Poor man's watch thread

[westie187]

Wow, that is beautiful! Nice score.

 

[catchh]

Looking for Hamilton Khaki 38mm black face watch. Anyone wanna sell?

 

[kentyman]

That is a cool watch. Given that you can buy it directly from Sea-Gull for $195, you could always pay a few bucks more to insure authenticity.

Actually, according to that link, seagullwatchstore.com is the one selling fakes. Or did you mean somewhere else?

 

[TradThrifter]

I think I would just not buy a Sea-Gull. How about a nice Seiko?

 

[Hayward]

They make fake Sea-Gulls? How does that even pencil?

 

[havabeer]

I was trying to find which bronze watch would be top of my list. Then I found this http://www.vagenari.com/img/p/242-1360-small.png which may be even more attractive than the bronze version http://www.vagenari.com/img/p/268-1459-large.png. And maybe go a Tank or Makara in bronze.

 

[mimo]

Don't know this maker; designs remind me of Helson. Take a look at http://www.archimede-watches.com/. They have a bronze dive watch too, but also bronze pilot watches that might be more versatile.

 

[havabeer]

Ancon, Helson, Makara are all pretty well known in the bronze case world. Really in a bronze watch I'm more after a certain look more than versatility and it suits divers by referencing old diving bells, portholes and such. I do like the Archimede pilots though, its also on the buy list, just a bit further down.

 

[TheWraith]

Armida make a bronze watch, too, I think.

 

[plot]

As has Halios. Discontinued, but it pops up on watchuseek classifieds a lot.

 

[ErikW]

New Seiko SNZH53. Great casual watch.

 

[ClassyCanuck]

Got this in the mail the other day.... loving it so far.




I like how different it is compared to my Squale.



I also need someone to go to Cuba for me, I need more Partagas

 

[kentyman]

I think I would just not buy a Sea-Gull. How about a nice Seiko?

I have a Seiko 5, and was looking to try other cheap automatics... specifically with an open heart / semi-skeleton and power reserve indicator. There are plenty of Orient Stars like this, but they're an order of magnitude more expensive than a Seiko 5. I actually did just find a non-Star Orient that I like, the CFH01001, but it's more like $300:

They make fake Sea-Gulls? How does that even pencil?

I'm not sure it does. That thread sounded like a lot of it was just FUD, so I thought I'd seek a second opinion here.

 

[JanC]

Removed the **** stock strap. Much better....

 

[Grayland]



Removed the **** stock strap. Much better....

That is incredible. Nicely done!