What watch or watches would you buy

[fatarms 7,779]

With $800-1000 USD?

 

Roughly 500-625 Pounds or 600-750 Euros....

 

Reps or gen suggestions

[HWG 11]

lots of good gen choices. do you want new or pre-owned?

[fatarms 7,779]

lots of good gen choices. do you want new or pre-owned?

 

 

Doesn't matter, just something solid, preferably gen.

[yawn 122]

Vintage FF

[TheInthusiest 0]

Vintage FF

 

 

[Flipper81 0]

I have a bulova precisionist. I know it's quartz but it's 16beats a second, without doubt the smoothest movement I own. It's not everyone taste maybe but I love it and most complimented watch I wear.

 

[James. 4]

Lots of Oris are at that price point, alternatively there's also heeeeeap of boutique divers as well, Halios, H2o, deep blue, You might even be able to pick up a Sinn.

 

Then there's the Mazz option, which i'm sure he'll be by soon enough to tell you all about

[James. 4]

ohhhh or MarckFC's Longines conquest!

[framed 0]

Depends what kind of watch you're looking for I guess. My wife just bought me a black Bulova Accutron Kirkwood as a wedding gift - it's more dressy than I'd normally wear, but I guess that makes it nice for special occasions

[fatarms 7,779]

Vintage FF

 

That's a $10,000+ watch, dude.

[NFleischer 4,355]

ohhhh or MarckFC's Longines conquest!

 

 

Great idea for $800. I've been thinking of that myself.

[reximda 0]

This'll spin your brain a bit. In a good way.

 

http://www.watchrecon.com/?price_start=800&price_end=1200

[fatarms 7,779]

This'll spin your brain a bit. In a good way.

 

http://www.watchreco...&price_end=1200

 

That's the fourth time I've been there today with about $800-1200 limits on the search

[reximda 0]

Watchrecon is a nasty habit of mine. Probably most folks here.

[fatarms 7,779]

ohhhh or MarckFC's Longines conquest!

 

I'm guessing that's in the M2M section? Is it the quartz version or automatic? That watch was actually on my list of possibilities.

[reximda 0]

Here's a decent looking GMT auto...

 

http://forums.watchu...gmt-920925.html

 

 

 

duh... That's already sold

[fatarms 7,779]

Ideally I'd like 42+mm. I like bigger watches, a sub looks ok on my wrist but I've sold every 40mm watch I've owned after deciding they were all too small. Wrist is about 7.5".

 

I swear I saw a post in here that said someone got gen ETA's for about $500 or so? Is that even possible in gens?

[fatarms 7,779]

Strong possibility:

 

http://forums.timezo...d=0#msg_6616432

 

This thing is pretty impressive. Anyone have any experience with these?

 

 

[yawn 122]

Vintage FF

 

That's a $10,000+ watch, dude.

Buy the phong version with gen movement, it costs about 900, get the Davidson handset and omega second hand (I m too lazy for that) + customized insert from rwg jr. (Forgot his name). You will have an almost identical blancpain FF for around 1200 dollar, the only tell would be the case back and bezel rim thickness.

[kcawsey 0]

Strong possibility:

 

http://forums.timezo...d=0#msg_6616432

 

This thing is pretty impressive. Anyone have any experience with these?

 

 

They are 3k and yes are very nice. Accurate to 1 sec every 1000 yrs!

[greg_r 81]

Christopher Ward C11 would be my first choice at that sort of price.

[Stuvetjee 17]

AP mauntak and a Hub BB. Probably from M2M

[Nnilswerdna 5]

The only gen I would ever buy would have to be un=reppable and decently priced.... Like the Ceramic Planet Ocean.

 

I can't see the attraction in paying for an overpriced case with a standard ETA movement, funding certain watch companies laziness and greed, just for the label "GEN"