenco]

Yeah I just looked a little closer at yours and saw it was “Swiss made”.
Just did a google search for Chase Durer and it appears on the same site as bloody Invicta!😀

My alterations tailor was an Invicta fiend and had dozens of the huge gaudy gilt-emblazoned hockey pucks. I used to tease him saying with what he laid for all that lot he could have bought a decent watch! I think he may have seen the light as the last time I was in there he was sporting a much more subdued and classy watch!

I bought a lot of invictas when I first fell in the rabbit hole, mainly because they're so damn inexpensive. Didn't take long for my taste to get more refined. Found out I couldn't sell them for squat so I gave them away to the men in my wife's family in Romania. They were thrilled.....

 

[DorianGreen]

Pretty tempted by this Tsuyosa.

 

[Thin White Duke]

I really like the Doxa 600T dive watches and the plethora of colours. Was tempted by an orange version but I have an idea for a Seiko mod in orange, plus I couldn’t stomach circa $1600 for a watch that will get occasional use.

Meanwhile I came across Seastern which is a ‘homage’ brand. Did some snooping and some of the reviews hint at the copies being so good as to be almost indistinguishable from the real McCoy which, setting aside the whole debate about when does a homage just become and out and out copy, causes us to wonder how the original brand can justify a price ten times that of the copy?
Anyway I risked $170 partly out of curiosity and partly as I wear a lot of aqua blue gear especially in the summer and when on holiday, and thought it would be fun to have a watch in a complimentary colour. I have to say I’m impressed. Solid and weighty, finishing is decent, case, bracelet, clasp etc all sturdy. Nothing feels cheap or rushed. In a review of the actual Doxa I read the fella liked the watch but couldn’t get along with the thickness / lug fit. I like to feel the weight of the watch and this one is by no means dainty, but it doesn’t dig me anywhere either and feels comfortable in that dent between the radius and ulna so despite its depth it does’t sit up too high.

Sorry for the crappy iPhone pic, this phone is rubbish at closeups!

 

[SixOhNine]

Pretty tempted by this Tsuyosa.

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That's pretty good. I've never been a Citizen fan, but their recent change of design aesthetic is much more to my preference.

 

[Mr Stevens]

Sent in my Seiko Alpinist 6R15-00E0 for service since it's running many minutes slow per day (strangely only when worn though), and they quoted me $400 to repair. Does this seem right? I know it's worth more now, but that's more than I paid for the watch new years back when I bought it. (Edit: typo)