What about a Casio Oceanus? After missing out on one a week or two back I have ended up with two - one silver, one PVD - and they are rather impressive.
Alternatively a Longines VHP.
Does anybody have one. I kind of want a grab and go watch where I don't have to worry about setting the time or date or anything.
Does anyone have any other suggestions. I was originally thinking a simple quartz with no date function but that's proving difficult to find. Sort of like a seiko presage but quartz and no date. Open to any ideas
Suppose a casio perpetual calendar of some description makes more sense
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What about a Casio Oceanus? After missing out on one a week or two back I have ended up with two - one silver, one PVD - and they are rather impressive.
Alternatively a Longines VHP.
I was going to suggest one of the GPS Casio G-shocks as an alternative to the Astron, but the only one in the Casio Outlet at the moment is the Gravity Master (https://outlet.casio.co.uk/B-Grade-C...PW-1000GB-1AER) which, whilst attractively priced, doesn't have the bling of the metal ones (or an Astron)
Any chance you can post a picture?
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Not really subtle enough but thanks for the idea
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Helpful. What's the point in a watch forum if you can't ask about watches?
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Last edited by Parabola; 19th March 2018 at 21:21.
Do you travel abroad a lot? If not then a solar atomic G Shock would fit the bill nicely.
Not a great deal. But of Europe for work. But weird; I don't mind setting watches it'd just be nice to have a watch that is basically always right that I can set other watches to, wear occasionally.
Honestly not sure what I want but quite liked the Astron when I held one (just not the price) and I don't own a quartz
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Edit: actually I'm talking out of my arse, I have two g-shocks but what I mean is I don't have a nicer quartz. It's been a long day
Cheers mate. Are the dates pretty quick to set. I.e. does it have a push crown or a screw down. Nice watches by the way, I can see why you got them
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There is a Seiko Sportura GPS, that uses an Astron movement 8X22 for a lot less than an Astron. I paid just under £500 for a new one last year. As you say I wear it more often than my others as it is a classy pick up and go.
Even the booklet calls it an Astron https://www.seikowatches.com/support..._EN_160526.pdf
Ooh that's nice. Wasn't aware of that at all
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Citizen would sit nicely between a Seiko Astron and a Casio Oceanus. Loads of different models of various types. "Citizen Radio Controlled" to google and Bob's your uncle.
Ah okay ta
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Hadn't thought of that cheers. I think I want something that feels 'special'; never had a citizen, are they nicely made watches?
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Thanks I might pop along to h Samuel and take a look
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Went on a cruise in the Caribbean very recently and was annoyed at not being able to take a radio-synced G-Shock, as the inability to sync with a transmitter would have tormented my OCD. And I wished that I had a GPS-synchronised watch.
But I took a couple of regular Casio quartz watches with me. Neither gained as much as a second in the week I was away and both allowed me to adjust the hour setting independently. And since I almost never go abroad for more than two weeks, I was forced to conclude that a GPS watch is a solution to a problem that for me, doesn't actually exist.
Off topic but looking for that on chrono24 and I came across this oddity
https://www.chrono24.co.uk/seiko/spo...-id7809514.htm
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Ta much. Making me tempted. Had a mooch around online. There were some in the Christmas sales at £400 which seems a bargain. Think £525 is realistic right now but I'm going to be patient; I assume a bargain will appear at some point and it's not like I don't have plenty of watches already
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I'm still interested to know whether anyone on the forum has an Astron. It seems to be a remarkably poor seller. I've never seen one on here, which is a little bit of a surprise. I assume it would be a depreciation disaster
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I have one, purchased new and was about, 1200. SAST017G
I know I'll never get my money back but it's a keeper anyway so it's irrelevant. If you like the look and get one at a good price I would say get one. Super watch with some amazing technology. A watch that I set all my watches by.
Thanks mate. That's pretty much my thinking. I really like the dial on the Novak Djokovic one even though I'm put off by celebrity endorsements. SSE105
https://www.seiko-astron.com/ndlimited2016/
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I have this one..http://www.seiko.co.uk/collections/m...g#.WrFouIGnwwA
Took it off the bracelet though and put it on the rubber and deployment which is superb with a great design and top quality.
Yeah that's really nice. The list price on these makes your eyes water though. Might pop into the Seiko boutique tomorrow and have a look
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