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Swatch Watch for $3.75 for Focalprice e-mail subscribers this weekend!

Perknose

Perknose

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I like its clean looks so I ordered one as a beater watch.

Apparently, the vendor that shall not be named is somewhat censored on AT, but here is a pic of it for $3.25, but with $7.18 shipping and that auction is eneded anyway.

Note: You do need to be a f*o*calp*rice e-mail subscriber to get this price, otherwise it appears to be $4.50 shipped, an extra $.75.

I'll bet you could get their customer service to waive that for you, though.

The deal is good this Friday through Sunday, 1/7 - 1/9 only.
 
Just be aware:
1. This is a woman's watch (in case it makes a difference to you.)
2. This site sells products manufactured in China, just in case you thought this might be a real Swatch watch.
 
It wouldn't surprise me at all if "Swatch" outsourced their cheaper line of watches to other companies to manufacture. How else can they sell them dirt cheap in stores?
 
right...i just assumed the $10 swatches at target were made in china, a lot like the skagen's at sears for $30 are sure as hell not made in denmark 🙂
 
allisolm said:
Just be aware:
1. This is a woman's watch (in case it makes a difference to you.)
2. This site sells products manufactured in China, just in case you thought this might be a real Swatch watch.
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Just be aware:
1. You are WRONG. I now have it, this is a man's watch. No doubt you have a credible link which states this is a woman's watch and will now post it, because posting such false info otherwise would be thread crapping.

I went searching all over the net when you posted this, and couldn't find anything that so stated, so I'd be really curious for you to post your link.

2. As stated elsewhere in this thread, the lowest level genuine Swatch watches are manufactured in China. While this one has the correct logo, I don't truly know if it is indeed genuine.

What I DO know is that is has a stainless steel back, a metal case, and actually looks and feels quite classy -- far more than even the pics on the web would indicate. For the price, it was an incredible bargain!

If you know it is not a real Swatch watch, again, please post your link, because otherwise this is the second unfounded thread crap in your one short post, for which you should probably infract yourself. 😉
 
Hmmmm, just noticed that the wristbands aren't cheaply molded onto the watch, which, among other things, is often a point of breakage after repeated flexing.

Instead, they are attached by the standard expanding metal spring rollers. This means one can substitute any standard watch band for the (fairly high quality) black rubber ones it come with.

Yet another detail you probably can't see in any pic is that there are minute numbers inscribed discreetly around the bezel under the plastic/glass watch face cover.

The more I peruse this watch, the more I see how much it absolutely rocks for $3.75 shipped. It far exceeds even my most optimistic expectations for what I might have been getting.

I'd say, based on its basic build quality, that it is indeed a genuine Swatch, not that that matters all that much at this price point.
 
kondspi said:
The watch in question is Swatch YW933W. Whether or not it is a womens watch, it is listed as one on Fp.

http://i.imgur.com/UH3ea.png

Evidence would point to its being womens or unisex, cuz the related model, YW933P, is pink.
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I have the best evidence possible, the watch itself.

Unisex, maybe, whatever that means to whomever, but it is NOT a woman's watch.
 
Seems like the Swatch one is gone now. They have a similar one without the Swatch logo for $3.14.

About the gender of the watch, I think that it's just mis-categorized. If you click on the Men's category, a lot of them say "Women's Electronic Wrist Watch" under the image even though it says "Men's" right in the title and description.
 
These are selling for $2.45 for one, 2-9 for $2.32 a piece on wsdeal.com. Just search on YW933W. I just purchased two for $8.81 shipped. I needed a cheap junker and remembered this marvelous Perknose thread, the first in a series of many... I hope. lol
 
allisolm said:
Just be aware:
1. This is a woman's watch (in case it makes a difference to you.)
2. This site sells products manufactured in China, just in case you thought this might be a real Swatch watch.
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Is it a clone? what's the difference between the clone and the original brand watches? Generally I don't attention to believe the quality made by China manufacturers...
 
Let me tell you, the pictures alone don't do this watch justice. I have no doubt it's a genuine Swatch.

I basically received several compliments today on a watch costing me $4.40. The shipping alone from China should cost 3x that amount. Glad I bought two! lol
 
bradley said:
Let me tell you, the pictures alone don't do this watch justice.
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😀:thumbsup: 😀:thumbsup: 😀:thumbsup:

I basically received several compliments today on a watch costing me $4.40. The shipping alone from China should cost 3x that amount. Glad I bought two! lol.
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Huzzah! :biggrin:

I have no doubt it's a genuine Swatch.
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However, it was proven by my betters in yet another of my quixotic HD cheap-watch threads that it isn't. I don't really care. It's remarkably well made, and -- YOU ARE CORRECT SIR -- the pictures alone simply don't do its understated elegance justice.
 
I purchased a cheap-o ebay Seiko quite a while back and it finally stopped working. I am having a hard time finding replacement parts so I took a trip to a jeweler. To my surprise, he told me it was real. I was 100% sure it was a fake but the jeweler insisted it is the real deal. Unfortunately the replacement parts are going to cost more than 3x what I paid for the watch!!
 
I ordered 2 for the heck of it. I will let you know once they get here. I am expecthing quite a lot from the reactions here, but not much from the reviews I see everywhere else on the web.
 
BAMAVOO said:
I ordered 2 for the heck of it. I will let you know once they get here. I am expecthing quite a lot from the reactions here, but not much from the reviews I see everywhere else on the web.
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My wife just called and said these were delivered. The bad part is I said how to do they look and she said as if they came from a bubble gum machine. I hope they are not that bad when I get home 🙁
 
BAMAVOO said:
My wife just called and said these were delivered. The bad part is I said how to do they look and she said as if they came from a bubble gum machine. I hope they are not that bad when I get home 🙁
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I must agree. This watch is not for me. I will be putting these up for sale. They are heavy and look fine, bujt just not my style.
 
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