this watch: yay or nay? (poll)

[zixxer]

http://bellsouthpwp.net/s/e/se7enty7/4s15/

Forgot to put how much


$200 shipped is what I would pay

 

[Aharami]

i voted yay just cuz its a nice looking watch and Seiko makes really nice watches (im wearing one right now) but im not too fond of the two-tone (gold and silver)...looks kinda girlish. go with one thats all stainless steel or titanium (grey)

but its definately worth 200

 

[Ness]

I voted no cause of $$$ because I break watches REALLL fast... I usually go with Timex expeditions, because they are pretty freaking tough and still look good. And I get my uncle to pick them up for me, because military people can get them on their base for like, $20... when they are normally $50-70.

I don't wear watches when I dress up, so that's no problem. In fact, I dress up so rarely that it's even more of a reason to not spend that sort of money on a watch.

 

[Asharus]

Looks quite nice. Where at? I'll beat ya to it.

 

[dxkj]

For < $200 go for this one Text

 

[tallest1]

I say, nay. It almost looks like a woman's watch

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

I dunno - to my taste it is a little too fussy and feminine (I own 4 Seiko watches, but IMO they have never done well at these kinds of elaborate guilloche faces - their costliest watches, the Grand Seikos, have a very clean design), and I don't care for the two-tone finish. On the bright side, at least it's automatic . . .

You could get one of these, in the color of your choice, for $180 shipped. It has a nice, clean look, very beefy bracelet with pushbutton clasp, sapphire crystal (vastly superior to the Hardlex mineral glass found on the watch you asked about), and a very nice automatic movement (IMO life is too short to wear quartz watches).

 

[calvinbiss]

Originally posted by: dxkj
For < $200 go for this one Text

Thats a good looking watch

 

[maziwanka]

i guess im biased since i dont wear watches, but i say nay on this one....

 

[zixxer]

Originally posted by: Don_Vito
I dunno - to my taste it is a little too fussy and feminine (I own 4 Seiko watches, but IMO they have never done well at these kinds of elaborate guilloche faces - their costliest watches, the Grand Seikos, have a very clean design), and I don't care for the two-tone finish. On the bright side, at least it's automatic . . .

You could get one of these, in the color of your choice, for $180 shipped. It has a nice, clean look, very beefy bracelet with pushbutton clasp, sapphire crystal (vastly superior to the Hardlex mineral glass found on the watch you asked about), and a very nice automatic movement (IMO life is too short to wear quartz watches).

I'm very familiar with seiko's watches... Those superiors have the 7s36, which is not even close to being as nice as the 4s15 movement.
The watch I'm looking does have a sapphire crystal.



Fossil's are cheap chinese pieces of junk.


Don Vito:

http://bellsouthpwp.net/s/e/se7enty7/watches/watches.JPG

http://bellsouthpwp.net/s/e/se7enty7/watches/mission/face.jpg

There's a couple of my other watches.

Just sold this:

http://bellsouthpwp.net/s/e/se7enty7/face.jpg

 

[zixxer]

bump for good measure

 

[Turkish]

I wouldn't ask questions like this to ATOT crowd as most of them are nerds (with no taste of apparel) with 90s' Casio Remote Control watches.

No fashion here. Once I was recommended to trash my DG shoes and put on some New Balances here

 

[GermyBoy]

How about NAY (both ugly and too much $$).

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

se7enty7:

Point taken - I had just assumed the watch came with Hardlex (for some reason Seiko seems to use sapphire very sparingly, part of the reason I like my Yao SKX007 better than my SKX779), and did not know it had the 4s15. I don't blame you for not posting the specs, which would have been meaningless to most folks.

That said, I still dislike the guilloche Seikos, and find the watch too feminine for my taste (that italicized "Automatic" is incontrovertibly fruity, and the bezel is unnecessarily fancy-pants, though the case shape itself is handsome IMO). It will look really cheap when the gold-colored plating starts to fade and scratch, which it will. I think the Grand Seikos are very nice (though I can't imagine spending that kind of cake on a Seiko), and there are some gorgeous Brightz dress watches, like these, but to me most of the dress Seikos suffer from the same fussiness. I prefer the early '60s Seikomatic Selfdater I got for $27 on eBay!

If I were burning for a modern Japanese dress watch, I think I would go for one of the Citizen Stilletos, which are, sadly, quartz, but which are remarkably elegant and thin, and are offered in nice, simple tank designs. I guess there's something to be said for having one quartz watch to use for setting all your others.

On balance (I'll finally shut up!), it is a good value for $200 if you like it (sapphire + 4s15 is a great combo), but it is, in my opinion, an ugly watch.

 

[Turkish]

Originally posted by: Don_Vito
se7enty7:

Point taken - I had just assumed the watch came with Hardlex (for some reason Seiko seems to use sapphire very sparingly, part of the reason I like my Yao SKX007 better than my SKX779), and did not know it had the 4s15. I don't blame you for not posting the specs, which would have been meaningless to most folks.

That said, I still dislike the guilloche Seikos, and find the watch too feminine for my taste. I think the Grand Seikos are very nice (though I can't imagine spending that kind of cake on a Seiko), and there are some gorgeous Brightz dress watches, but to me most of the dress Seikos suffer from the same fussiness. I prefer the early '60s Seikomatic Selfdater I got for $27 on eBay!

If I were burning for a modern Japanese dress watch, I think I would go for one of the Citizen Stilletos, which are, sadly, quartz, but which are remarkably elegant and thin, and are offered in nice, simple tank designs. I guess there's something to be said for having one quartz watch to use for setting all your others.

Good advice

btw, I like your cat looks pissed.

 

[zixxer]

Originally posted by: Don_Vito
se7enty7:

Point taken - I had just assumed the watch came with Hardlex (for some reason Seiko seems to use sapphire very sparingly, part of the reason I like my Yao SKX007 better than my SKX779), and did not know it had the 4s15. I don't blame you for not posting the specs, which would have been meaningless to most folks.

That said, I still dislike the guilloche Seikos, and find the watch too feminine for my taste (that italicized "Automatic" is incontrovertibly fruity, and the bezel is unnecessarily fancy-pants, though the case shape itself is handsome IMO). It will look really cheap when the gold-colored plating starts to fade and scratch, which it will. I think the Grand Seikos are very nice (though I can't imagine spending that kind of cake on a Seiko), and there are some gorgeous Brightz dress watches, like these, but to me most of the dress Seikos suffer from the same fussiness. I prefer the early '60s Seikomatic Selfdater I got for $27 on eBay!

If I were burning for a modern Japanese dress watch, I think I would go for one of the Citizen Stilletos, which are, sadly, quartz, but which are remarkably elegant and thin, and are offered in nice, simple tank designs. I guess there's something to be said for having one quartz watch to use for setting all your others.

On balance (I'll finally shut up!), it is a good value for $200 if you like it (sapphire + 4s15 is a great combo), but it is, in my opinion, an ugly watch.

I passed on it.

Thanks for the advice though