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need a good everyday watch

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Looking for a decent casual watch. Looking at these two right now


citizen ecodrive 180

Eco drive so no traditional battery to replace, the internal rechargeable one they say lasts 20+ years. Unfortunately, the crystal is acrylic, basically plastic and easily scratched, but atleast scratches are supposed to be able to be buffed out.



tissot pr50

Automatic, I think ETA movement. However after reading alot, I'm not convinced automatic is really worthwhile. It's not as accurate and it needs to be serviced every 5-10 years, and a good service job is basically a disassemble and rebuild, which easily costs $150+ on a $200 watch. It seems like movement can be just swapped, but still, that's got to be atleast $100 in parts.

Otherwise, the crystal is sapphire, which is extremely difficult to scratch


Will consider other suggestions, cost a moderate factor and can pay more, but if it costs double or three times there better be a good reason why besides just marketing.

I won't buy a seiko off ebay, i've read several reports of fakes/feikos on google on ebay watches.

Must be a brand with some sort of history instead of a fashion brand (ie guess, ken cole, etc.).

 
Originally posted by: OS
Looking for a decent casual watch. Looking at these two right now


citizen ecodrive 180

Eco drive so no traditional battery to replace, the internal rechargeable one they say lasts 20+ years. Unfortunately, the crystal is acrylic, basically plastic and easily scratched, but atleast scratches are supposed to be able to be buffed out.



tissot pr50

Automatic, I think ETA movement. However after reading alot, I'm not convinced automatic is really worthwhile. It's not as accurate and it needs to be serviced every 5-10 years, and a good service job is basically a disassemble and rebuild, which easily costs $150+ on a $200 watch. It seems like movement can be just swapped, but still, that's got to be atleast $100 in parts.

Otherwise, the crystal is sapphire, which is extremely difficult to scratch


Will consider other suggestions, cost a moderate factor and can pay more, but if it costs double or three times there better be a good reason why besides just marketing.

I won't buy a seiko off ebay, i've read several reports of fakes/feikos on google on ebay watches.

Must be a brand with some sort of history instead of a fashion brand (ie guess, ken cole, etc.).
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I've been looking at a new watch. I have 4 already, but I really want an automatic watch. I've been looking at old vintage Omegas and possibly getting one restored.
 
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Originally posted by: jakedeez
dont buy a watch online - at least not until you have tried it on in a store...
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Yeah, all of these I've seen in person already.
 
theres this one guy on Anandtech that seemed to know a lot about watches....don't quite remember who. I think it was Don Vito, PM him and ask.
 
here's one from bigwallet: Citizen, Eco sunlight recharging thingy, saphire glass=scratch resistant. But has a leather strap and no date.

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