Watch under $500 used/secondhand/whatever

I absolutely love Mondaine watches, this company is responsible for the railway station clocks.

I've got an ecodrive too!

i hate wearing anything jewelry like, no watches, no rings, no piercings, no chains. The only expensive precious metals I have is my grandfathers gold coin collection 24 solid gold coins from around the world. Most are from Spain.

I've never had a watch where I was looking for thin or understated so I guess I'll just give you some possible sources.

http://forums.watchuseek.com/showthread.php?t=247781

This contains a good list of deal of the day sites for new watches. You can go through those once a day if you're curious. Prices should be ok, but used watches can be cheaper and better deals, located here:

http://forums.watchuseek.com/forumdisplay.php?f=29

Ebay have a good deal of watches, easiest if you have a brand in mind because there are a lot of crap around there. You do take a risk if you buy a used watch because no matter how big the scratch they will list it as "slightly scratched". Don't get the buy it now ones either, their prices are just about always bad.

Amazon are pretty much your only source of reviews for cheaper watches. Their price can be used as a source of reference but it's better to go to http://www.pricetrace.com/

and see what their lowest prices have been.

Hope it helps. You should be able to get good looking watches < 150, for your proposed budget of 500 you have a HUGE spectrum to look at so think carefully. I suggest you set your mind on a movement; I prefer kinetic or solar, but I see you already have a solar. Casio watches that are solar wavecepters are solar and unbeatably accurate but they're thick too. Anyways, hf on your search.

Www.timezone.com

Here. Save yourself some money and buy nice pair of headphone like the denon ah-d5000 or HD 650 instead.

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I've got an ecodrive too!

 

hi-five :D

 

And here's a pic - sorry for the crap cell phone quality.

Hamilton makes a wide variety decent mechanical watches for affordable prices.

EDIT: The timezone.com Sales Corner is an excellent source for preowned watches.

I'd love something like this myself http://www.german-watches.com/cgi-bin/lshop.cgi?action=showdetail&wkid=9302&ls=e&nc=1275403750-9500&rubnum=flieger&artnum=fliegerohnelogo&file=&gesamt_zeilen=Tshowrub--flieger

Similar?

http://www.watchzworld.com/swiss_army_infantry_automatic_24695.htm

Waait, you're not OP

Here. Thin and nice and doesn't attract attention. A bit over the budget though.

Didnt find anything you like in the HUGE watch thread over at Gear-fi? Also there's a good chance you will get some solid recommendations over there instead of ppl saying spend it on headphones.