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Posted: 4/27/2022 4:52:23 PM EDT
Calling for pics or posting about all budget, beaters and cheap watches you ware.

$2.00 from a thrift store.  $7 for a nato, $0.25 for hydromod.


Followed closely by..
HMT from India $12 shipped off ebay.



Link Posted: 4/27/2022 5:31:48 PM EDT
[#1]
I love this watch. I'm very rough on them and this thing has taken a real beating. Plus with my eyes it's the perfect light in the night to check time. I think it was $20 on Amazon.

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Link Posted: 4/27/2022 5:53:44 PM EDT
[#2]
Casio EAW-MRW-200H-1BV Used to be under $18.95, currently $21.50.  Super light, thin, works all the time.
Link Posted: 4/27/2022 8:05:32 PM EDT
[#3]
Free, walked into the office the CPO said we got watches in.
Link Posted: 4/27/2022 8:06:10 PM EDT
[#4]
$99 Invicta automatic I wore the hell out this watch 2003 to 2010. I can attest to beating the ever living shit out of it.

Link Posted: 4/27/2022 8:07:14 PM EDT
[#5]
$7.77 from my favorite store, Walmart.

Link Posted: 4/27/2022 8:33:29 PM EDT
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25.00 thrift store find
Link Posted: 4/27/2022 8:45:27 PM EDT
[#7]
About $20
Link Posted: 4/27/2022 11:13:54 PM EDT
[#8]
$25 G Shock DW5600 I got from DSG arms when they had a big sale years ago.

Link Posted: 4/27/2022 11:17:20 PM EDT
[#9]
I only own one, so my 007 would certainly be it.
Link Posted: 4/27/2022 11:18:34 PM EDT
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$25 G Shock DW5600 I got from DSG arms when they had a big sale years ago.

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Same here. G Shock circa 2007. Battery lasted 13 years. Just a workhorse.
Link Posted: 4/28/2022 6:43:03 AM EDT
[#11]
F91W - $16

Link Posted: 4/28/2022 7:28:54 AM EDT
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very nice score
Link Posted: 4/28/2022 7:42:09 AM EDT
[#13]
I got a $50 Patek Phillipe in Chinatown about a dozen years ago.


I'm afraid its not genuine.
Link Posted: 4/28/2022 1:45:22 PM EDT
[#14]
My wife’s Hamilton, $1k

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Link Posted: 4/28/2022 2:05:15 PM EDT
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Maybe 30 bucks with the band ?
Link Posted: 4/28/2022 3:03:02 PM EDT
[#16]
Probably a $25 Casio that’s in a storage bin in my basement.
Link Posted: 4/28/2022 4:31:15 PM EDT
[#17]
GShock DW6900.  cant recall what i paid b/c it was like a million years ago.  I just changed the battery for the first time last year.
Link Posted: 5/1/2022 10:59:00 AM EDT
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No name copy of CWC.  I think I paid around $35.00 at the Crotian Navy base in Split. I always have a new gasket installed when I replace the battery and have It pressure tested.  It hasn't failed yet.  I have had it around 20 years.
Link Posted: 6/1/2022 5:04:02 AM EDT
[#19]
$30.00, great beater watch.
Link Posted: 6/1/2022 6:12:10 AM EDT
[#20]
$18 Casio I bought at Walmart 10 years ago. I wear it ruining every morning as well as yard work, fishing and kayaking. I’ve replaced the band once but it’s still on the original battery.

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Link Posted: 6/1/2022 12:51:21 PM EDT
[#21]
A Timex Mercury was about $20 a few years ago.

Link Posted: 6/1/2022 9:20:28 PM EDT
[#22]
Everyone needs a Walmart purchased Timex Expedition in a NATO strap.
Link Posted: 6/2/2022 7:29:52 AM EDT
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I have an Orient Mako.  I think they’re around $200, maybe less depending on specific model.  I beat the hell out of it over a couple years.  It’s been diving with me on three continents.  Damn thing just keeps on ticking, it is an incredible cheap watch.  Now it lives a life of leisure as my daily beater is an Oris Aquis.
Link Posted: 6/20/2022 5:48:40 PM EDT
[#24]
I once bought a bathy 160 for $30, does that count?
Link Posted: 6/26/2022 12:16:20 PM EDT
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This one. As far as I can tell it's typically a European release watch as I can't find much on it on English sites. Paid $150 for it
Link Posted: 6/26/2022 5:58:17 PM EDT
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Here’s a cheap one I just got for a beater. It’s surprisingly nicely finished for a $40 watch.

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Link Posted: 6/27/2022 12:14:50 AM EDT
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Here's a cheap one I just got for a beater. It's surprisingly nicely finished for a $40 watch.

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Nice!  Did a hydromod on mine and replaced the glass with double domed sapphire.  Almost doubled the cost but was worth the looks.


Link Posted: 6/27/2022 12:33:06 AM EDT
[#28]
I used to have a Timex Ironman, think it was less than $30. It was a great watch.
It lasted a long time, made repeated dives to 190 FSW as a backup timer and did not flood.
After it died (battery died once you break the back lose to change its all over) I purchased two more both flooded.  One on a shallow dive.
The other I was wearing on a hot day and jumped into a cold pool, guessing the temp changed caused the watch to pull a vacuum, flooded instantly.

I guess the QC at Timex went down.
No more Timex watches for me.
Link Posted: 6/27/2022 12:53:34 AM EDT
[#29]
A sub-ten dollar F91W from the PX. I often laughed as I switched it out with my Explorer to make use of its stop-watch feature for work stuff. It will never leave my now shrinking collection. Not that it's worth anything.
Link Posted: 7/1/2022 3:16:10 PM EDT
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Here’s a cheap one I just got for a beater. It’s surprisingly nicely finished for a $40 watch.

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Very nice, I have my eye on the Batman version of that watch.
Link Posted: 7/9/2022 11:32:12 PM EDT
[#31]
I got this one for nostalgic purposes recently on ebay for 15$!  It was my first real watch I got in year 2000.  That one got thrown away bc I didn't know how to fix the worn down clasp.   Guess Waterpro.

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Link Posted: 8/10/2022 11:17:54 PM EDT
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$20 knockoff Omega Seamaster I bought in Shanghai 20 years ago.

It’s a no-name automatic movement, that still keeps good time.

It’s on its second $20 NATO strap, and is my refinery turnaround watch.

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Link Posted: 8/11/2022 6:18:23 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 8/11/2022 7:27:39 PM EDT
[#34]
1987 Meister Anker, cost was $43.

They were made in East Germany for sale in West Germany. One of the few items that crossed borders.
It is an automatic with a date window. The only way to set the date is by using the hands. You have to go around and around until you hit the date you want.
Link Posted: 8/11/2022 7:31:29 PM EDT
[#35]
Well technically Free is my cheapest: Rolex Date-Just 2 tone (stainless and 18k gold with champagne dial and Roman numeral).
Link Posted: 8/11/2022 7:51:48 PM EDT
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$50 Casio Duro

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