So my day-to-day watch is starting to show signs of wear, and I'm thinking about getting a new one. My issues has always been that I've wanted something different from my watch rather than just tells the time and looks good. My current watch, for example, is a Timex Exhibition (or something like that) and it has a built in a compass (and thermometer and tide times). Then, as the start caused my skin to flare up, I swapped the leather strap for a nice metal one, so it is one of a kind!
The problem comes when I'm looking to replace it. The spec is quite simple:
- £150 or so would be the max budget
- must tell the time
- must have a metal strap (or at least be able to take a metal strap, but cost of replacement would be part of original budget)
- prefer an analogue display (but nixie tube, binary or any random display like that would be cool)
- must be different in some way....
Now the Timex Metropolitan+ is quite nice to my eyes, but it is part of the whole "fitness tracker" band wagon that I don't want to be on. But at least it's not a Fitbit. I basically have a problem that I don't know what feature other than "time" I want in my watch. And when I have a low budget, the market is flooded with normal watches I could easily get.
Any advice guys?
Yes, that cost me money too.There's a very large watch forum out of the US if you don't mind the risk of going down another rabbit hole. Many threads are about premium watches, but plenty are about affordable pieces too. You could spend days looking and reading and it definitely might give you some ideas...
I also think the size of the dial is important,I have a lovely accurist but having a slim wrist the watch looks massiveSo my day-to-day watch is starting to show signs of wear, and I'm thinking about getting a new one. My issues has always been that I've wanted something different from my watch rather than just tells the time and looks good. My current watch, for example, is a Timex Exhibition (or something like that) and it has a built in a compass (and thermometer and tide times). Then, as the start caused my skin to flare up, I swapped the leather strap for a nice metal one, so it is one of a kind!
The problem comes when I'm looking to replace it. The spec is quite simple:
- £150 or so would be the max budget
- must tell the time
- must have a metal strap (or at least be able to take a metal strap, but cost of replacement would be part of original budget)
- prefer an analogue display (but nixie tube, binary or any random display like that would be cool)
- must be different in some way....
Now the Timex Metropolitan+ is quite nice to my eyes, but it is part of the whole "fitness tracker" band wagon that I don't want to be on. But at least it's not a Fitbit. I basically have a problem that I don't know what feature other than "time" I want in my watch. And when I have a low budget, the market is flooded with normal watches I could easily get.
Any advice guys?
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