My daily wear Citizen eco drive is playing up. Despite being left under a strong halogen light for a full day and evening on Tuesday it’s stopped twice today, so I guess it’s on its way out.
I fancy a bit of a change and with my Xmas money I should be able to get one of the above.
I know the Seiko is a bona fide classic, but at 41mm I’m concerned it’ll look a bit small on my wrist. The Orient looks nice at around the same money, and has a 46mm case. I like this one:
Well, I like the look of the Seiko too, it’s just the size thing, although smaller watches actually don’t look silly on my wrist, I just have a thing about divers watches having to be chunky I think.
More concerned about longevity and robustness really, it’s going to be a daily watch.
I’d pick a Vostok Amphibian over either of those. Originally produced for Soviet Navy frogmen in 1967, it’s still made today. Lots of different cases and dials available, check out www.meranom.com the factory shop.
I have 3 or 4, worth watching ebay for them, nice and cheap usually. Not really on the same quality level as a Seiko or Orient and I do find them a little small.
Not sure on that one, the finish is nicer on the orients/seikos. I only have experience with a couple of older ones though, manual winding, and a more recent auto.
I have large wrists, 40mm is about as small as I wear, so its on the small side. I do have some 50mm watches
That is nice Bob, but they go for about 300, I’m thinking of spending half that!
I’m rethinking a big watch too, I’m worried about catching it on stuff, and I just measured an old broken watch of mine that looks a nice size on me and it was 42mm.
Has anyone bought from Creation Watches? Think they’re in Singapore.
The 090 cases wear bigger than my SubC or SMPc.
