I love watches and of my dozen or so my faves are my Rolex Submariner 2 tone w/ blue face and bezel (it's pretty much my daily piece) I also have a Breitling Datora SS w/ white face (a nice summertime watch. Looks great with a tan and white clothing) Those two are my best watches and most of the other stuff I own are funky pieces that I wear for special occasions. The Hamilton "Ventura" is a cool watch from the late 50's that got re-issued a number of years ago and made popular by the "Men in Black" movie (it was part of the official "uniform) It's a cool formal piece as it is unique yet understated.
One watch I like to wear at night is the "Pimp"... yeah, the name is awful, but it's a cool watch to wear once in a blue moon... It actually is done with blue LEDs that light up to display the time like an abacus. Every two minutes it's does a cool "Whirlpool" cycle of all the LEDs and freaks some people out. It looks more like something out of a sci-fi movie.
They (and dozens of other unconventional watches are sold at
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You can never go wrong with a nice old vintage LED. I found a mint 1973 Pulsar P3100 through a watch forum about 10 years ago and it is a ton of fun to wear. Very "retro"
Kenneth Cole make a few nice inexpensive yet very elegant pieces and the new high-end Citizen watches are gorgeous with amazing movements and fantastic contstruction.
I have a lot of friends who worship TAG and they've never been my cup of tea. Omegas are awesome and Tissot make some nice ones too.
Then there are dozens of ultra high-end watches that I (like most mere mortals) can only dream about.
Fakes? Well, that exactly what they are... it's better to wear a $300 Seiko than a $300 copy of a $20,000 watch. That's my opinion anyhow.
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