First watch I fell in love with was the Breitling Emergency. Some of the old Heuer watches are gorgeous, and while both firms do make lovely stuff, I'd say do a little research and check what movement you're getting in the watch. They sell quartz alongside their mechanical movements, and while I'm happy to pay for craftsmanship, I'm less happy to pay for simply a brand name stuck on a mass produced movement with hardly anything done to it

cockbeard wrote:

First watch I fell in love with was the Breitling Emergency. Some of the old Heuer watches are gorgeous, and while both firms do make lovely stuff, I'd say do a little research and check what movement you're getting in the watch. They sell quartz alongside their mechanical movements, and while I'm happy to pay for craftsmanship, I'm less happy to pay for simply a brand name stuck on a mass produced movement with hardly anything done to it

This is why this place is great. I don’t have a clue about watches except liking the look of them. I’ll be looking in here when deciding what to buy next year.

I recall not having a watch for years. As a kid I used to always lose my watches. No idea how but eventually mom stopped buying them for me. Had a couple of Swatches back in the day then nothing until my 30’s.

Gotta give credit to minkymu for starting this tread. I've learnt a fair bit about luxury watches. Didnt realise Rolex produce 800,000 watches a year. I thought the numbers would be much lower for how much people rate them and how some of their watches hold/increase in value. They are the Porsche of the watch world. Apparently stainless steel strap Rolexs are the way to go (no gold anywhere) as these have more value.

Also what can become a collectable/valuable watch can be down to how lucky you are with your purchase. Omega released a Speedmaster in 2013. It had red and white squares around the edge of the dial. Didnt sell in huge numbers only 2,000 or so. Then a few years later the CEO of Omega in an interview reveals that the very same watch was an aborted attempt for a homage to tintin (specifically the one tintin goes to the moon in a red and white checkered spaceship). Talks with the tintin estate collapsed so the tintin Omega was never made (number 11 on watch face was due to be replaced by the rocket). Only one tintin completed watch exists and has never been seen by the public. Obviously with this news the speedmaster watch value doubled/tripled overnight.
Sometimes you just gotta be lucky.

The Electricianz Neon Z! Or as i like to call it, the Splatoon watch.....

https://images.app.goo.gl/pH6ivnPi8hAZkLAz5

Minkymu wrote:

Theres even one for Roujin. Phwoar

I'm liking this... a lot!

The Seiko alpinist prospex range is also lovely.

I prefer the model without the rotating inner bezel. Look at the grainy dial texture!

Do it!

Really like this Seiko Sport Avacado, never had a Nato strap watch

Err...the Grand Seiko and its spring drive. Wow what engineering. I had no idea. The video below is excellent. Surely this is a watch that will go up in value in decades to come, as the first spring drive watches. The accuracy of quartz movement with mechanical movement and no battery. Stunning stuff. The way the second hand moves is mesmerising.

The only real downside to Grand Seiko is its only really known in watch circles, unlike Rolex. Hence resale suffers in comparison. But if you’re buying to own it, then fuck Rolex.

The GS range has watches that are accurate to +\- 5 seconds A YEAR!

Wow a luxury watch i really like Omega Silver Snoopy. That is so up my street. Beautiful.

I didnt realise how big the replica market was. No idea of quality of replica watches.

Earlier post wasn't trying to bitch on quartz, springdrive is an amazing piece of engineering. Also lots of other good quartz watches around as well. Was just that those two brands specifically don't make it obvious which is which. Most brands, even top end stuff share movements, but hopefully they do something awesome with it. Even that Ressence uses an ETA as its base, just it lifts it above the normal

You made a valid point Cocko. Quartz watches can be amazing even at the cheap end.

However as you rightly highlighted there is a big difference between a great quartz movement and an average quartz movement stuffed in a posh brands watch and getting charged £3k for it.