​Is that good or bad?

Don't give up the day job buddy .Peter kay your not !!

Good price but the retail price is laughable.

Was a great price

Yes, I totally agree. I was just referring to people who think that changing a battery is more troublesome than automatic watches that potentially need servicing at points.

I think eco-drive is actually Citizen, Kinetec is Seiko's version and works on a slightly different principal. If it's an analog watch (not digital) then it probably will need servicing at some point and there are reports that the battery/capacitor can fail after a few years

If you have a high end auto then it may make some sense to stick to service intervals but this wouldn't apply to a £200 Seiko, the cost of servicing every couplle of years would very soon overtake any second hand value (in real terms the actual difference in value probably wouldn't add up to half the cost of one service)

I read up and Seiko Ecodrive is actually electronic (Lithium battery and solar charging) so I guess it is service-free, I just didn't know before, I thought it was traditional mechanical auto. And yes, maybe not every year or two but they will if you want to keep their value, just as you would with a car: you can skip the services but not good if you ever want to resell.

Automatics do need servicing but not every year or two (in my experience anyway). The low end Seiko automatic movements are reputed to work fine without servicing for 10 years plus. I have two that have never been serviced but they are only around 5 or 6 years old

Yes I meant 'automatics' rather than Ecodrive as I wasn't aware that they might not need servicing, but normal mechanical automatics do need servicing.

I must be doing something wrong, had an eco drive for 6 years and never had it serviced wearing it every day. It has always worked perfectly. Maybe that's just for automatics though?

This is just a Quartz ..... boring. Never ever worth any more.

Get an EcoDrive or Automatic .... no-one wears Quartz these days with all the silly battery changing .

Reasonably priced. Could get from the watch shop for £103 so never *really* £230

OOS

OOS

This looks dope.

​A joke?

"Sick" I know is good having heard my kids use it.

"Dope".. that was a new one to me

Dear, dear, dear, if this is flaming hot we might as well all go home. This is never a £230.00 watch and not eve good value at £100.00. £69.00 is about right imo. Cold from me.

is it a Grand Seiko?

If thats not a joke, then it means good. Be glad he didn't use 'this looks sick'

Good deal. Will
Keep
My assistant happy. Thanks

Erm, yes, but you miss the point ..... EcoDrive means no battery changing!

Result .. and makes this a terrible buy IMO

I know what you mean. Boring quartz and its silly accurate time-keeping causing it needing to be adjusted by a few seconds each year. unlike those great mechanical ones that only need adjusting a couple of times a month if you're lucky ;-)

I know what you mean. Boring quartz and its silly accurate time-keeping causing it needing to be adjusted by a few seconds each year. unlike those great mechanical ones that only need adjusting a couple of times a month if you're lucky ;-)

I just think the luxury watch market is a racket, but maybe you're on to something with the jewellery thing.

I used to use dope to make model aeroplanes, so i'm totally confused :confused:

What would be a good value £100 watch be in your opinion?

You're right I'm not. All I know is Quartz is more accurate than automatic.

Seeing as a Dope is a half soaked thick stupid person...I can only assume it's a bad watch.

Thanks

You sir, are not a watch connoisseur.

Is that a real thing? Link? lol

Automatic?

I investigated on this and it ("dope") apparently means (illegal) drugs. I'm off to get a few kilos from Debenhams..

Looks very plain jane. That RRP must be hugely inflated. Worth spending £30 more & getting an Edifice? The design & looks are head & shoulders above this.

Great looking watch and I saw this at my local jewelers for £89!!

Kwartz from ASDA.

great price for this. chrono and quartz

Usually retails for in excess of £100, and is a nice piece of kit.
The 'Argos' one mentioned above is a completely different watch as far as i can tell, and Amazon have it at £127 with delivery from Italy... So teh Xmas money has fianlly burned through my pocket!
Ordered, and with potentially 5.5% cashback through TopCashBack... :smiley:
Heat added...

lovely looking watch for the price and good brand too. Thank you OP.

Looks it's value

Sell at an over inflated price over Xmas month and then can legally say it's a huge reduction the next month and people just lap it up.

Ok price, certainly not a £200 watch any day though.

Good value watch. Potentially 3.15% cashback via quidco too.

dope means good haha

Don't worry he thinks he's willies I am :sunglasses:

Does it pair with an iPhone? And does Mickey Mouse tell you the time?

£87 in Argos. Seems Standard to me.

Great watch tho, worth every penny of £70 heat given

Good price but the retail price is laughable.

me too


BTW the £259 seems a bit false, even Amazon had this below £140 and regularly below £88 for most of this year

Haha.. Must be an age thing, I was wondering the same