Today's bargain watch that I'm not buying

Cienciano

david wrote: »

My first watch was one of these in the early/mid nineties. I bought with my pocket money at the arcade in Tramore. I loved that thing, especially the light. Wore it for years until the strap disintegrated.

The force is strong with these Casio’s lately. Always wanted a g shock but they were too expensive for me. I remember repeatedly flicking through the Argos catalogue lusting over them as a kid. 25 years on I’m flicking through Internet forums lusting for them again. Some things don’t change.

The ga2100 is a nice g-shock if you want something thinner than the normal ones. And lots of surprisingly decent quality metal conversion kits for 60-70 euro on aliexpress too.

david

Cienciano wrote: »

The ga2100 is a nice g-shock if you want something thinner than the normal ones. And lots of surprisingly decent quality metal conversion kits for 60-70 euro on aliexpress too.

Was contemplating one of those last year, not sure I'm mad on the shape/dial size.

If I was to get a Casio again it'd be a square. Either the most basic solar JDM one or the DLC coated titanium one knowing me. I don't do in-betweens. :pac:

Cienciano

Yeah, the original look is hard to beat.

I think if they sold a nice metal chunky one with a clean dial (no alarm, stopwatch etc) they'd sell well.

Cmar-Ireland

Cienciano wrote: »

The ga2100 is a nice g-shock if you want something thinner than the normal ones. And lots of surprisingly decent quality metal conversion kits for 60-70 euro on aliexpress too.

If casio add solar/atomic to that, I'm definitely buying.

NIMAN

Talking of G-Shocks, a decent deal today on DW-5600s

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007DSRSMA?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

sparrowcar

NIMAN wrote: »

Talking of G-Shocks, a decent deal today on DW-5600s

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007DSRSMA?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

That's a great price for a great watch.
I've one a few years and love it.
Great for days when you don't want to trash your good watches.

PunkIPA

sparrowcar wrote: »

That's a great price for a great watch.
I've one a few years and love it.
Great for days when you don't want to trash your good watches.

That looks a great price - how do you find the legibility of the negative display though?

Cienciano

I had a negative display before, it looks cool but definitely hard to read.

I think the GBX100 is supposed to be the best negative display for legibility

sparrowcar

PunkIPA wrote: »

That looks a great price - how do you find the legibility of the negative display though?

Personally I never had an issue with legibility.
I might be the g-shock but the negative display is very good.

Cienciano

Cienciano wrote: »

I had a negative display before, it looks cool but definitely hard to read

I am the same. I have a few from back in the day but as a rule I don't buy them now. I just prefer the legibility of a regular LCD.

A lot of people love them and have no problem with legibility. It's one of those things to try before you buy.

blue5000

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Seiko-watches-pogue-pepsi-6139-6002/224403518561?hash=item343f7df461%3Ag%3AwhkAAOSwSTZgYLC8&LH_Auction=1

Not sure how correct it is, but they're open to offers on this 1974 Seiko Pogue.

unkel

That's a low starting price for a Pogue, might get a bargain if you made him a sneaky offer

Not shipping to Ireland though

And even if they did, you'd be hit for shipping costs, 23% VAT and admin costs for clearing

Wibbs

The dial's been replaced with a new/spurious one and the inner bezel is the wrong kind for that dial. I suspect it originally had the black dial(which I prefer tbh), but the "Pogue" colours sell for more. The hands look too fresh too. The bezel is a replacement with it. Note the chrono hand isn't quite lined up with the 12 marker. These are a complete pain in the bum to line up. Seiko could do it when new, but even watchmakers have trouble. So they weren't put on by Seiko.

Personally I think the Pogues are massively overvalued at the moment. I can understand extra value attached to the early Water Resist or better yet Water proof dials, but these were on sale for many years and were made in big numbers. But even if that wasn't an issue, because of their value jumps and the Seiko community already having a history in the modding hobby end of things and manufacturers supplying that, a large percentage, if not a majority of Pogues today are made up with some spurious parts. There are to few honest ones imho.

Cienciano

This popped up in my news feed. Richard Branson's watch of choice is one of these

Fitz II

Cienciano wrote: »

This popped up in my news feed. Richard Branson's watch of choice is one of these

Has he finished shilling Bulova?

Cienciano

Oops, wrong thread, though it was who watches the watchman

Fitz II wrote: »

Has he finished shilling Bulova?

Yeah, me mentions that in the article. Obviously not done for the money, suppose when you're that rich you just do things like that which sound interesting.

blue5000

Wibbs wrote: »

The dial's been replaced with a new/spurious one and the inner bezel is the wrong kind for that dial. I suspect it originally had the black dial(which I prefer tbh), but the "Pogue" colours sell for more. The hands look too fresh too. The bezel is a replacement with it. Note the chrono hand isn't quite lined up with the 12 marker. These are a complete pain in the bum to line up. Seiko could do it when new, but even watchmakers have trouble. So they weren't put on by Seiko.

Personally I think the Pogues are massively overvalued at the moment. I can understand extra value attached to the early Water Resist or better yet Water proof dials, but these were on sale for many years and were made in big numbers. But even if that wasn't an issue, because of their value jumps and the Seiko community already having a history in the modding hobby end of things and manufacturers supplying that, a large percentage, if not a majority of Pogues today are made up with some spurious parts. There are to few honest ones imho.

Have to agree with all that Wibbs. Good unmolested ones will either be very expensive or still have to come out of grandad's sock drawer. What should be on the dial for August '74? I really only stuck it up as someone might want it for a birth year or month watch. One bid on it now.

Edit; sold.

unkel

GBP183, that was pretty cheap, even if it is far from original?

Wibbs

Yeah, especially in todays market for them. And you could buy the same spurious parts for a few quid and "improve" it so it looks correct and flog it for at least twice that. Looking at sold listings they seem to go for between 3-500 euro on average.

Lorddrakul

A mate who does rebuilds and has done a fair few Pogues has said all of this.

Nearly every one available for less than a king's ransom is a franken. As long as buyer's are aware of this, it is not an issue, but few are without expertise.

unkel

I like the look of them, but the lug width seems far too small for a big watch like that. Just looked it up and it's only 19mm

I guess you could fit a 20mm NATO on it, but the bracelet just looks wrong imho

Cienciano

Nice collection of aliexpress watches here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxdL-hwbP9Y

blue5000

Thanks C, very hard to resist the first Seagull chrono.

Cienciano

This is pretty amazing for under €50 delivered. Seiko movement.

wanderer 22

Cienciano wrote: »

This is pretty amazing for under €50 delivered. Seiko movement.

Some of the captions under that are hilarious :pac:

Fitz II

It would appear Cadisen know the value of their products.

Cienciano

Pretty amazing what they can do in china for the money. I'm not a fan of homages, I'd rather see unique designs no matter how weird, but can understand the draw of sales from homages. Will be interesting to see where they'll be in 20 years if a few companies put their mind to it.

Wibbs

blue5000 wrote: »

Thanks C, very hard to resist the first Seagull chrono.

I like the second diver and the first wacky Ciga one. The prices are very impressive indeed.

NIMAN

Something nice about the green Seagull military watch at 10:30.

OldRio

I've wanted a Seagull for a while. 'She who must be obeyed' would kill me if I bought another watch