Cheap but good watch

Quiet Storm

Quiet Storm

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I was thinkin´ about purchasin´ a nice, solid watch. It should be good-lookin´ and I want it to work MANY years...but there´s a problem: since I´m a student, I won´t be able to spend thousands of bucks to buy a Rolex or something like that.
What can you guys recommend in the 100 to 250 $ price range?
I know I won´t get a world famous brand with extremely impressive Gold/Diamond features, but can you give me some advice about decent watches in this price range?

Thank you in advance.
 
O&W.

Here is a review.

http://www.mochanni.com/~hseung/album/mwr/wct-01.html

Got mine from www.westcoastime.com

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You should consider the Zeno ZN-1. Solid functioning, 300m diver, reliable Japanese Myota automatic-movement, assembled in Switzerland, "classic" good looks (patterned after the orig. Rolex Explorer).

lshay (Lanny) has a slightly used one for trade or sale in the For Sale Gadgets & Gear Forums right now--with NATO nylon strap and (new) orig. metal links. Price is well under $150.00.
 
Pulsar watches are a very good value. I've a stainless steel
white face day/date that has had the snot beat out of it every
day and it has yet to loose any time or quit running.

I asked my jeweler for the toughest watch he had for $100
and that was the one he handed me. Told me that has sold a lot
of this model to farmers and factory workers. You also get the
added bonus of a watch that cleans up with soap and water to
look and shine like new.
 
Check the local jewelry stores. Sometimes you can catch Seikos on sale. I paid 200 bucks for an automatic (Seiko calls it Kinetic) that will probably last me a lifetime. Six jewel Jap movement. Keeps great time and the saffire crystal is almost totally scratch-proof. For a few dollars more they offer one that automatically adjusts the date on a 28 or 30 day month. Mine doesn't have this feature.
 
The watch should be my birthday present. Hopefully I´m gonna get what I wish for. :)

But since my birthday is some months away, I´ll have time to decide which one I´d prefer.
 
Quiet, you didn't say what the watch was for. Diving, outdoors, gadget features or to use as knuckle dusters? Casio make great gadget watches. I love the Tripple Sensor 2. It has a compass, thermometer, barometer, altimeter as well as the usual alarms etc. I have had a casio calculator watch since the late eighties and it's still going strong. Citizen also have some great watches. A good solid watch is the Navi Surf. It has the time in heaps of different cities all over the world, very handy for travel. Both are waterproof and don't cost an arm or a leg.
 
Nah, no special use. Just an all day every day watch, good-lookin´ and long-lastin´.
And definitely nothing like knuckle-dusters.

Edited to add the last sentence, because I want to make sure that everybody understands that "no special use" definitely implies that I don´t want knuckle-dusters.
 
Take a look at the Seiko SKX779K. I've had one for the past couple of months, and it is a very nice automatic watch. Great dial, case, and bracelet for under $200.
 
Quiet Storm
Since you have several months to think this through you need to decide what you want in a watch. If you want absolute timekeeping ability and muliple functions along with toughness you should probably go with a high end digital. You will have to change the battery every 2 to 7 years.

Solar or kinetic analog watches can be had that keep excellent time and you never have to worry about the battery crapping out on you.

If you can stand being off a few seconds every now and then and want a watch you can have a long term relationship with, take a look at all the wonderful automatics that are on the market. If you shop online or catch a sale at a store you can get a great, tough and long lasting watch within the limits you have set. If you have a while to save up and can add a little extra to your gift, you can add a few more to the list of possibles.

Happy Shopping!

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