The Watch Thread - Part 3

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automatic / quartz movement?
metal / leather band?
width of the dial: 40mm/ 45mm / 50mm?

Better for the watch to have leather band. I'm actually ok with both automatic and quartz, but just to inquire, which one is more affordable? Prefer the dial to be 45 or 50mm as i have big wrist:s13::s13:
 

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ignore the day and date

I prefer Seiko with kanji day. More orginal feel :)
 

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Better for the watch to have leather band. I'm actually ok with both automatic and quartz, but just to inquire, which one is more affordable? Prefer the dial to be 45 or 50mm as i have big wrist:s13::s13:

For large dial watches, you can consider the following:
- Zeppelin
- Junkers
- Junghans
- Invicta
- Police

locally, I only know 25 hours carry Zeppelin, Junkers in their stores.

Other than that, you can look at Fossil
 

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Actually Red Army Watches also carry Zepplin and Junkers, they do carry their popular models. Pricing wise i never compared,so i am not sure if 25 hours is cheaper or Red Army cheaper. 

Honestly the tissot watch you linked to, looks like a typical dress watch; for that kind of money 200-300, you can score a mechanical seiko, citizen, orient, seagull etc with similar asthetics.Maybe i am biased, but always did prefer mechanical to quartz.
 

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Actually Red Army Watches also carry Zepplin and Junkers, they do carry their popular models. Pricing wise i never compared,so i am not sure if 25 hours is cheaper or Red Army cheaper. 

Honestly the tissot watch you linked to, looks like a typical dress watch; for that kind of money 200-300, you can score a mechanical seiko, citizen, orient, seagull etc with similar asthetics.Maybe i am biased, but always did prefer mechanical to quartz.

Sorry watch noob here! Whats the difference between mechanical and quartz?:s11:
 

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icic, anyway i hooted a tissot le locle cosc liao at AD already..
managed to get slightly above 20% discount..
hahaha, first time watch buyer, is there anything particular i should check..
or since is AD so should be safe just look at watch swee swee take and go?
buy from local AD also must check carefully la, look for any problems with physical appearence..scratches, dust or other debris under the crystal, are the hands and dial in good condition etc, then need to check if the movement actually works,try changing the time, date etc, wind the watch manually etc. cos once u sign on the receipt you are declaring that you received the watch is good working and satisfactory condition; so if go home then realize got problem..too late liao.
 

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Sorry watch noob here! Whats the difference between mechanical and quartz?:s11:

Quartz movements are powered by a battery with fewer moving parts while mechanical movements are powered by a mainspring would by the movement of your arm or manual winding.Personal preference la,if you only have one or two watches then get a mechanical, if got many many watches then a quartz or like me i have to remember to wind up my mechanical watches every 2-3 days to keep them running even though i don't wear them all the time
 

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I see.. The only reason why i choose Tissot is because it's swiss made. Does it make any difference if its swiss made or not at this price range?

"swiss made" is over-rated la, for that price range in a tissot, most likely the watch was assembled in china/hong kong etc with the movement from swiss and other parts from other countries....so who cares if it is swiss made or not?
 

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Im actually looking for a dress watch:)

Can consider this seagull dress watch, around 38-39mm which is  good size for a dress watch, has a ST2130 seagull movement, which is 28,800bph and can also be manually wound with hacking function.Got it for around 200.

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"swiss made" is over-rated la, for that price range in a tissot, most likely the watch was assembled in china/hong kong etc with the movement from swiss and other parts from other countries....so who cares if it is swiss made or not?
I see... Whats the price range for mechanical Junkers or Zeppelin's in SG?
 

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I see... Whats the price range for mechanical Junkers or Zeppelin's in SG?

i think closer to 600 plus to less than 1000? not too sure, don't pay much attention to these 2 brands. Was actually browsing the Sturmanske and 7Friday watches at Red Army.
 

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i think closer to 600 plus to less than 1000? not too sure, don't pay much attention to these 2 brands. Was actually browsing the Sturmanske and 7Friday watches at Red Army.

u willing to pay so much for 7Friday's movement??? :eek::eek::eek:
 

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i think closer to 600 plus to less than 1000? not too sure, don't pay much attention to these 2 brands. Was actually browsing the Sturmanske and 7Friday watches at Red Army.

Maybe i should head down to the shop.. Anyway are Marina Militare watches any good?
 

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u willing to pay so much for 7Friday's movement??? :eek::eek::eek:

ahaha,no way, 7friday uses a miyota, if they used a high grade ETA i wouldn't mind paying the 1400 or so for the watch as i do like the design. 
 
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