Poor man's watch thread

[Bane]

I need a cheap, casual watch. Any recommendations on a men's watch with a ~30mm face? I'm not sure such a small one exists. The smallest I've seen are 40mm. Seems the watch face has only grown larger over time. (no pun intended)

 

[cioni2k]

Originally Posted by Bane

I need a cheap, casual watch. Any recommendations on a men's watch with a ~30mm face? I'm not sure such a small one exists. The smallest I've seen are 40mm. Seems the watch face has only grown larger over time. (no pun intended)
The smallest watch you can find is 40mm? Seems a bit odd. Look at any Seiko. Good, affordable, quality watches. Most are probably 35-37mm ish. I suggest a Seiko 5. Oh, and yea.. what in the world do you want with a 30mm watch? Maybe look for a woman's watch. I dont think youre going to find something that small in a mens watch

 

[Flartchy]

Originally Posted by Bane

I need a cheap, casual watch. Any recommendations on a men's watch with a ~30mm face? I'm not sure such a small one exists. The smallest I've seen are 40mm. Seems the watch face has only grown larger over time. (no pun intended)

I feel ya pardner. All the watches I see are humongous, and I have small bones. Anything over 35mm looks ridiculous on me. I long for the days of simple, thin, small strap watches. My dad has an Omega from about 1975 that he winds every day and it still runs. Thin, small, black leather band he's replaced about 50 times.

 

[Bane]

Originally Posted by Flartchy

I feel ya pardner. All the watches I see are humongous, and I have small bones. Anything over 35mm looks ridiculous on me. I long for the days of simple, thin, small strap watches. My dad has an Omega from about 1975 that he winds every day and it still runs. Thin, small, black leather band he's replaced about 50 times.

I may have to go vintage and look for those smaller old school watches my granddads wore in that elusive span of time between the pocket watch and the mega-face watch.
I consider 35 mm the equivalent of 40 (rounding up). Anything over 35 eats up my wrist as well.

 

[Metlin]

Originally Posted by Bane

I need a cheap, casual watch. Any recommendations on a men's watch with a ~30mm face? I'm not sure such a small one exists. The smallest I've seen are 40mm. Seems the watch face has only grown larger over time. (no pun intended)

I've my grandfather's vintage Patek Philippe Gubelin, and it's around 32 mm, I think.

 

[TheWraith]

Many of those Sea-Gull's are under 40mm. Some of them look really nice, too.

 

[Metlin]

Originally Posted by Bane

I may have to go vintage and look for those smaller old school watches my granddads wore in that elusive span of time between the pocket watch and the mega-face watch. I consider 35 mm the equivalent of 40 (rounding up). Anything over 35 eats up my wrist as well.
Man, you guys must have tiny wrists! I've always thought that I had small wrists, and I usually wear a 38 mm which looks perfect. 30 mm will look like I'm wearing a woman's watch or something. You guys should work out more.

 

[TheWraith]

They should stick to 35mm, and Sea-Gull has several at that size. 30mm is too small, even for small wrists.

 

[ClassyCanuck]

Originally Posted by Metlin

Great pic.

Thanks.
Believe it or not it was taken with my iPhone4.

Here it is with a Bond Nato strap

 

[Metlin]

Originally Posted by ClassyCanuck

Thanks. Believe it or not it was taken with my iPhone4. Here it is with a Bond Nato strap

That's a great carving, btw. And it's amazing what daylight can do to your photographs, is it not?

Unfortunately, for those of us living in New England, sunshine is like Paris Hilton's **** -- everyone's seen 'em out peek in pictures and videos, but nobody quite knows what they look like in real life.

 

[deveandepot1]

My 1960s Timex on a shell cordovan strap.

 

[youngScholar]

Originally Posted by deveandepot1

My 1960s Timex on a shell cordovan strap.

Nice. How did you restore it?

 

[deveandepot1]

Originally Posted by youngScholar

Nice. How did you restore it?

It came in good condition. All I did was put in a new crystal. I did that myself.

 

[OneLouder]

Originally Posted by cioni2k

The smallest watch you can find is 40mm? Seems a bit odd. Look at any Seiko. Good, affordable, quality watches. Most are probably 35-37mm ish. I suggest a Seiko 5.

Oh, and yea.. what in the world do you want with a 30mm watch? Maybe look for a woman's watch. I dont think youre going to find something that small in a mens watch

http://cgi.ebay.com/SEIKO-5-SNK809-S...ht_3576wt_1061

 

[JohnsNotHere]

Originally Posted by fungz0r

Are blue sparks basically impossible to find these days? I'm looking for a more dressy watch since right now I have an orange monster. I love the orange monster, but sometimes it's just too loud of a watch.

Any suggestions as to other watches that I might be interested in?

Discontinued, so second hand is your only option. Seiya has the SARB031 on sale at the moment and that's a similar watch (same movement), and very nice IMO:

Here on Seiya sans site:

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