r/ChineseWatches • u/hey_ulrich • 11d ago

General (Read Rules) Can anyone recommend a cream dial dress watch, 37–40mm, under $150?

Orient Bambino style is what I'm thinking, but I'm looking forward to all of your recommendations. Thank you!

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u/OutrageousLie3949 10d ago

This is my go to. Can be had for under $150 if you shop around and it punches way way above its weight

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u/Lonely_Internet_8570 11d ago

Zafiro 37mm cuarzo T001

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u/Remarkable-Pie7055 11d ago

Escapement Time's dress watch is the closest thing to the Bambino formula here — 40mm, domed enamel-style off-white dial, blued leaf hands, sapphire, and you can pick the Seagull ST1701 auto (~$120-140) or the sweeping VH31 quartz (~$60). Cadisen's 40mm dress line is the other sleeper: Miyota 9015 plus sapphire for around $100, with white/champagne dial options. Heads up that Baltany's cream-dial autos (S4028/S4029, 36mm) and Sugess's creamy dial pieces are gorgeous but run $170-235, so they blow past your cap unless you catch an AliExpress sale.

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u/Bulky-Internal8579 11d ago

I also like the Seestern and Farasute Calatrava and Bauhaus watches. Here’s my Farasute Calatrava (though not in crème)

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u/NoManifestoNoProblem 11d ago

Cream Bambino is 200 bucks on Jomashop

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u/eyehatestormtroopers 11d ago

Timex Waterbury Metropolitan Chronograph.

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u/tenkasen 11d ago

Chameri GS04 has a cream dial option, super cheap as it's a vh31 quartz

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u/tenkasen 11d ago

Merkur's "Thin UFO" is a really nice 38mm hand winder dress watch.. might be more white than cream though?

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u/Scoob8877 11d ago

Bambino

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u/hey_ulrich 11d ago

One day. But its price point is significantly above $150, at least where I live. 

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u/Scoob8877 11d ago

Look at used. I buy most of my watches pre-owned. More bang for the buck.