Cheapo Vintage Beauties

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@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.
 
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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.
 
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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.

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

 
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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.