lulu_l

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[–] lulu_l@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

If you are in the US take a look at the officialwatchdeals store on ebay and get a citizen eco-drive you like from there. It's probably the best watch you can find. They don't have much stock at the moment since it's before Christmas but there are still plenty to choose from. Keep in mind the size of you have a small wrist.

This BM6929-56L would be a great everyday watch. It's super titanium and has a scratch resistant coating + a sapphire crystal.

This AW0100-51A is another option with a more simple design or maybe this more modern/minimal blue dial (has an integrated bracelet and you can't replace it for a strap if needed). There are others to choose from also.

For automatics there's the orient ray 2, bambino, maestro, pilot/flight, defender that might be within budget depending of where you live. Keep in mind that automatic watches are not as acurate as quartz and can gain or lose time /day as much as a quartz does in a month.

Citizen ny0086 is an ISO certified divers 200m watch that you can find within budget depending on your region.

Invicta 1953 (31290).

There are also plenty of homage type of watches both automatic and quartz (not many solars though) from brands like escapement time, seestern, addiesdive, SteelDive, Pagani Design, sugess, ets... that are good watches for the price. You can ask for recommendations on r/Chinesewatches. If you look on the choice section of aliexpress you might find some on sale but usually on r/Chinesewatches you gel a lot of direct links. Escape wheel watch reviews on youtube covers many of these in detail.

[–] lulu_l@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Seiko 5 sports srpd51 or if you can still find a seiko sea ui snzf17. Bother have an exhibition caseback.

Also, the ray 2 has better lume than the mako.

You could ask in r/Chinesewatches. In that price range there are plenty submariner homages like the SteelDive sd1975, maybe some have a display caseback.

[–] lulu_l@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You want a mechanical/automatic watch or an analog watch?

An analog quartz or solar would be more durable for whatever sportier activities kids do these days. They are also much more accurate than mechanical watches.

For automatics that are Japanese the citizen Promaster ny0086 would be one of the more robust ones.

Also the orient ray 2 or the seiko 5 sports models.

The Orient maestro is a modern/casual/minimalist design.

For analog quartz watches you have Casio that's Japanese with models like the mtd1053 (40mm), efv100d, efrs108, efrs107d, mts100 and mts110 (these have a sapphire crystal and a 10 year battery).

There are plenty of watches of Chinese or Hong Kong origin (like perpetual Watches) if he's from that part of the world, you can ask for recommendations in the r/Chinesewatches subredit.

The citizen eco-drive bm8180 would be a good choice, it's solar powered and small in size to fit a small wrist. It's also robust and would do well with all sorts of sports. Something like this would be my choice for a more classic looking watch that would keep up with an active lifestyle. It's also Japanese in origin like seiko, Casio, orient.

There are also many microbrands based in Asia like vario, zelos, Phoibos...

[–] lulu_l@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You could ask in r/watchrepair

[–] lulu_l@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

A casio oceanus t200 should be more affordable in Japan compared to importing it.

[–] lulu_l@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Some limited edition seikos do, but it all.

[–] lulu_l@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

There are some smaller divers from companies like San Martin (retro diver or retro gmt) or the seestern 62MAS homage (37mm). You could ask in r/ Chinesewatches too or just search on youtube for 37mm diver or 38mm dive watch or something similar.

[–] lulu_l@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

If you are in the US get an eco-drive you feel would fit him from this ebay store. They have the best prices. At the moment they do t have the most stock but there are enough to pick one.

Here's one that might fit your description.

An all stainless steel (without gold colored plating) would probably fair better over time like this one (this model has a fixed bezel, there are other models with a similar (diver) style that have a rotating bezel that can be used as a 60 minutes timer like this one - o The larger side). The dive style of watches is the most popular stye of watches among men.

There's also an extra 25% off coupon at the moment for some models including both of the ones I mentioned.

Eco-drives are very good practical everyday watches. They are durable, accurate and don't require any sort of mentenance, just don't hide it in a drawer in the dark when not wearing it so it can get some daylight and it'll just work for many years.

Keep in mind the size also. Usually around 40mm is ok for most wrists for a watch without an external bezel and around 42mm would be a good size for a dive style watch. Depending on how big his wrist is you can go higher or lower than these measurements.

Also, titanium watches like the o e I mentioned are much lighter than the stainless steel ones, some people like that, others don't.

[–] lulu_l@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

The Citizen BH3000-68E comes on a bracelet.

[–] lulu_l@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

To keep it in the budget realm this canvas strap might fit.

For rubber search for fkm rubber straps on the juelong store on aliexpress,those seem to be well regarded at a budget friendly price.

For the most confortable feeling strap you could try one of the elastic type straps like the swc elastic/velcro strap, paratrooper strap, Erica's original or one of the elastic straps from cnswatchbands.com (you can also find here plenty of other nato type straps, the ribbed ones seem to be popular. San Martin also have some ribbed nato straps that people seem to like).

[–] lulu_l@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

The weekender chrono doesn't tick as loud..

Apart from changing the movement (if its even possible) I don't think you can do anything about it.

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