Possible new watch?

Iamnobody

I picked up an new watch yesterday -  heavily discounted.

Apparently some ‘club handed oafe’ had tried it on earlier in the day and somehow managed to drop it and mark the casing.

Still I got a £4K watch half price and they allowed me to watch the hilarious CCTV footage of the earlier incident.

  

SteveRobinson

mbe said:

I would pick something from the Oris brand range. They do have enough heritage to be worthwhile investing in. 

I have an Oris. I consider it a quality brand without the baggage associated with Omega and Rolex. Or the prices.

kaypeejay

Glad you’re all sorted. Now, where’s the man-bag thread?

chillidoggy

That was ages ago,, you must have missed it. I got one from Japan that was suggested by holnrew for about £8.

Neil

I was going to suggest the Corums, quirky, a bit off piste but high quality but just seen you went for the Bremont. 

Neil

SteveRobinson said:

mbe said:

I would pick something from the Oris brand range. They do have enough heritage to be worthwhile investing in. 

I have an Oris. I consider it a quality brand without the baggage associated with Omega and Rolex. Or the prices.

Or the movements. 

In house for Rolex, Co axial for Omega.

Oris use ETA which can also be found in far cheaper watches. I guess it depends on how horologically interested you are. 

Sporky

chillidoggy said:

That was ages ago,, you must have missed it. I got one from Japan that was suggested by holnrew for about £8.

You could have gotten a bag for life from one of the supermarkets for 50p!

mbe

Neil said:

SteveRobinson said:

mbe said:

I would pick something from the Oris brand range. They do have enough heritage to be worthwhile investing in. 

I have an Oris. I consider it a quality brand without the baggage associated with Omega and Rolex. Or the prices.

Or the movements. 

In house for Rolex, Co axial for Omega.

Oris use ETA which can also be found in far cheaper watches. I guess it depends on how horologically interested you are. 

ORIS have used Sellita movements since 2002.

ORIS have made their own in-house movement, Calibre 110, since 2014.

Neil

mbe said:

Neil said:

SteveRobinson said:

mbe said:

I would pick something from the Oris brand range. They do have enough heritage to be worthwhile investing in. 

I have an Oris. I consider it a quality brand without the baggage associated with Omega and Rolex. Or the prices.

Or the movements. 

In house for Rolex, Co axial for Omega.

Oris use ETA which can also be found in far cheaper watches. I guess it depends on how horologically interested you are. 

ORIS have used Sellita movements since 2002.

ORIS have made their own in-house movement, Calibre 110, since 2014.

We both know Sellitas are just copies of ETA movements with a couple of screws changed. 

Fair play on the 11X series though, basic but in house. 

mbe

Neil said:

SteveRobinson said:

mbe said:

I would pick something from the Oris brand range. They do have enough heritage to be worthwhile investing in. 

I have an Oris. I consider it a quality brand without the baggage associated with Omega and Rolex. Or the prices.

Or the movements. 

In house for Rolex, Co axial for Omega.

Oris use ETA which can also be found in far cheaper watches. I guess it depends on how horologically interested you are. 

OK I'll play.

ORIS have use Sellita movements since 2002 when Swatch stopped supplying ETA ebauches to watchmakers outside their group of companies.

ORIS have built their own in-house movement since 2014. The Calibre 110.

chillidoggy

Unless I’m mistaken, the Breitling Navitimers I was looking at have only recently had an in-house movement with the introduction of the 01?

Neil

chillidoggy said:

Unless I’m mistaken, the Breitling Navitimers I was looking at have only recently had an in-house movement with the introduction of the 01?

Breitling had never previously made their own movements preferring to modify to a greater or lesser extent others movements, using first Venus and then Valjoux.  

Neil

mbe said:

Neil said:

SteveRobinson said:

mbe said:

I would pick something from the Oris brand range. They do have enough heritage to be worthwhile investing in. 

I have an Oris. I consider it a quality brand without the baggage associated with Omega and Rolex. Or the prices.

Or the movements. 

In house for Rolex, Co axial for Omega.

Oris use ETA which can also be found in far cheaper watches. I guess it depends on how horologically interested you are. 

OK I'll play.

ORIS have use Sellita movements since 2002 when Swatch stopped supplying ETA ebauches to watchmakers outside their group of companies.

ORIS have built their own in-house movement since 2014. The Calibre 110.

Do you often repeat yourself? 

CloudNine

60yrs old.. This seems a lot to spend on a watch when you have so little time left.

Neil

CloudNine said:

60yrs old.. This seems a lot to spend on a watch when you have so little time left.

It's when you get to that age, mortgage paid, kids off hand that you can afford to treat yourself to some nice things. 

CloudNine

Neil said:

CloudNine said:

60yrs old.. This seems a lot to spend on a watch when you have so little time left.

It's when you get to that age, mortgage paid, kids off hand that you can afford to treat yourself to some nice things. 

'Watch', 'Time' ? A little joke? Jeez, tough crowd....