Loupe recommendations

[Driftwood]

I'm looking for your suggestions on a loupe, it is just for basic general inspection use, blade edge, watch and the like.
I was thinking 10x23, which should offer clear and decent magnification with little distortion.
I don't want to pay a lot as such Bergeon, Omega and like are not an option. Are the Amazon offerings any use? and or what would you recommend?
Cheers

 

[Casey 1988]

My Grandpa (no longer with us) used from the 1990's a Bausch & Lomb 10X but his has a strap with flat shoelace he had somebody add in the 2000 so he could bring it with to read menus at restaurants but by 2005 just before my Grandmother passed in early 2026 his eyesight was really bad to where he started using a pair of mini-Binoculars Bausch & Lomb even with her help. He has lost his eyesight since 1986 after he could no longer see to drive. I can't comment on the current quality of the brand as people say the classic binoculars from Bausch & Lomb with the Tolex they are not there.



My Dad uses this when he needs to see better, he has very good eyes for all but reading but his is an old all stainless steel model he got cheap in 1990's going to UW Madison for Graduate with this soft hemp rope strap he found after the cheap ground and pressed leather strap broke in 1998. My grandpa had the same model but it was all bent due to being dropped when he could no longer see as he had kind of stopped using the other item I use for indoor home use.

 

[Zorro]

Even cheaper ones offer decent enough quality nowadays. I get mine from Cousins material house in the UK which supplies watch tools and parts and purchased their own brand budget ones.

I have various magnification ones for watch repairs and other hobbies.

2 or 3x magnification is enough for a close up view. 10x for detail is the max generally needed for most things imo.

When you get to 20x and beyond , you get such a limited field of vision and a very short focal distance from the object, so need to get very close in with strong illumination.

 

[Casey 1988]

Even cheaper ones offer decent enough quality nowadays. I get mine from Cousins material house in the UK which supplies watch tools and parts and purchased their own brand budget ones.

I have various magnification ones for watch repairs and other hobbies.

2 or 3x magnification is enough for a close up view. 10x for detail is the max generally needed for most things imo.

When you get to 20x and beyond , you get such a limited field of vision and a very short focal distance from the object, so need to get very close in with strong illumination.

Ones I mentioned are often rather cheap but offer good quality, maybe not to the specs of a pro working as a Jewler.

 

[Zorro]

Bausch and Lombe are a very good optical brand.