Gradstudent78
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Try the Max Bill watches made by Junghans. I got mine for $290 but the price has risen somewhat. Quality is ok, it's a manual wind but you don't get sapphire crystal, only acrylic for the watch face (? the term slips my mind), meaning it does scratch quite easily.
yfyf.org;721810 said:Try the Max Bill watches made by Junghans. I got mine for $290 but the price has risen somewhat. Quality is ok, it's a manual wind but you don't get sapphire crystal, only acrylic for the watch face (? the term slips my mind), meaning it does scratch quite easily.
http://www.momastore.org/museum/moma...474_null_shop_
I don't think the use of acrylic is necessarily a sign of poor quality but a choice to be faithful to the original design. That was Tag Heuer's rationale anyway when it did a reedition of the original Carrera. I like the Max Bill, btw, and have toyed with the idea of buying one in a black dial. The Chrono is also very attractive.
I got one of those as a present and I don't think it was that much. It is a nice looking watch although it could never be called thin. I prefer manual wind watches.
The Archimede isn't particularly thin, though. The Stowa automatics are about the same thickness, and the manuals a good deal thinner. They start around 300 euros, last I checked. Some manual winds maybe slightly less.
Limes Pharo, $1325
http://www.jaeger-lecoultre.com/viewModel.do?modelId=31