Best Brown Plain Toe Blucher

Please help me choose my next shoe purchase - the best value for money and versatile dark brown plaint toe blucher. I walk a lot, live in a major city and plan on getting a lot of use out of these so please no unrealistic advice like G&G, EG, et cetera. These are the ones I am looking at so far:

1. Meermin (5 eyelet Rubber Sole) -- Never seen a real life picture of these (can't find a person that owns this color in this style)

http://www.meermin.es/ficha_articulo.php?id=1955

2. Allen Edmonds Kenilworth (3 eyelet Leather Sole) --- Possible bowing issue

http://www.amazon.com/Allen-Edmonds-Kenilworth-Lace-Up-Brown/dp/B004TDJDKW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1352186164&sr=8-1&keywords=allen+edmonds+Kenilworth

3. Markowski (5-Eyelet Double Leather Sole)

http://www.markowski-chausseur.fr/remy-p41550-fr.html

The top three are my preference but I am wondering if I should step up my game (as I have been doing lately via my purchases of Alden/Saint Crispin's) but I hope to get tons of wear out of this shoe, since it will be crazy versatile, and wonder if these below would not be prudent choices.

4. PTB RL Marlow by C&J

No link needed, we all know this one.

5. Carmina Pebble Grain PTB for Epaulet

http://www.epauletshop.com/servlet/the-1897/Thompson-Plain-Toe-Blucher/Detail

Bestow your wisdom upon me!

Its not that the G&G or EG, et cetera, are unrealistic; wrong choice of words. I would rather cough that kind of dough up for a elegant oxford for work that gets cared for a lot more. This will be a casual, and dressed up sometimes, shoe that is versatile that will see A LOT of walking around. I highly doubt you would want to do the amount of walking I do per day in precious EG's or G&G, thats why I take cabs/taxis when I wear those type of shoes. Beijing does not care about fancy shoes like we do.

Vass is a nice suggestion. Let me look into that, but I have heard the sizing can be hectic. Suggestions for Vass or others would be nice.
 

dddres - Is that Alden 9001 model? I forgot the model number but I knew it not so long ago. Shell?

gsugsu - Fair point. I'm willing to go big but I will be traveling to Hong Kong early next year and would like to save up for my Janzten/Armoury run. Carmina captoe on the simpson last are looking mighty fine lately.

Appreciate all the advice. Specific discussion or experiences with the shoes above would be great as well. Anyone own or handled the Markowski Remy before?
 

I'm starting to agree that the Carmina is too much with the grain finish. Does anyone know where I can find a plain one? Armoury/Epaulet does not carry it. The Church is nice, not in my size however. Starting to think the Meermin is the winner ; wish someone had experience with Markowski. Also, I'm afraid that the Meermin will be too low quality once it arrives being from the Classic Collection.

Gary, I had liked that shoe for some time as well! The thing is, when I saw pictures of them in real life they looked cordovan in color. Can you post pictures that you have up? I would really like a dark brown color going on.