What are the ‘must have’ watches on Aliexpress 2025?

By that I mean, if you were telling someone about the platform and wanted to point them to a watch or two as absolutely unmissable….Which specific ones would it be?

Individual watches not whole brands. Also based on the usual prices not something thats a super bargain in whatever today’s sale is.

I’ll start it off with the Tandorio 62mas.

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What are the ‘must have’ watches on Aliexpress 2025?

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Poor man’s Seiko Speedtimer (Pogue): help me chose the bracelet

So I’ve written a few hours ago about my project of a Poor Man’s Speedtimer (Pogue) asking where I could source a custom printed bezel.

In the meantime the watch was delivered to me coming all the way from Japan [emoji16] lightning fast shipping!! (posted Friday, received in France the next Wednesday), and astonishingly high “customs clearance fee” from the French Post Office (55% of the value of the watch). Anyway…

I’ve started cleaning/modding the watch: removed the red round patch at…

Poor man’s Seiko Speedtimer (Pogue): help me chose the bracelet

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Watches and Coffee

So there are a few threads out there about showing off your watches and bevs! This isn’t another thread of just showing off (but pictures are always nice!) in this thread, I want to see if anyone is particularly interested in trading straps/cheapo watches and a cup (bag, I mean you can send a cup of coffee too if you think of a way, but I digress from my digression) of their favorite coffee to fellow members!

I’ve been surprising fellow f/71 member John (Jelliottz) with bags of Canada’s own…

Watches and Coffee

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