What is a nice watch?

anner624 · Jan 24, 2009

I had some money and decided to spend it on a watch. Relise I have no clue about watches of any sort of jewelry, so I bought a Armitron watch from eshopintuition.com. Are they any good, what is the average price for a good watch?

fuji · Jan 24, 2009

Good is very vague.

sbrneu · Jan 24, 2009

Wow, it really looks like eshopintuition has some spectacular deals. What an amazing coincidence that 2 brand new members recommend them at the same time.

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Lucky7 · Jan 24, 2009

I'm wearing Casio Calculator watches these days. It helps me figure out the probability of me getting laid much easier....

djf881 · Jan 24, 2009

manouche, SF's resident watch expert, will doubtless stop by this thread to educate you shortly.

Twotone · Jan 24, 2009

This is a nice watch.

Twotone

bc78 · Jan 24, 2009

Originally Posted by Twotone

This is a nice watch.

Twotone

+1

jtoddaz · Jan 24, 2009

My dad has a seiko that has not had a hiccup in over 5 years. So to him thats good. I have an Omega, that while great quality, keeps the time in exactly the same way with similar accuracy. I would still cast a vote in their direction, though.

Jack2000 · Jan 24, 2009

Poor mans watch forum is an excellent place to start learning about watches. As is watchuseek. There are also numerous blogs about automatic wrist watches. With really indepth info like this one and at all price points like here.

gsugsu · Jan 24, 2009

Originally Posted by anner624

I had some money and decided to spend it on a watch. Relise I have no clue about watches of any sort of jewelry, so I bought a Armitron watch from eshopintuition.com. Are they any good, what is the average price for a good watch?

Research first then buy

Twotone · Jan 24, 2009

Assuming that the Philippe Durfour Simplicity from my previous post is out of your price range (hard to say what it really costs as Mr. Durfour only makes a few a year and is not taking new orders. My guess would be $50 - $75k) then how about this Seiko Spirit (around $300)?

Nice watches are available at any price point from $50 (Seiko 5) to as much as you want to spend. Do your research and stay away from quartz mall fashion watches (hopefully you kept the receipt). I'd wear a $50 Seiko 5 auto before a $10k fashion quartz watch, but that's just me.

Twotone

raphael · Jan 24, 2009

Originally Posted by Twotone

This is a nice watch.

Twotone

Outrageously overpriced. Screams, "I'm a rich idiot who doesn't understand the value of a dollar".

alliswell · Jan 24, 2009

Originally Posted by raphael

Outrageously overpriced. Screams, "I'm a rich idiot who doesn't understand the value of a dollar".

His dollar's not the same as your dollar, son. We all understand our own dollar's value at the margin, and many of us have difficulty understanding anyone else's.

Colpitts · Jan 24, 2009

Originally Posted by letmebefell

His dollar's not the same as your dollar, son. We all understand our own dollar's value at the margin, and many of us have difficulty understanding anyone else's.

Cheers...

What a beautiful Timepiece.

djf881 · Jan 24, 2009

Originally Posted by raphael

Outrageously overpriced. Screams, "I'm a rich idiot who doesn't understand the value of a dollar".
Money is a function of the time spent to earn it. Some people have millions of dollars, and want to spend it on cars or boats or watches. The Dufours is a very expensive product for a niche audience of very wealthy buyers. It's handcrafted by a celebrity watchmaker, it's exclusive because it is available in extremely small quantities. And it's a very beautiful watch.

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