Friday inexpensive fun
About a month ago I pre-ordered some new Timex automatic releases and after they announced some production delays, they have started to trickle the shipments one by one instead of together. Today, the Deepwater Meridian 200 Automatic 44m on rubber strap a...
I must confess, I'm a bit of a sucker for this price bracket
...and have a sprawl of Timex, Citizen, Seiko, etc, autos filling up cases. My wife keeps shooting me "the look". I suppose at some point I'll have to figure something out before they all wind up in a yard sale after I'm gone for $5 bucks apiece if my son...
Very nice Diver but a bit larger than I'd go.
I like the S-1 and S-2. The cases and manufacturing processes are innovative, the design is very attractive and it seems like a good direction. I wish them good luck. I'm always on the prowl for value-priced watches which I find in vintage and recently Ch...
I agree on the size...
...I would not make the purchase for what I'd call "core collection." I have what they call in gaming a side quest, a box of watches I leave where my teen son passes by when he takes our dog outside. I'm slowly rotating and positioning different pieces to...
My collection has plenty of high end watches but as prices keep escalating I am also becoming a fan of darn good for not much money. Also Seiko and Miyota entry level movements are
dependable and reliable for a long time. Sure accuracy varies but they are great value!
It's the same with Miyota but from my experience Seiko does a better job with accuracy. What I do is fully wind the watch in the store and synch it to one of my Spring Drives.
Then I go back 24 hours later wearing same SD and recheck it's accuracy. Just a one position check but that at least gives me a clue.
Indeed...
...That Timex and a couple Citizen Eco-Drives I have could also be used for self defense, they are chunky little blocks of metal!