Poor man's watch thread

[Akeem]

Orient Bambino for $100 on massdrop in case any one has been looking for one

 

[Ebichuman]



Orient Bambino for $100 on massdrop in case any one has been looking for one

Cool... the things I learn on StyleForum (I never heard of Massdrop).

I browsed it for a short while and noticed they also have Davosa watches at just over $500. Those are really nice watches as well and it seems like they are about 25% off at that price....Thoughts anyone??

 

[westie187]

Orient Bambino for $100 on massdrop in case any one has been looking for one

Cool... the things I learn on StyleForum (I never heard of Massdrop).

I browsed it for a short while and noticed they also have Davosa watches at just over $500. Those are really nice watches as well and it seems like they are about 25% off at that price....Thoughts anyone??

http://wornandwound.com/?s=Davosa

 

[BostonHedonist]

Hmmm. Where can I find a good deal on a gently pre-owned Shogun...

 

[Oli2012]

After a full year of wearing my Timex Easy Reader I decided it was too small and child like to wear conservative business dress, and so I required a new watch.

Initially, I was searching for a budget 'one watch to rule them all' but realised that was an impossibility.

Being a junior lawyer who wears a suit 5 days a week I settled on an Orient Bambino. Can't wait for it to arrive.

 

[ShawnBC]

Good choice!

 

[redboat]

Arrived today. The Orient Capital looks much better in person that it did on-line.

Loving the simple retro look, Dauphine hands, domed crystal, sculpted hour markers, full sized face, Japanese quality...and the $79 price.

Back on sale at $79 http://www.longislandwatch.com/Orient_UG1R003W_Dress_Watch_p/ug1r003w.htm

 

[Stebbin]

My most recent mod which I completed last night, a restored seiko skx013 with a custom dial from yobokies, sword hour hands and plongeur minute hand and pilot strap.

 

[westie187]

Looks great! Fine work.

 

[justridiculous]

Really digging my new Bernhardt:

 

[joelscott7]

Really digging my new Bernhardt:

That looks so much better than it does on their site. Great watch!

 

[thefoxtooth]

Hey yall, I'm looking to use a proxy for an EU purchase of a Seiko SKX009.

Does anyone know a good EU retailer of Seiko? I'd like to check prices.

 

[SidewinderX]

And now for something slightly different... I was visiting Hong Kong a few weeks ago and I stumbled upon this little shop called Squarestreet (on, believe it or not, Square Street on Hong Kong island). I spent some time looking around and walked out with two (very cool, IMO) watches. They're both a little off-the-wall:







They're both single-handed watches -- took me a day or two to get used to it, but now I can glance and know the time (within a 5 minute window) as easily as my other watches.

The black-banded watch is called the Minuteman -- quartz movement with a polished horn case. The larger watch is from a brand new line that they're releasing this summer (but were already selling in the store... apparently I was only the 2nd person to buy one!). The hand moves on a 12 hour cycle (just after 5pm in my photos) and the inner dial moves on a 24 hour cycle (I'm west-coast based, so Vancouver is at 1700) -- basically you can tell what time it is all around the world in a glance! (daylight savings obviously causes problems, but a glance gives you the time (+/-1 hour) all over the world. It's now my go-to casual watch and a great conversation starter.

 

[joshmick]

That horn one is really neat! How much were they, if you don't mind saying.

 

[Ebichuman]

check them out here: http://www.squarestreet.se/collections/timepieces