Poor man's watch thread

[Gerry Nelson]

My Seiko:

 

[norubbersoles]

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That actually looks like RGP (rolled gold plate). You should be able to pop the back cover off carefully (nothing metal) and see the stamp on the back. That one is a Swiss model, make sure that you take it to your watchmaker often to get oiled and cleaned, that era Bulova movement seems to get fouled often.

 

[quuz]

Ive also got a Daniel wellington. However they do not have quartz movement, it even says at the product page and is mentioned earlier in this thread

Japanese citizen 1L22 movement is whats in the watch and the movement will set you back a whopping 9 bucks
http://www.esslinger.com/miyotacitizenquartzmovement1l22.aspx

 

[dron]



Ive also got a Daniel wellington. However they do not have quartz movement, it even says at the product page and is mentioned earlier in this thread
Japanese citizen 1L22 movement is whats in the watch and the movement will set you back a whopping 9 bucks
http://www.esslinger.com/miyotacitizenquartzmovement1l22.aspx

erhhm... the 1l22 IS a quartz movement. at least according to your link it is.

 

[cioni2k]



Ive also got a Daniel wellington. However they do not have quartz movement, it even says at the product page and is mentioned earlier in this thread

Japanese citizen 1L22 movement is whats in the watch and the movement will set you back a whopping 9 bucks
http://www.esslinger.com/miyotacitizenquartzmovement1l22.aspx

Lol. It says Quartz right there. I can assure you it's quartz I'm wearing mine right now.

 

[Reevolving]

Seiko 5 is only $55 ? Thoughts?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/tags-on-product/B002SSUQF6

 

[dieselman89]



Seiko 5 is only $55 ? Thoughts?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/tags-on-product/B002SSUQF6

Pass..

 

[dieselman89]



Just to be obnoxious and bump this thread here's a pic of my new Seiko.

Where did you get this?I want one!

 

[justinsmnz]



Pass..

+1

By the way, Grenens are currently on sale at Kohls:

http://www.kohls.com/kohlsStore/wat...+Steel+Rose+Gold+and+Black+Ion+Mesh+Watch.jsp

On a black nato w/ black hardware:


Another model currently on sale:

 

[caseyfud]



+1
By the way, Grenens are currently on sale at Kohls:
http://www.kohls.com/kohlsStore/wat...+Steel+Rose+Gold+and+Black+Ion+Mesh+Watch.jsp
On a black nato w/ black hardware:

Another model currently on sale:

I still can't understand why Grenen even exists, especially now that I know they're actually owned by Skagen and not just trying to to the exact same thing as Skagen.

 

[dron]

A bit of info for you.
'Grenen' is the tongue of land just north of the town 'Skagen'. And also the northernmost point of Denmark.
As for the business strategies of the whatch company, I've got no idea.

 

[cioni2k]

Grenen IMO appears to be a diffusion/youthful line of Skagen

 

[dwcopple]

Pass..

agreed.

 

[justinsmnz]



A bit of info for you.
'Grenen' is the tongue of land just north of the town 'Skagen'. And also the northernmost point of Denmark.
As for the business strategies of the whatch company, I've got no idea.

Though I'm not sure about their actual reasoning for it, it could simply be because Skagen saw more opportunity in the market for their slim-line watches that no other company was taking advantage of and wanted to expand business into other, lower priced distribution points without watering down the Skagen brand as a whole.

It's almost as if they wanted a way to continue selling these watches:
as this:

While repositioning the Skagen brand with watches like this:



Either way, I'm not complaining. They're fantastic sub-$100 watches, and with 50% off it's hard not to buy every one just because.

 

[Hayward]

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eBay. Keep looking, the breakers will often post radio room clocks they can't sell elsewhere, but they're mostly Russian ones.