Technos vs Mickey: vote for the winner of the "Get More For A Score" £20 Challenge!

[Der Amf]

On the Get More For A Score thread, ten watches, all bought for under £20 (or $30) have been in competition against one another.

Now we're down to the final two. Winner of the first half was....

TECHNOS AUTOMATIC

Smeagal bought this Swiss made watch for £10. It came on its original bracelet and runs an ETA 2789 - 21,600 with quickset day and date





The other finalist, winner of the second half is Blanchy's

MICKEY MOUSE LORUS

Blanchy paid just $4 for this, and wisely spent a bit more of the permitted money on a tube of Polywatch, and added a spare strap he already had





Here's a photo of how it looked before Blanchy received it:



Mickey had a stern challenge from a Rado, but the gamble Scottjc took hit a bump in the road: the movement is clogged up with gasket, and one of the rules was that the watch had to be working.

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Please, cast your votes! Please make life easy for me by including either TECHNOS or MICKEY in capitals in your post

[whatmeworry]

TECHNOS for me. The MM is cute, and the restoration job excellent, but the Technos is a better watch on every level.

[is that my watch]

hmmm my answer

[Der Amf]

Very mean

[Blanchy]

Come on mickey

[FuzzyB]

TECHNOS for me. This challenge was all about finding a bargain. A diamond in the rough. The Mickey watch is iconic but not necessarily a bargain. The Technos was a great find for an unbelievable price.

If you look at it from another perspective you could go out and buy a Mickey watch today for not much more than the limit of the challenge. Blanchy did a great job recognizing the potential of the Mickey, but to buy a watch like the Technos today for the challenge limit would be next to impossible.

TECHNOS is the winner in my eyes.

[93EXCivic]

Technos.

[sharkyfisher]

it has to be Technos for me

[Kevinw]

MICKEY.

The Technos is lovely and all but it's just a shade (sorry Smeagal) boring....it could be any Piece from the era, it smacks of seiko 5....not a bad thing. Don't get me wrong it's a watch Id be proud to wear, but it's just not got any X factor

My biggest problem with Mickey is it's Quartz.
But let's put that to the side
Ignoring Mickey, there's a beautiful bright vibrant face with lovely numerals.
The case is elegant and non obtrusive, pretty and understated allowing Mickey centre stage. For a cheap watch it's well thought out and organised
It pulls of what is a cluttered face without looking cluttered, and that's an impressive trick

[Der Amf]

MICKEY.

The Technos is lovely and all but it's just a shade (sorry Smeagal) boring....it could be any Piece from the era, it smacks of seiko 5....not a bad thing. Don't get me wrong it's a watch Id be proud to wear, but it's just not got any X factor

My biggest problem with Mickey is it's Quartz.
But let's put that to the side
Ignoring Mickey, there's a beautiful bright vibrant face with lovely numerals.
The case is elegant and non obtrusive, pretty and understated allowing Mickey centre stage. For a cheap watch it's well thought out and organised
It pulls off what is a cluttered face without looking cluttered, and that's an impressive trick

Insightful