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Originally Posted by all_mota
I checked out the site and going to be keeping this in mind thank you!
Yeah an automatic is what Iwas looking around for. After having my father's old Seiko auto, the movement and the feel of it surpasses any quartz that's in my price range at the moment. I appreciate this input very much. I'll probably hold off on a watch until next year so I can find something I'm absolutely crazy about rather then just settling. I can't justify spending $2000 on a watch right now since that money is going into a new suspension for the box.lol
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I can't justify spending $2,000 on an automatic $100 movement no matter how flush with cash I may be. And no way in hell can I justify spending $5,000 on a watch with essentially a $700 movement and parts no matter how good the resale. Watch branding imho has always been about 'status' but you don't really get the engineering (in most cases) to justify the luxury pricing. Most are simply made on a high tech assembly line just like the quartz watches, there's little old school workmanship like on a Franck Muller Tourbillon for instance or cutting-edge stuff like on this insane Dubuis with
four balance wheels..
But I get the collectors, at least they are dealing with finite, hard to come by quantities. But the problem with collections is that the more you use the more you hurt the value of that collectible.
Invicta seems to be the only budget brand out there that will put a Swiss Made automatic movement into an inexpensive watch. It does the job for $200-$300, some of their watches are even COSC certified as far as keeping time but probably not worth the mark up for that seal. And I wouldn't put too much faith in the warranty of any automatic watch at that price point, so don't drop it.
