Which watch (yet again, sorry)

[randlemarcus]

Thanks to a nasty little Spaniard at the weekend, my Tag never made it to its 20th anniversary, and I'm faced with buying a new watch. Deep joy...

Question 1 would be along the lines of given it cost me £7-800 in 1988, what sort of value should I be looking for from the insurance types?

Question 2 is the inevitable "where next?". Requirements are a 24/7 watch, date, classic looking. I suspect the budget pot will end up being around a grand, and I dont mind second-hand. Only criteria is that it mustnt have the Rolex date-bubble.

Thanks in advance...

[BigAlinEmbra]

[randlemarcus]

Big Al,
Yup, thats the way I think I am going to go. Just wondered if there were any left field suggestions (aside from buying one of Cyberface's Homebrews)

[Arachnid]

www.stowa.de/

[Seb d]

As always, Sinn from me!

[carter711]

Have you looked at the Stowa Seatime, it looks like such a fantastic watch for the money (£500 upwards depending on build).
It has a 3mm saphire crystal glass, ETA auto movement and absolute build quality according to the reviews i have read, WR 300m.
My only problem is the size at 42mm im wondering if it will be too big - i've got slim wrists.

[mel]

I'd agree with Big Al, that's what I've got as a daily hack and it takes a real pounding, It's been dived to 100m, I wear it when welding, smashing things & generally abuse it. I have the titanium version which is generally about +£400-500 on the st/st but the only advantage is it's much lighter and the titanium wears better. Long & short is that apart from evening wear it has very rairly been off my wrist in 8 years, it's currently away for it's second service and has been a gem from day one. Oh yes and shows a bit more class and distinction than Rolex or Tag

[tertius]

What about a Sinn 856?

Well within budget, a little bit different and tough as old boots.

[cyberface]

randlemarcus said:

Big Al,
Yup, thats the way I think I am going to go. Just wondered if there were any left field suggestions (aside from buying one of Cyberface's Homebrews)

I could do a ETA 2836-2 Rolex Sub with the cyclops chiselled off Plus some random red dots at strategic locations.

Seriously though - I echo the calls for Sinn. Yes they use the same movements as the replica boys but so do Breitling. Sinn assembly and quality control is superb. Well above TAG in my opinion, you'll get a tough watch that will last a very long time (if you go for their 'special forces' jobbies then it'll be darn near unbreakable)