Spend my voucher!

fat bloke

I've a 135 quid one4all voucher gathering lint and fluff in my wallet. Any tips on what I could buy with it. Has to be a bricks and mortar purchase, and one that takes accepts one4all.
The usual problem is that the watch in a shop is twice the price of the same one online making it a waste of funds.

A nice gshock would be cool, but I'm very pernickety on them...
A chronograph would be nice too.
Or something else entirely. - Dress watches are wasted on me cos I never dress up, never wear a shirt, and I really like the braceleted diver look with a suit for the very occasional wedding/funeral.

I could put a few quid with the voucher too for something nice.

Mitch Buchannon

fat bloke wrote: »

I've a 135 quid one4all voucher gathering lint and fluff in my wallet. Any tips on what I could buy with it. Has to be a bricks and mortar purchase, and one that takes accepts one4all.

A nice gshock would be cool, but I'm very pernickety on them..

I would say a G-Shock GW-M5610-ER.
It’s the classic square G-Shock shape. It has tough solar and is multiband so you don’t have to set the watch as it’s picks up the signal daily.

Argos sell it for €129.99

https://m.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/2926175/c_1/1|category_root|Jewellery+and+watches|14416987/c_2/3|cat_15701267|Men's+watches|14417316.htm

I’m actually wearing mine at the moment.

Wibbs

Can't go wrong with an old style G-Shock in my humble.

fat bloke

It's nice alright. I like the negative display version as well.

Cienciano

This Seiko is actually really good value in argos at the moment.

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/5727890/Trail/searchtext%3ESEIKO.htm

Enough change for one of the below:

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/5447613/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7CJewellery+and+watches%7C14416987/Trail/searchtext%3ECASIO.htm

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/6987653/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7CJewellery+and+watches%7C14416987/Trail/searchtext%3ECASIO.htm

Buy all 3 and you've ticked the chrono, g-shock and dive box!

fat bloke

I was down in Dundrum today mooching around and found myself humming and hawing between these two:

A Seiko prospex solar chronograph SSC369



And a (real mouthful) Citizen titanium eco drive perpetual calendar alarm chronograph




Both on sale. Significantly so based on the claimed RRP's. But I diidn't buy either. I preferred the Seiko I have to say. Lovely bracelet and lovely chronograph action.
The citizen seems like a right bargain but there's something with me and titanium watches - they suffer from their raison d'etre - lightness. They're so light, they don't feel substantial, there's no heft, no illusion of quality. It's a cracking spec though - all that functionality and a 5 year warranty and eco drive and it's even 200m water rated. Bezel movement was very light touch though as well, and cheap feeling.

Pity. I might still go back though. -Anyone any opinions or experience of either?

Wibbs

Prefer the Seiko myself. The dial is more interesting to me.