I always recommend caution with lower end timepieces. If you want something affordable and excellent, obtain a Japanese market Seiko - not an export model. The movements on the domestic options are first rate.
This is sound advice. There is nothing wrong with a quartz Seiko, Citizen or Bulova. Resale will be impossible, though. Even if you pay $2K for like the highest-end Bulova Precisionist, no one will want it in 10 years whereas the Hamilton will have interest.
Also: Some of us have the automatic/Swiss itch to scratch.
Hamilton is great. Tissot is decent. Oris might be a 1/4 step better.
The Hamilton XXL auto is a nice watch for 1900. It's the same vibe but much more of a statement piece with a desirable automatic wind. Quartz isn't a value at any price.
[ - ] Version6 1 point 9 monthsAug 5, 2024 08:12:52 ago (+1/-0)
I own a few Hamiltons.i prefer their thinline watches. I like the Ventura. I've never heard anything bad about it. I would buy one without hesitation. I'd also buy the vintage model, not the redeux. You may need a service on it but not a big deal.
If $1,000 isn't a big deal for you, go ahead and get it direct. If it is, use that on something you actually need. If it's somewhere in the middle, use it for prep supplies. Fun ones if you want.
Nope, depreciating asset. If you do buy one off ebay, take it to a hamilton dealer to verify it's authentic. Lots of asian imitators on almost all watches. I have a knock off Patek Phillip from Hong Kong or Bejing, forget which, that is amazing. Even cheap quartz timepieces keep great time.
[ + ] DitchPig
[ - ] DitchPig -2 points 9 monthsAug 4, 2024 17:55:51 ago (+0/-2)
Faggiest watch ever made.
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[ - ] DitchPig -1 points 9 monthsAug 4, 2024 18:18:48 ago (+0/-1)
Such a piece of shit.
Also zero resale value, so buy the cheapest you can.
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If you want something affordable and excellent, obtain a Japanese market Seiko - not an export model.
The movements on the domestic options are first rate.
[ + ] TheBigGuyFromQueens
[ - ] TheBigGuyFromQueens 0 points 9 monthsAug 4, 2024 20:30:50 ago (+0/-0)*
Also: Some of us have the automatic/Swiss itch to scratch.
Hamilton is great. Tissot is decent. Oris might be a 1/4 step better.
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[ + ] Version6
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I'd also buy the vintage model, not the redeux. You may need a service on it but not a big deal.
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Somebody had to say it.
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[ + ] DitchPig
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It has no resale value.
I can pick one of those pieces of shit up for under $300, used
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