Cheap watch for women silver-tone 32 mm brown faux leather

The first thing you notice up close is the strap: faux leather in a soft brown, finished with a pin buckle that lets you set the length hole by hole. It is 12 mm wide and the whole watch measures 22 cm from end to end, so it sits comfortably rather than perching on the wrist. It is flexible, easy to look after, and it gives this Excellanc watch a warm, lived-in feel from the very first day.

Set against that brown, the silver-tone dial looks gentle and clear. Arabic numerals and baton markers share the face, so reading the time takes a glance and nothing more. The round metal case measures 32 mm across and 9 mm thick, a size that suits most wrists without feeling lost or oversized. A mineral glass covers the dial.

Inside is a quartz movement with an analogue display, the kind that simply keeps good time without asking anything of you. It is a quiet, dependable sort of watch, and at this price it is pleasantly inexpensive too. It suits a gift just as well as a treat for yourself, since it does not try too hard to impress.

You can wear it to the office, on a lazy weekend or out for the evening, and the brown strap works as easily with jeans as with smarter workwear. If you enjoy the look of leather-style straps, have a browse through our women's watches with leather-style straps to see what else might catch your eye.