Poor man's watch thread

[Grayland]

Anyone know what model Seiko this is? It is striking.

 

[Coldsnap]

I want to ask my girlfriend for some type of vintage miltary watch.. something for small wrists. Should i just have her stop at J crew get an olive wristband then go to target and pick up a timex?

 

[kentyman]

I want to ask my girlfriend for some type of vintage miltary watch.. something for small wrists. Should i just have her stop at J crew get an olive wristband then go to target and pick up a timex?

Timex certainly has some cheap military styles, and some come with olive wristbands already: https://www.google.com/search?q=timex+military

Keep in mind you can get same or better quality bands from places other than J.Crew.

 

[jimney]

I want to ask my girlfriend for some type of vintage miltary watch.. something for small wrists. Should i just have her stop at J crew get an olive wristband then go to target and pick up a timex?

Maybe a Vostok military watch? Zenitar on ebay has some good ones (http://stores.ebay.com/zenitar-store).

It won't be here by Christmas probably, though, since it comes from Russia.

 

[Mr. Six]



What model is that?

 

[vm1336]

I was at JCrew today and tried on the $175 Timex blue dive watch. It's very nice and fits my thin wrist well but I'm sure there are better deals out there for similar watches. Thoughts? For automatics I'm thinking maybe the Orient Blue Mako or the Ray since they get great reviews.

JCrew didn't have any of the military watches in my store.

 

[Coldsnap]

^ Thanks for the replies everyone. My girlfriend was at J crew today.. I THINK she ordered me the military watch in olive, 30% off everything in store which seems like a good deal.

 

[Poindexter]

Seiko SNK805 is awesome.

I have the 809, which is black. Accurate mech movement, reasonable size, display back.

 

[GreenFrog]

Does anyone know what these 'stains' are on one of the components in my watch? I'm painfully unaware of all the names of the pieces, but we're looking at the small gear next to the rotor. You can see some very thin striations. The color is hard to make out from pictures, but they're a dark blue.

Is this normal?

 

[Verf]

This is a great looking watch!

Blue Spark (again):

 

[mjt73106]

Picked up this up a few weeks ago while in a "why not" moment. So far all is good!

 

[Lucan]

Here are my three candidates for this thread.

This one I picked up on ebay for 99p and it turned out to be hallmarked silver:



This one I got free with a credit card many years ago. I broke the strap's spring pin recently so decided to treat it to a new strap for all of £6.50 from China.



And this one I was left by my Grandad when he passed away. I think my Mum and Dad bought it for him when his eyesight was fading about 30 years ago, so they wanted one with large numbers. It's a hand-wound Longines, but I don't know anything about it apart from that.

 

[Benjamin Chee HH]

Very nice watches! Take care of the silver one as it has the potential to tarnish.

Longines was a highly-respected name before the 70s, so you can be assured that yours is of high quality.

Enjoy!

 

[Ahab]



Anyone know what model Seiko this is? It is striking.

Looks like a modded Seiko Samurai Ti. The Samurai was discontinued and I no longer think it is a good watch for the price you will get one for. But you are right, that is a great looking watch.

Good luck.

 

[Coldsnap]

I got this watch. The wristband is a little too big when I fully clasp it to my wrist, should i just clip the extra fabric with scissors or should I take it to a proper watch pace and have them cut it?