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03-05-2007, 12:27 PM
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automatic or quartz (battery, eco drive or kinetic, then analog, digital, analog/digital)?
function (chronograph, GMT)?
sports or dressy or something in between?
big (+44mm), med (around 42mm) or regular (>40mm)? (also depends on what's your wrist size can handle)
what do you want more? bang for bucks or brand recognition?
for about $1k, i will try to look for a fine example of used Omega SMP full size (auto is preferred, but quartz will be cheaper to buy), its good for both sports and dressy
if you want a tough sports watch, and you will military style watch, check out the marathon SAR (http://www.countycomm.com/sar-d.htm) marathon SAR has the dive watch done right
if you are fans of casio and high tech watch, there are a few example of Casio G-Shock with the street price of around $1000 (http://www.g-shock.jp/products/mrg_theg.html) you will have to get them online though cause they are japan only models.
Oris TT1 200m and Fortis also offers plenty of models around or below $1000 (stree price)
if you like great bang for bucks divers watches (automatic or quartz), check out Seiko and Citizen, they have a huge line of watches that fits into your price range.
if you want to start a watch collection, you will have to consider the future cost as well. not a lot of people can drop $20k to have a few Panerai, while $1000 can get you to start with a couple of nice seiko or citizen. and also depends on how comfortable to wear a $5k watch (or maybe even $1k). they can be beautiful to look at, but some people can bring themselves to wearing them cause they are too afraid of scratching them.
function (chronograph, GMT)?
sports or dressy or something in between?
big (+44mm), med (around 42mm) or regular (>40mm)? (also depends on what's your wrist size can handle)
what do you want more? bang for bucks or brand recognition?
for about $1k, i will try to look for a fine example of used Omega SMP full size (auto is preferred, but quartz will be cheaper to buy), its good for both sports and dressy
if you want a tough sports watch, and you will military style watch, check out the marathon SAR (http://www.countycomm.com/sar-d.htm) marathon SAR has the dive watch done right
if you are fans of casio and high tech watch, there are a few example of Casio G-Shock with the street price of around $1000 (http://www.g-shock.jp/products/mrg_theg.html) you will have to get them online though cause they are japan only models.
Oris TT1 200m and Fortis also offers plenty of models around or below $1000 (stree price)
if you like great bang for bucks divers watches (automatic or quartz), check out Seiko and Citizen, they have a huge line of watches that fits into your price range.
if you want to start a watch collection, you will have to consider the future cost as well. not a lot of people can drop $20k to have a few Panerai, while $1000 can get you to start with a couple of nice seiko or citizen. and also depends on how comfortable to wear a $5k watch (or maybe even $1k). they can be beautiful to look at, but some people can bring themselves to wearing them cause they are too afraid of scratching them.
03-05-2007, 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by OC S2K,Mar 5 2007, 01:27 PM
I really dig the older black leather band Rolex watches. Anyone have any?
03-05-2007, 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by stockae92,Mar 5 2007, 01:27 PM
automatic or quartz (battery, eco drive or kinetic, then analog, digital, analog/digital)?
function (chronograph, GMT)?
sports or dressy or something in between?
big (+44mm), med (around 42mm) or regular (>40mm)? (also depends on what's your wrist size can handle)
what do you want more? bang for bucks or brand recognition?
for about $1k, i will try to look for a fine example of used Omega SMP full size (auto is preferred, but quartz will be cheaper to buy), its good for both sports and dressy
if you want a tough sports watch, and you will military style watch, check out the marathon SAR (http://www.countycomm.com/sar-d.htm) marathon SAR has the dive watch done right
if you are fans of casio and high tech watch, there are a few example of Casio G-Shock with the street price of around $1000 (http://www.g-shock.jp/products/mrg_theg.html) you will have to get them online though cause they are japan only models.
Oris TT1 200m and Fortis also offers plenty of models around or below $1000 (stree price)
if you like great bang for bucks divers watches (automatic or quartz), check out Seiko and Citizen, they have a huge line of watches that fits into your price range.
if you want to start a watch collection, you will have to consider the future cost as well. not a lot of people can drop $20k to have a few Panerai, while $1000 can get you to start with a couple of nice seiko or citizen. and also depends on how comfortable to wear a $5k watch (or maybe even $1k). they can be beautiful to look at, but some people can bring themselves to wearing them cause they are too afraid of scratching them.
function (chronograph, GMT)?
sports or dressy or something in between?
big (+44mm), med (around 42mm) or regular (>40mm)? (also depends on what's your wrist size can handle)
what do you want more? bang for bucks or brand recognition?
for about $1k, i will try to look for a fine example of used Omega SMP full size (auto is preferred, but quartz will be cheaper to buy), its good for both sports and dressy
if you want a tough sports watch, and you will military style watch, check out the marathon SAR (http://www.countycomm.com/sar-d.htm) marathon SAR has the dive watch done right
if you are fans of casio and high tech watch, there are a few example of Casio G-Shock with the street price of around $1000 (http://www.g-shock.jp/products/mrg_theg.html) you will have to get them online though cause they are japan only models.
Oris TT1 200m and Fortis also offers plenty of models around or below $1000 (stree price)
if you like great bang for bucks divers watches (automatic or quartz), check out Seiko and Citizen, they have a huge line of watches that fits into your price range.
if you want to start a watch collection, you will have to consider the future cost as well. not a lot of people can drop $20k to have a few Panerai, while $1000 can get you to start with a couple of nice seiko or citizen. and also depends on how comfortable to wear a $5k watch (or maybe even $1k). they can be beautiful to look at, but some people can bring themselves to wearing them cause they are too afraid of scratching them.
03-05-2007, 12:53 PM
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I got 1st edition Seamaster Bond Watch if you want to buy. Automatic. Only thing you need is a new bezel and polish and I can hook that up for you via Nolan. Box and papers will be provided. Automatic.