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By: Alexis Poole

A certain air of sophistication and luxury has become synonymous with Michael Kors‘ fashionable watches and they’re insanely popular after the designer was anointed as one of Oprah’s Favorite Things. Ranging in the $ 250 to $ 500 price bracket, Kors watches aren’t exactly the cheapest things on the market. Considering the longevity of the watch, it’s wearability, and the materials used to create the watch, you can get the same sophistication at more suitable prices.

Michael Kors watches range from $ 300 to $ 500–and it's only stainless steel

When people purchase a gold Michael Kors watch for over $ 400, they expect to get some carat of gold in that watch. Not so with Kors’ gold-tone watches, which have no gold content at all. All metal Kors watches are ion-plated stainless steel. To get rich, varying colors, many watch manufacturers use an advanced surface finishing process called ion-plating, which combines certain chemical gases to produce a particular color and increased durability and wear resistance. When colors of watches used to fade after a month or two, ion-plating allows certain fashionable colors up to two years of wearability before the watch even starts to fade. Most watches are made this way and many are backed by at least a two-year limited warranty that cover internal movement components of the watch.

The outward components include the face of the watch, known as the crystal, the bezel–or the glitz around the face–and the part that attaches the face to the watch bracelet is called the case. The bezel can be made of rhinestones and often absorbs most of the shock if you wear your watch while using your hands. Because the bezel is so susceptible to damage there is a $ 32 fee to replace it as well as the other outward components of the watch. The watch will have to be sent in, but don’t send it to Michael Kors as he is the designer, not the manufacturer for his watches. Michael Kors, and many other fashion and luxury watches, are manufactured at Metro Service Center in Dallas, Texas. Even if you are local to Dallas, you still must send your watch into Metro through the mail.

This warranty is the same for many watches, including Kors, Marc by Marc Jacobs, and DKNY. Those brands are made in the exact same way, in similar style to Kors–but just for a lot less. DKNY styles top off at around $ 300 and Marc by Marc Jacobs has many styles around $ 250, although there definitely are more expensive styles to choose from. You can find even more brands and models that are less expensive although they’re made with the same materials and processes. Furthermore, your watch would be different from everyone else who is throwing their money to Michael Kors for the same look time and time again.

From:Luxury Watches That Impress Review Blog

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For Christmas, how about a Patek for 100 USD? Well, lucky for you, Babbo Natale is coming to town and  he has a little something for you in his sleigh.

Imagine Italy in the 1930s. Il Duce is running the show and, if you’re lucky, you have 2,000 Lire in your pocket to burn.  In this advertisement from December 1933, placed by Milan retailer Orologeria Eberhard, Santa presents three stylish rectangular Patek Philippe wristwatches and a pocket watch (click here for a similar one that is on sale on Ebay now).

With the Italian lira pegged to the US dollar from 1927 to 1934 at Lire 19 per USD 1, relative bargains were available for the taking. At the same time, Pateks were sold in the States for approximately double the price, due to the US retail prices set by the Henri Stern Watch Agency and mandatory import duty.

The US market was most certainly buying less luxury timepieces at the time, too. The Depression had left the US economy in shambles. However, times weren’t bad for everyone (New Yorker Henry Graves purchased a few in his day) and the Italians embraced watch collecting very early on and had some money to spend on one of the things they loved (and continue to love) most – Patek Philippe.

From:HODINKEE

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been wanting a nice classic watch (ladies) for a while but don’t really know much about watches i have around $ 200 to $ 400. any suggestions would be much appreciated.

Answer by Cash
Ive always been a fan of Seiko, great craftsmanship, simple designs. Ive owned mine for years, which I recieved from my uncle, who in turn owned his for years. Im not sure if youll find the aesthetic you want, but im conviced they are some of the best made around.

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Answer by Barkley Hound
Take a look at the Robb Report if you want to see expensive watches. There is one for $ 140,000 on this page. There are others from $ 23,000 on up.

http://www.robbreport.com/categories/watches/

₪ ɦəlʞɹɐq ₪

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I just saw an ad for it and it looks pretty good, but I was wondering how much it would cost. The commercial didn’t say.

Answer by Casinova
hey i work at taco bell. it costs about $ 5.50 with tax.

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I have recently made many calls starting with *67, but now I’m worried that it might cost me. I am with bell mobility in Canada.

Answer by Bond007
No… you use that to block your number from the person your calling. No charge You can even add *67 to any number in you phone contacts so you don’t have to do each time you call. Keep in mind your number will show up blocked when you call another cellphone but they may still get your number if they have detailed billing. ****depends on who they have

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Are there any extra charges or baggage limitations for baggages if you take a taxi and also if you have like 3 or 4 luggages, what are the other shuttle service or transportation you can take besides the taxi?
How long does it take to travel from the Phoenix Airport to the downtown and to West Bell Rd. or West Northern Ave.?
Thanks.
Does the bus allow you on with 1-3 suitcases and luggages or no?

Answer by sparkydog_1372
i would say about $ 30 depending on traffic (they charge more during rush hour). you can also take the bus, it’s very easy to get around phoenix on a bus.

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They just recently bought those back on the menu, and I need to know how much they cost please, any info will be helpful.

Answer by yyyyzz (wise)
R 29.95.** South African currency. How can you expect anyone to know for sure? City, store country, etc. all play a role.
Peace.

** Not worth it.

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i want to know the cost of blu bell ice cream and if you find a graph please post it itll really help for my project!

Answer by norfolkdumpling_84
This is genealogy… not icecreamolgy!

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Instead of discussing another Omega, Rolex, Audemars Piguet, Patek Philippe or whatever, we have picked a Guy David watch to review. A watch of the price that some of us normally would spend on a leather strap for one of the watches just mentioned. Guy David is one of Gassan’s own label watches and we have briefly mentioned it before here on Fratellowatches.

At first sight, this diver holds somewhere in between fashion and real horology. The first thing noticed is the finish of the impressive 47mm watch case. The sides are nicely satin-brushed and the top of the lugs have this Omega Seamaster 300M polish on them. I am not sure whether the designer’s were inspired by watches like the Seamaster or Submariner, but these watches represent the classic design of a diver’s watch.

The bezel clicks twice per minute and feels more solid than on some of the more expensive ‘low cost’ divers I’ve handled before. The numerals on the uni-directional bezel are large, perhaps even loud, but at least very readable.

Guy David’s diver watch also has this cyclops for the date window, which of course reminds us of the Rolex sports models such as the Submariner. The magnification is a bit too little, certainly not the 2.5x we are used from the Submariner. Design wise, it fits the watch though.

The picture above shows the watch from the side, giving you a pretty good idea about the finish on the case. A large (unsigned) crown and big octagonal bolts emphasizes the size and ‘tool’-aspect of the watch. Attached is a comfortable rubber strap which feels soft as silicone and locks with a tang buckle engraved with Guy David logo. The stainless steel buckle also has this neat satin-brushed finish.

This photo from the side shows the domed crystal, which is a mineral crystal. A sapphire crystal alone would probably cost 200 euro for any other brand, so it would definitely increase the price of the watch a lot. You can also see that the bezel is fairly high which makes it easy to grab for operation.

On the back side, the polished case back shows all information necessary. Guy David guarantees a water resistance of 200 meters (20ATM) and notes that there is a Japanese movement ticking inside. I would have loved a satin-brushed case back, as the polished surface is quite large and contrasts to a certain extend with the rest of the watch case. Just like the winding crown and helium escape valve, the case back is screw-down as well, securing the watch for its 200 meter of water resistance.

I took the liberty of opening the case and found this Japanese mechanical automatic Miyota movement inside. A pretty straight-forward automatic movement mounted unpretentious inside the Guy David watch case. The movement is held in place by a nylon spacer, making it unattractive for a transparent case back but probably keeps the selling price interesting.

For 199 Euro, you get a mechanical diving watch with 2 years of warranty. A watch that can’t be compared to some of the watches that have been used for inspiration of the design, but doesn’t pretend it could either. You can ask yourself who’s nuts, people spending over 200 euro for a leather strap or people who buy themselves a fashionable working mechanical diver’s watch for 199 euro. Watches like these put this crazy hobby or passion all into perspective. You don’t have to spend thousands of euros/dollars to buy yourself a nice mechanical (first) watch if you don’t want to, or simply can’t.

I see this watch as an interesting acquaintance with the world of mechanical timepieces and hope that it makes the owner enthusiastic enough to keep studying watches and eventually step into the world of haute horlogerie. If not, that’s fine too, at least you have a timepiece that carries a bit of that mechanical ‘soul’ inside.

More information at ACWatch.co, selling the Guy David Diver on-line for 199 Euro.

From:FratelloWatches RSS

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