New watch

holnrew

Not as impressive as most people's WAS, but my first automatic. About £40, plenty good enough for day to day.

http://i.imgur.com/Pfi2C4q.jpg

JAYJO

I have a similar watch, same make automatic ace.

Hootsmon

it's the WRONG time.....it's 17:30

chillidoggy

Nice. I like that there's not too much going on, like some watch faces, but just enough to keep it interesting. Well done!

randomhandclaps

chillidoggy said:

...but just enough to keep it interesting.

Plus the time which is real handy.

holnrew

Might replace the strap at some point. Surprised at how heavy it is

joneve

Any automatic is a good watch IMO. 

Nice one you've got there Holn. 

beed84

Nice.  I also have a Seiko 5 automatic, which I bought with my 25th birthday money.  Its been keeping pretty damn good time for the past 5 years.  £40 for yours... you really can't go wrong.

stickyfiddle

A seiko is pretty much the only auto worth the money at £40.

Excellent buy

thermionic

Seiko 5s are great. I bought one a few months ago and it gains 3-4 seconds a day consistently. Can you imagine a Rolex that costs 25x more being any better?

chillidoggy

No, actually.

holnrew

Yeah I'm pretty pleased, and winding it up whenever I have a wank is a bonus.

Now I can start planning for my expensive graduation watch I'll be buying myself.

beed84

holnrew said:

Yeah I'm pretty pleased, and winding it up whenever I have a wank is a bonus.

Now I can start planning for my expensive graduation watch I'll be buying myself.

Lol at the first sentence (hopefully it get's more than two full winds in the process ), wisdom for the latter.  Foolishly, I almost splashed out on an Omega Seamaster with my student loan money. Thankfully I thought better of it.  Similar to you, said watch will be my treat when I graduate/get a good job. Any ideas what you'll be getting?

holnrew

beed84 said:

holnrew said:

Yeah I'm pretty pleased, and winding it up whenever I have a wank is a bonus.

Now I can start planning for my expensive graduation watch I'll be buying myself.

Lol at the first sentence (hopefully it get's more than two full winds in the process ), wisdom for the latter.  Foolishly, I almost splashed out on an Omega Seamaster with my student loan money. Thankfully I thought better of it.  Similar to you, said watch will be my treat when I graduate/get a good job. Any ideas what you'll be getting?

Not really. Something interesting, I'm not too keen on the traditional divers kind of watch. Possibly a skeleton.

jd0272

I do like a good Seiko. Got three or four knocking round somewhere. Great VFM. The Fossil the Mrs bought for me stocking (Jesus, I know) last Xmas ain't too shabby surprisingly, and the TW Steel is rather good too, tho a bit huge.  I figure if it's guitar money/over guitar money cost wise, I'll buy a guitar. Bassist has a Seamaster and a Porsche. I can't help feeling they're high end guitars lost  

I always end up scratching them to fck anyhoo. Clumsy.

chillidoggy

holnrew said:

Yeah I'm pretty pleased, and winding it up whenever I have a wank is a bonus.

Careful you don't overwind it.

Col_Decker

I like that, your choice is approved.

 

Less is more imo with watches, I dislike those ones with all the mini dials, and moon charts, and calendars etc. Though I am rather partial to a rotating bezel.

thermionic

I find the rotating bezel really useful when cooking. Pasta pack says 11 minutes - click-click-click...

randomhandclaps

thermionic said:

I find the rotating bezel really useful when cooking. Pasta pack says 11 minutes - click-click-click...

You mean you don't throw it at the wall?  Heathen!

BigMonka

That's a really nice watch, I'm looking at getting my first automatic for Christmas (from my wife/me) and one like that is now high up the list :-) 

Iamnobody

Since owning a mobile phone (for 16 years) I have always felt that wearing a time piece is completely unnecessary.

Seems the old wrist watch is still as popular as ever though?