Watch recommendations

[sovietsong]

this is a real beauty.

7 year battery life, Water Resistant, Light, Daily Alarm, stopwatch (Net time, split time, 1st-2nd place times), Hourly Time Signal, Auto Calendar and with Accuracy of +/-30 seconds per month this is a real winnnnnnaaaaaah

[paulhouk03]

Rolex ftw or get a frank muller

[paulhouk03]

Piaget are pretty cool

[Maxriddles]

Kind of a blatant brag thread but not really meant to be.

Will be buying a new watch in the coming months and want something that in theory will last me a good few years.

Been looking at the http://www.tagheuer.com/the-collection/carrera/men/automatic-chronograph-tachymetre/index.lbl?w=CV2010.BA0786

Anyone got any recommendations or seen anything that looks nice recently. Pretty sure ffffeeeeeeelips and Gurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrprit like their watches.

Don't get an automatic unless you plan on wearing it almost every day, I have one that's been in it's box for the last three years as I can't be arsed re-setting it all the time.
Tag make really good quality watches that will last for years and while they aren't cheap they are pretty good value compared to some similarly priced brands.
It really depends on what your budget is though, I would recommend speaking to a sales consultant at Watches of Switzerland, even if you did end up actually going elsewhere to buy a watch, they are really very knowledgeble on the brands they stock. I've never actually bought a watch from them but have got so much good info just going in for a new battery.

[GreekStein]

Get 4 or 5 different ones stu

[Rotty]

this is a real beauty.

7 year battery life, Water Resistant, Light, Daily Alarm, stopwatch (Net time, split time, 1st-2nd place times), Hourly Time Signal, Auto Calendar and with Accuracy of +/-30 seconds per month this is a real winnnnnnaaaaaah

Guantanamo bay for you boy :p

[Rotty]

Kind of a blatant brag thread but not really meant to be.

Will be buying a new watch in the coming months and want something that in theory will last me a good few years.

Been looking at the http://www.tagheuer.com/the-collection/carrera/men/automatic-chronograph-tachymetre/index.lbl?w=CV2010.BA0786

Anyone got any recommendations or seen anything that looks nice recently. Pretty sure ffffeeeeeeelips and Gurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrprit like their watches.

Don't get an automatic unless you plan on wearing it almost every day, I have one that's been in it's box for the last three years as I can't be arsed re-setting it all the time.
Tag make really good quality watches that will last for years and while they aren't cheap they are pretty good value compared to some similarly priced brands.
It really depends on what your budget is though, I would recommend speaking to a sales consultant at Watches of Switzerland, even if you did end up actually going elsewhere to buy a watch, they are really very knowledgeble on the brands they stock. I've never actually bought a watch from them but have got so much good info just going in for a new battery.

I would say always get an automatic, one day you will wonder what you have done if you pay good money for a quartz, if keeping it would is an issue then buy a winder

Tag do not make really good watches, in fact Tag make very few watches at all, they are a design and marketing company

[titaniumbean]

Breitling are big and horrible and brash = not kewl imo


Surely you should go for this it's a bottle opener too




oh and also Matt is spot on about WoS for advice, they are excellent.

[kinboshi]

Stu, just been looking on the Tag website, and can't find the model I really like and was looking at in Vegas.  Maybe it's an older model now (it was definitely a Carrera), but I much preferred it to any of the ones on their site currently (terrible site too).

[titaniumbean]

This is another favourite

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[Rotty]

mmm, IWC Portuguese

just the job

[titaniumbean]

mmm, IWC Portuguese

just the job

I always go to this in any watch place i'm such a newb. Just so sexy! 

[Rotty]

mmm, IWC Portuguese

just the job

I always go to this in any watch place i'm such a newb. Just so sexy!  

IWC make some superb stuff, I have always had a soft spot for the portuguese chrono

at present I have a JLC extreme world chrono

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and a Omega Planet Ocean

[paulhouk03]

get a j12 just too look cool

probs a bag of shit for a watch but they are cool

[titaniumbean]

get a j12 just too look cool

probs a bag of shit for a watch but they are cool

had to search it, why is that kewl it's disgustingly gaudy?