Cheapo Vintage Beauties

Nupero · Oct 16, 2024

@Laneside Thanks! Milljonär is still in my collection and in regular use. Watch keeps ok time, losing about 20s a day. I've had the movement serviced by a local watchmaker. Unitas 6325 caliber can be regulated to run pretty accurately.

Nupero · Aug 26, 2025

Leopard, steel, Unitas 6340.

Canuck · Aug 26, 2025

Laneside
I don't know if this counts as a cheapie as it cost me GBP192 (it's gold). I wear it often.

@Laneside ,

At the current rate of exchange, 0.53 pounds will buy a Canadian dollar. Your watch would cost close to about $362.00 Cdn. Glad you like it! Probably worth all of that if it is solid karat gold.

felsby · Aug 29, 2025

100 $. I love it.

arturo7 · Aug 29, 2025

$100

KeyWestPaw · Aug 30, 2025

We found a box of watches in my girlfriends grandmother's attic. Couple were worth polishing up and adding a strap to. The style was apparently gold on flexible bracelet in those days.

Danwales · Sep 19, 2025

Does £112 constitute as Cheapo? I'm not sure but I certainly think this, my first Movado, is worth it.

levkov · Sep 26, 2025

Well worth the 21 EUR i paid i reckon ✌️

clockoclock · Oct 12, 2025

Oh, I have (and had) lots of cheap beauties. Here are a few for starters. These four cost me probably 50€ in total. Likely less. Well a bit more perhaps if you count changed crystals, straps and such. I hunt a lot at flea markets, antique stores, buy and sell sites etc.

liquidsongbird · Oct 12, 2025

Fantastic

50kopek · Oct 22, 2025

C clockoclock

That is awesome. Nice, clean steel case and then complete madness on the dial!

clockoclock · Oct 22, 2025

5 50kopek
That is awesome. Nice, clean steel case and then complete madness on the dial!

The good stuff with this beauty doesn’t end there, it runs very exakt and the ticking is so loud!
I love it.

clockoclock · Nov 13, 2025

That dial.

KP-99 · Nov 26, 2025

Zentra with HB (Hermann Becker) 115
Paid 45 Euro for that beauty (but it needs a cleaning)

watchmann44232 · Nov 27, 2025

Do Lanco watches qualify? I guess at 16EUR they must.... now the question is to service or not to service... Caseback has Lanco reference 14738 and I am guessing it must be from mid to late 1970s. Nice to see a brown dial in a vintageish Swiss made watch that isn't so because of patina... 🤔😅