insert-here 0 Posted March 10, 2016 Maybe it doubles as a snuff box. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
splke 4,383 Posted March 10, 2016 Easy - used speedy. However, if I had the option to save I'd probably save up and go for a new speedy or PO. Amazed so many would go for a Glycine, they're nice but not that nice IMHO. 2nd one to mention a used speedy for 1k , full size ? where you seeing these please ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bidle 0 Posted March 10, 2016 Nice to see how taste differs,..... this Hamilton would be in my top ugliest watch list. I think it would be ok without the stupid case cover. That would indeed make a big difference!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sakurai 1 Posted March 10, 2016 Easy - used speedy. However, if I had the option to save I'd probably save up and go for a new speedy or PO. Amazed so many would go for a Glycine, they're nice but not that nice IMHO. 2nd one to mention a used speedy for 1k , full size ? where you seeing these please ? In my dreams, why? Seriously though, I wouldn't mind a 38mm if I couldn't barter for a full size for my £1k. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
splke 4,383 Posted March 10, 2016 cool I thought I was missing out ;o) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UmpaHimself 222 Posted March 10, 2016 Tudor Heritage Ranger used Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daywatch 4 Posted March 10, 2016 Easy - used speedy. However, if I had the option to save I'd probably save up and go for a new speedy or PO. Amazed so many would go for a Glycine, they're nice but not that nice IMHO. 2nd one to mention a used speedy for 1k , full size ? where you seeing these please ? Certainly not in the UK. Just did a Chrono24 search (limited to the UK only) and the cheapest used one for sale is £ 2,450 followed by £ 2.499 and £ 2.500 - that´s 150% over budget. Given this premise I´d change my wish to a 16570 Explorer II with white dial that I could also get used for £ 2.500, it´s not enough for a submariner that would go over £2.800 at the very minimum. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
reximda 0 Posted March 10, 2016 For this price at least I would need double as much time. So it would be a Glycine with 24hours dial and movement. The one below or a nice vintage model. Damnit to hell.. Now I've added another to the list. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Piccolo 674 Posted March 10, 2016 maybe one of these: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BadPickle 2,747 Posted March 10, 2016 Actually, I lied. I'd buy beer. Yup, me too Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dendo 93 Posted March 10, 2016 Hamilton for me. Maybe this one - just under $1k http://www.amazon.com/Hamilton-H77616533-Khaki-Chronograph-Watch/dp/B000VDEWXC/ref=pd_srecs_cs_241_23?ie=UTF8&dpID=51OmoZCK3HL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_SL500_SR170%2C250_&refRID=0P2TCQ37YF83H66MJTD8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sakurai 1 Posted March 10, 2016 Easy - used speedy. However, if I had the option to save I'd probably save up and go for a new speedy or PO. Amazed so many would go for a Glycine, they're nice but not that nice IMHO. 2nd one to mention a used speedy for 1k , full size ? where you seeing these please ? Certainly not in the UK. Just did a Chrono24 search (limited to the UK only) and the cheapest used one for sale is £ 2,450 followed by £ 2.499 and £ 2.500 - that´s 150% over budget. Given this premise I´d change my wish to a 16570 Explorer II with white dial that I could also get used for £ 2.500, it´s not enough for a submariner that would go over £2.800 at the very minimum. Oy mate, a 38mm speedy is also a speedy, and those can definitely be found close to £1k. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KarmaToBurn 1,419 Posted March 10, 2016 I saw a ML Pontos S Diver on sale for about that much earlier today. That would probably be my choice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daywatch 4 Posted March 11, 2016 Easy - used speedy. However, if I had the option to save I'd probably save up and go for a new speedy or PO. Amazed so many would go for a Glycine, they're nice but not that nice IMHO. 2nd one to mention a used speedy for 1k , full size ? where you seeing these please ? Certainly not in the UK. Just did a Chrono24 search (limited to the UK only) and the cheapest used one for sale is £ 2,450 followed by £ 2.499 and £ 2.500 - that´s 150% over budget. Given this premise I´d change my wish to a 16570 Explorer II with white dial that I could also get used for £ 2.500, it´s not enough for a submariner that would go over £2.800 at the very minimum. Oy mate, a 38mm speedy is also a speedy, and those can definitely be found close to £1k. It´s a speedy and costs at least £ 1.200 in the UK - but it´s not a moonwatch. It´s not a Lemania and the chronograph module is nearly impossible to service/adjust on the reduced. The ones going at these prices are unserviced, so You will have to add that very soon to the 2nd hand price - and the Omega service cost is peppered and takes 6/7 months if done in Switzerland. I know, because I joined rwg when talking to the AD about servicing my Seamaster 300, bought new in 2002. For my part I wouldn´t want to risk it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deju 1,875 Posted March 11, 2016 Easy - used speedy. However, if I had the option to save I'd probably save up and go for a new speedy or PO. Amazed so many would go for a Glycine, they're nice but not that nice IMHO. 2nd one to mention a used speedy for 1k , full size ? where you seeing these please ? Certainly not in the UK. Just did a Chrono24 search (limited to the UK only) and the cheapest used one for sale is £ 2,450 followed by £ 2.499 and £ 2.500 - that´s 150% over budget. Given this premise I´d change my wish to a 16570 Explorer II with white dial that I could also get used for £ 2.500, it´s not enough for a submariner that would go over £2.800 at the very minimum. I got my speedy pro in the uk for £1350... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daywatch 4 Posted March 11, 2016 Easy - used speedy. However, if I had the option to save I'd probably save up and go for a new speedy or PO. Amazed so many would go for a Glycine, they're nice but not that nice IMHO. 2nd one to mention a used speedy for 1k , full size ? where you seeing these please ? Certainly not in the UK. Just did a Chrono24 search (limited to the UK only) and the cheapest used one for sale is £ 2,450 followed by £ 2.499 and £ 2.500 - that´s 150% over budget. Given this premise I´d change my wish to a 16570 Explorer II with white dial that I could also get used for £ 2.500, it´s not enough for a submariner that would go over £2.800 at the very minimum. I got my speedy pro in the uk for £1350... 2 fantastic choices - and 2 great, different watches that complement each other. Congrats Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trailboss99 994 Posted March 11, 2016 Tricky price point that but two come to mind. First up the watch I'm seriously considering spending money I shouldn't on shortly, the Bulova Moon Watch tribute (it's not an exact copy of the one off design but close). http://horologium.co...comment-page-1/ It may be barely over the lower limit you specified but it's a hell of a lot of watch even if it is quartz. It's also a very special quartz being a Bulova Precisionist. Very accurate (a handful of seconds a year) and sweeps smoother than a mechanical. Choice two would be an original Longines Legend Diver, the no date one. People are complaining the date ruined the moonie above but that is nothing compared to the travesty of adding a date to the Legend, it just wrecked it for me. This (IMHO) is the best value Swiss dive watch the world has seen for 30 years, it sells at the kind of price point that a Rolex Sub should and is a perfect example of why Longines is the fastest growing brand in China now and for the last two plus years. Actually let us make it three. The other assuming I could find one under 1k is a Squale 2002 on shark mesh. Since my Favorite Sydney Tart makes it almost impossible to download a pic from her blog you will need to go here for a look: http://horologium.co...101-atmos-2002/ That particular example is Offshore's personal 2002 and one of the best damn diving watches I have ever seen. The only reason it doesn't trump the Longines is the fact it cost some 30% more but if you know the story behind Squale and how many classic divers they were responsible for (they made the case sets for near every true classic pre 70's diver bar Rolex) it's a no brainer. This one I really need to own, it rates with the Omega Moonie at the top of my list. EDIT: The price of Omega Moonies is now officially stupid. If ever there was a case of retail price of a new watch from an AD being jacked up to meet "what the people will pay" this is it. The cost to Omega of making a closed caseback Speedmaster Moon has not gone up by 100% in the last 4 years but the retail price has. The Moonie is now just another example of makers setting prices by judging what the majority of their market will (or can) pay to acquire what they have to sell and that is not how retail prices should be set. Cost plus a fair and equitable margin should be the formula at all stages of the channel not what the market will bear. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
James. 4 Posted March 11, 2016 1000 squid, personally id put in a savings account and keep adding to it to really get something brilliant Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FunnyStarSystem 7,538 Posted March 11, 2016 (edited) I'm lusting after this Alpina "Pilot Manufacture Automatic Regulator" with the in-house movement. I bought its cousin a couple months ago, also with the in-house movement and just love it. These are terrific bargains. This is the one I purchased, a little more sedate; They've got an interesting rotor as well; Edited March 11, 2016 by Inkoumori Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GenTLe 1,503 Posted March 11, 2016 They've got an interesting rotor as well; Well, this is a modified ETA. I would call it "in house" in pair of the ETA+Dobuis Depraz module IWCs. Nice watch anyway Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FunnyStarSystem 7,538 Posted March 11, 2016 (edited) That particular one (I guess I didn't google search the caseback well enough) is ETA, but the other two are indeed in-house; http://www.alpina-wa...alibers_81.aspx I believe it's the product of their ownership by Frederique Constant. Here's mine (Shoulda wiped it ); Edited March 11, 2016 by Inkoumori Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
k3rm87 180 Posted March 11, 2016 Longines legend diver. Could probably get a new one in budget but if not used +1! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GenTLe 1,503 Posted March 11, 2016 That particular one (I guess I didn't google search the caseback well enough) is ETA, but the other two are indeed in-house; http://www.alpina-wa...alibers_81.aspx I believe it's the product of their ownership by Frederique Constant. Here's mine (Shoulda wiped it ); Yes this is definitively not a standard one Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RUSH2112 11 Posted March 11, 2016 £1,000? I think we all have that available so whatever your answer is should be a wrist pic of a watch you own. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakethemouse 0 Posted March 11, 2016 Homages count? Helson Skindiver at $750 Vintage CYMA WWW $1000 Last on the list. Its cheaper then $500 so I would get 2 of them Seiko x Giugiaro Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
