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Anyone familiar with this brand?

Seems to be a young company with (at this point) a single model - the Sparrow Hawk, 40mm 316l steel, sapphire....

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The Sparrow Hawk houses a Seagull ST-1901, column-wheel hand-wound movement (which I think some of you already own in the PRS-5).

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I like the look of this watch and it looks well-made, but at around the £300 mark, it seems a little overpriced?

Interested to hear if anyone knows any more... Thanks
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Sorry...never heard of this one :(
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I'd never heard of Techne till you posted this information.

I agree that it is a nice looking piece and that it is a little expensive; I could live with $404 if it included taxes. I have bookmarked Techne's (rather good) site (I like the way something moves into the basket) for the future.

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Has a nice clean military look to it, but is a little expensive for a chinese movement.
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alphajet wrote:Has a nice clean military look to it, but is a little expensive for a chinese movement.

I would second this I have the PRS 5 which has a great movement that I can recommend, I would be interested in this but at a similar price to the PRS 5 which I feel is set at a good retail price.
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Prefer this one over the PRS 5
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paw3001 wrote:Prefer this one over the PRS 5
Me too! (apart from the price). When/If these ever became available at £200-£230, I'd give it a go, but tbh I think the £:€ exchange rate has stuffed the price!
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They around £230-250 when you convert the $ into £ but it's the VAT and duty that makes it uneconomicial
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paw3001 wrote:They around £230-250 when you convert the $ into £ but it's the VAT and duty that makes it uneconomicial
£259.07 if you set the site to pricing in £.

Add delivery £8.96
Add VAT £46.90

= £314.94

I think they are shipped out of Europe (they use Swiss Post), so no duty..

But still, too expensive for what it is. :(
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Just checking out these watches again, I came across this blog and video review...

http://ablogtoread.com/techne/techne-sp ... ch-review/

Also checked the pricing again. Seems you can have one delivered into UK for £280.

Tempting.. :twisted:
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