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Show us your bargain bin watches under $200

  1. warmpancakes Jan 26, 2020

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    Had it over 20 years, paid 1.00 at a garage sale

    It's early 70s and works perfect original band broke a month or 2 ago. IMG_20200126_145354.jpg
     
  2. Evose Jan 26, 2020

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    Wow, that was lucky indeed!
     
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  3. wagudc Jan 26, 2020

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    A beautiful watch watch and a great price in 1983, but I wouldn't ever call it a bargain bin watch!
     
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  4. wagudc Jan 26, 2020

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    Lovely. Those Timex really do seem to just keep going. They were never a high precision watch, I am amazed how you can find a 40+ year old watch that has probably never had any sort of service that still performs within original specs.
     
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  5. Foo2rama Keeps his worms in a ball instead of a can. Jan 27, 2020

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    @JwRosenthal

    dibs on the tritium sterile military watch and or the Benrus military!
     
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  6. JwRosenthal Jan 27, 2020

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    Sterile dial is a Hamilton- one of my favorite everyday watches, you don’t even know it’s on and it’s readable from full arms length- as they should be
     
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  7. pseikotick Jan 27, 2020

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    Point me to the under $20 thread. 327831B4-D060-4994-9A70-C518E398CEFC.jpeg
     
  8. wagudc Jan 27, 2020

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    What is it? Other than a chronograph, I can't tell because the picture is low resolution. Loos like a nice watch for under $20.
     
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  9. neilfrancis Jan 27, 2020

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    West End Sowar with Arabic Day Date. ebay £22 08E975C7-6995-491E-AD21-0A80C61685CA.jpeg
     
  10. JwRosenthal Jan 27, 2020

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    Lol- believe it or not I'm sure some of our more seasoned members who have the ears on the streets would blow our minds with some of their finds under $20. I picked up a 14k Baum & Mercier 60's dress watch with a cracked crystal and half a strap at a flea market in a $10 bin of watches....I gifted it to a friend years ago, so no pic sadly.
     
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  11. JSal16 Jan 27, 2020

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    Love these 70s manual winding revolving disc pieces!
     
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  12. pseikotick Jan 27, 2020

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    Oh, not a chronograph. Some called them start/stop chronos. It's a faux chrono. The top button stops the sweep hand, and the bottom button starts it. There is no reset. One jewel movements. LOUD tickers. Amazingly, I see them sell for over 300 on occasion. I can't imagine why. And the subdial hands move along with the hours and minutes but also cannot be reset.
     
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  13. JwRosenthal Jan 27, 2020

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    Lol- digital..well, yes it is technically- as much as this was

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  14. DaveK Yoda of Yodelers Jan 27, 2020

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    <$200? All my pocket watches combined :). Seriously, every collection should have at least one pocket watch.

    and in the <$75 category

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  15. Syrte MWR Tech Support Dept Jan 27, 2020

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    I don’t know anything about Rolex but Wow.
     
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  16. JwRosenthal Jan 27, 2020

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    All we need to know is that is probably one of the best ROI you will find anywhere....aside of the dude with the Daytona he bought for $500 and put in a safety deposit box...if he sells it.
     
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  17. warmpancakes Jan 27, 2020

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    I im not sure how close to spec it is, ive never rally checked to see how much it loses or gains, now you have me wondering?
     
  18. JwRosenthal Jan 27, 2020

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    Don’t go down that rabbit hole with a Timex- just wear and enjoy!
     
  19. wagudc Jan 27, 2020

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    I have a couple old Timex that are +/- 30 or 40 secs. a day, which I imagine is about the best they ever were. Good enough to wear for one ore two days at a time and not worry about being late to a meeting.
     
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  20. pseikotick Jan 27, 2020

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    I misunderstood. I thought we were showing watches that were actually worth less than 200. I'm embarrassed to note the times when I paid far too little for someone's watch. Not my proudest moments. A 69 Speedmaster that the guy couldn't get back in its case in about 1995. A Heuer Autavia "Viceroy" that one old guy knew he had paid about 80 bucks and a proof of purchase from a carton of smokes for. He thought 80 after two decades of use and depreciation was a great deal. I agreed. It's funny how I got a kick out of those "steals" at the time but not so much looking back at this point in my life. This watch is better for this thread. 738884FF-E826-491B-90FC-339ECAC0A0E7.jpeg
     
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