Time (natch) for a new watch.
I buy a watch, wear it to bits for 2 to 3 years, then buy another as it’s either broken or I’m bored with it.
Needs to be something versatile that I can wear with smart work cloths, and also kicking around the weekends.
Looking for a clean modern but classic look.
Needs to be quartz as I can’t be doing with winding or charging, I really don’t take care of them, and unlike guitar related stuff, I’m not a purist.
Budget £400-ish
Very out of touch with what’s hip, my last watch was a Hamilton and perfectly good, what other brands should I be looking at before I default to a Hamilton Jazzmaster?
Cheers
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I like the Khaki Field range a lot for that budget - not too big, and can easily be dressed up or down easily.
I miss mine - I tend to wear my Apple watch these days. I honestly don’t think there’s a better looking watch in this style for £400 or probably 10 times that amount.
They also have a much nicer sweep of the second hand, rather than the once-a-second tick of a quartz.
https://www.nitewatches.com/gb/
I've gotta say, that Marquess model is very tempting...
Forgive my ignorance but provided the movement keeps time does it matter what one it is?
I agree on the nite watch, though, not a fan... I like these. Smart and clean looking, self charging (not an automatic, but mine has kept excellent time) and good value. The catch is the movement doesn't take into account days in each month (mine is slightly different in that it has one date for the day and another for the date of the month, eg, Sunday 5th).
https://www.watchshop.com/mens-citizen-eco-drive-watch-bm8240-11a-p99952857.html
I find most watches, particularly expensive ones, to be incredibly showy - big, too many faces, hands, bezels and other nonsense I don't need but there are some watch heads on here who love them and can give some really interesting history behind the many things on them I'd like a nice automatic one day.
I agree with you on "most watches", though possibly not the same ones. I'm a fan of the classics - Speedmaster, Submariner, simple pilot's watches, etc, but not all the blingy gold, diamond, shiny crap you get on a lot of high end stuff.
They were an 80s / 90s classic right up there with Cartier and Rolex at the time as a prestige brand.
They make very low prices now and are a huge amount of prestige watch for the money.
It's like going out and buying a new Nissan v a moderate Classic Car
2) it's only for the Visodate. All their other models still get the boring normal one
Use the £400 to buy a moped and a flick knife ........then go and get a Free Rolex Daytona
https://i.imgur.com/WLTgbn6.jpg
I also prefer an automatic as i hate having to faff with batteries and like the smother movement.
Whats the general view on sizes these days - I’d normally go for around 42-44 but see lots of 38mm for sale.