My Seiko set me back $250 several years ago. Since, that same watch in the current edition is about $350-400.
I was not concerned with re-sale as I feel a watch is an item that you should keep for the duration of it’s life cycle. Hence, my 1976 diver Seiko which still works. I need to get a new band for it though. Overall, that watch is older than me and still services like new. No complaints.
Anyway, I do like this Oris, which I saw in person. Really hot watch, but too much coin for me.
Have you read that book Don? If anything it would advocate buying an expensive watch once with proven quality and craftsmanship over anything cheap. So you gonna be flossin next time I see ya? It is an ok book.
There is no doubt that both watches fall into the “nothing special” category, but if you’ve only got $300 to spend, they’ve got good style and they will last.
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Yes I read it, I thought it was a great book, it made me sick to my stomach at how much a consumer based culture we have become since WWII. Not that it wasn’t obvious but this book does a great job of pointing out the not so obvious and she did some amazing research. “The masses are asses”
Either way I always go big or not at all, and always choose quality over price point.
If I can’t afford something quality I just wait and save up for what it is I actually want. I’d rather purchase something once and have it last forever than something I will have to purchase again etc. (not saying expensive equates to quality). This is also why you see me not owning much, I’m broke and I don’t feel like buying crap.
The bitterness of poor quality far outlasts the sweetness of low price!
Budget in my eyes with a 9 month old baby is everything, so I must sacrifice somewhere because SHE is priority. That again, is where realism comes into play. Young, single and tons of expendable cash will obviously have a different perspective.
From my experiences, I am very satisfied with the money spent on my watch several years ago. So good luck in your hunt!
My girlfried and I literally had this talk the other night. When my watch got stolen she wanted to get me anther one. Last night she asked me if I wanted another Nixon for xmas and I explained to her that not only did I want her to spend that much on me this year, but i’d rather wait a bit longer and save up for something truly quality.
She was nevertheless bewildered.
I pointed out quality, resale value and whatnot, as she was looking at me like a confused puppy.
My fiancee usually doesn’t care about quality/value/etc… Not until her seiko died at least… Now she agrees we should get something built to last, and understands we’ll have to spend a bunch more on it.
Sometimes, you’ve just gotta learn it the hard way. This has been happening a lot lately though. Against my better judgement, I let her buy something shitty at walmart/Target, it breaks, then we buy the right thing. This happened with a kitchen mixer last year. She bought a Hamilton Beach mixer at target for 30 bucks. It mixed her cake batters like shit and burned out trying to make some bread dough. 2 months later we bought the KitchenAid mixer, probably cost 5x as much. Makes a great cake and is built to last.
Same concept here with watches…
You have to be subjective when comparing watches though.
The Tissot is a $300 watch, the Tag Heuer is a $900 watch…again movement is the same, so they should both be ABOUT equal as far as mechanical quality goes. Tag is 3x the cost.
This is a way more low-end comparison than most of the watches discussed here, as these are battery powered quartz…Most of the better higher end watches are Automatics, so that’s a WHOLE different ball game.
all quartz watches shouldnt be priced close or over 1 g. not sure if the Tissot PRC 200 and tag have the same movement, but one thing i can guarantee is that you are gonna be disappointed when you open the back case and all you see is a bunch plastics and a battery.
Look on the websites, both have the same movement…
I agree 100% on the fact that Quartz movements are NOT desriable. However, for a “less than $350” budget, that’s all you’re getting. Also, just trying to point out that price does not ALWAYS mean you’re getting a better watch.
