Cheap but decent accessories: Watches and Eyewear

[henri]

I had a Black Bay as a DW/travel watch at one time. I'd gone to look at the Pelegos, didn't like it on the wrist as much as I'd hoped, liked the Black Bay more and got that. Sold it last year ish. My current DW/Travel watch is a Farer, best value going right now in my view.

Few people are familiar with Farer ….. actually have a Biarritz, it was roughly 700 British pounds; cool looking watch, it was an impulse buy in London a few months back.

[WillBrink]

Few people are familiar with Farer ….. actually have a Biarritz, it was roughly 700 British pounds; cool looking watch, it was an impulse buy in London a few months back.

I have two watches from them now and did reviews of both on my YT channel. I compare one to the Tudor, and it's a better watch than the Tudor all around, which was why I sold the Tudor. Farer sells our rapidly, so enough people are aware of them to make them a top selling micro brand.

[SeriousStudent]

I am a big fan of the Casio solar G-Shock watches, as others have mentioned. I have one that was in a Louisiana store that was destroyed by Katrina. It was buried underwater and rubble for three weeks.

I bought it for $20 from the insurance folks that salvaged the goods from the store. It still runs like a champ 18 years later. I have basically tried to kill it and failed.

If you have the extra cash, Christopher Ward and Sangin Instruments also make extremely reliable time pieces. I also have a Marathon GSAR like markm, and have failed to kill it.

I do love the "classy elegant understated look". My daily wear is a 1998 stainless steel Rolex no-date Submariner. I love that watch, it works with everything from a tux to cargo shorts.

[Hank6046]

I am a big fan of the Casio solar G-Shock watches, as others have mentioned. I have one that was in a Louisiana store that was destroyed by Katrina. It was buried underwater and rubble for three weeks.

I bought it for $20 from the insurance folks that salvaged the goods from the store. It still runs like a champ 18 years later. I have basically tried to kill it and failed.

If you have the extra cash, Christopher Ward and Sangin Instruments also make extremely reliable time pieces. I also have a Marathon GSAR like markm, and have failed to kill it.

I do love the "classy elegant understated look". My daily wear is a 1998 stainless steel Rolex no-date Submariner. I love that watch, it works with everything from a tux to cargo shorts.

That's what I basically ended up doing. I bought a G-Shock with built in digital compass for around $45 on Amazon, its the same one I had in when I was in. I'm probably going to buy a nice Citizen that I can wear with a suite or something I can have on during a meeting with clients and customers, but then when it comes to helping out with the actual hardware portion of my work, I can take off or rock my G-Shock. I'm not a watch collector, nor do I need another thing taking up my time and money, I just want something that works well until I inevitably end up breaking it