The amount of compliments I also got from the cheapest watch at a grocery store (also Casio)… I’ve seen listings for some really expensive ones with the same shape and general appearance but different colors and maybe features. Does anyone know what’s up with those?
Casio does variants of the same model with all stainless steel cases/bands for a bit more, but it’s usually the japan exclusive colorways that see prices north of $70 or so. Casios are usually pretty affordable!
This perception that cost=quality is so funny. It’s a tragedy that Jules Borel gave up on Mallards. Swiss movements in stainless cases, sold as a price-point piece. Peanuts compared to most shitass luxury watches of the time that used the exact same movement.
Citizen has some quartz models for ~$60 if you’re looking in the right place. I see a lot of ebay sellers that are authorized vendors and are going out of their way with undercut pricing. Find something all stainless if you can, and go for a screw back if you want to replace the battery yourself. I work at a jewelry store and we get at least one person a month who’s ruined their watch by trying to do a battery change themselves.
If you want digital, Casio and Timex are both currently doing reissues of extremely functional vintage models.
I like the look of modern Seikos, but I’ve handled very few myself. In the past they were an absolute bitch to get parts for, but that may have changed.
Any modern mechanical watch should be absolutely avoided, unless you’re a connoisseur looking for a fancy-pants showoff piece. There’s a reason we’re all on quartz now lmao
My wife is in the army. This is the watch that soldiers wear; it has every function you need, and absolutely none that you don’t, and it’s cheap as shit so you can afford it on your crappy military pay. It will not give a flying fuck what kind of abuse you put it through, and in a pinch it will probably stop a bullet.
place a marker halfway in your closet. every hour stand at the marker and see if the beep is to your left or right. Should be able to find it in <8 attempts.
I feel like I can’t be the only person who had the rubber wrist strap snap after only a few years. It was really annoying because I didn’t wear it that much. And a replacement strap cost nearly as much as a new watch.
thank you. men around here always dress like they’re in a funeral during these winter months, so I’m trying to break the stigma and add a splash of colour
I gave my wife a really nice watch made out of wood, with an aquamarine watchface, for her birthday.
She had wanted that watch for a long time before we even met, but couldn’t afford it.
Now it’s gathering dust on her nightstand cause she’s afraid she’s gonna forget to take it off before showering, so she’s wearing my old f91w instead.
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