bing-bonger

Folks for my 30th in a few months I have decided to buy my self a nice expensive watch. I have narrowed it down to the following 3.

1) The Zenith
http://www.watchwindow.com/outlet/im...20480405_d.gif

2) The Breitling Crosswind 677
http://www.blitzwatches.co.uk/produc...?productid=436

3) The Tag Heuer Monaco
http://www.blitzwatches.co.uk/produc...?productid=323


The criteria is:-

1) Up to £1700ish
2) Must have a Chronograph
3) Would prefer date
4) Must retain some resell value or become a classic
5) Not look 'Chavish' or like a common fake - one likes some exclusivity.

Any way please let me know your views....

thanks Bing

Brendan Hughes

First two look like gaudy baubles. I'd consider the third except that it's a Tag. Are you expecting to keep this for life, or just the next few years?

Can you add another 300 quid? I'd go for this IWC, WAY more exclusive...

http://www.blitzwatches.co.uk/produc...productid=1450

Iwan

Omega Railmaster?

http://www.omega.ch/omega/co_watch?I...ublineID=40179

They go for about £1400, not sure if they're available with date window though.

BTW, blitzwatches don't offer full warranty as they're grey importers so bear that in mind if you buy from them. Watches of Switzerland will (grudgingly) give discount if you pay cash or debit card, i negotiated £250 off my Speedmaster in the Cardiff branch. If you buy from an authorised dealer (like WOS) then you get the full warranty.

Big C

IMO...

If those 3, i would go for the Brietling.

C

r32

If you cant stretch to a Rolex, then Omega .....

andym172

Out of the three, the Zenith every time.

The Tag is based on a classic and is highly unlikely to be a classic itself. The Breitling is a good watch, but the they don't 'do' anything for me.

Zenith are an excellent make and much more rare.

BUT I'm going with Brendan on this one - try to spend that little bit more and go for an IWC. All the best people 'av 'em (I bought an IWC Portuguese a few weeks ago )

Robert Rosario

Tag is the pick aesthetically speaking, but you would have to be mad to pay anything more than £20 for a Tag watch, because everybody is going to think that it is snide.

Have a look at www.primereplicas.com and spend the rest paying off your mortgage (if you have one), or if not, spend it on the missus.

gregh

I've got an Aerospace, understated but has alarm and stopwatch, (which I needed)

http://www.blitzwatches.co.uk/produc...?productid=771

Tiggs

of those 3 the first looks like its from a sunday mag special offer, the second is nice (brown strap not practical for everyday use as it wont always match your clothing- black leather is better), 3rd was nice first time round but is now just a remake by a company that has a different rep to that which it had when i tmade it first time ie....chavclocks!


the IWC is nice as shown above.....i'd avoid Omega, i have a seamaster but the commbo of Omega actually making a watch with 007 writen on it and sooooooo many fake seamasters around puts me off. it will be replaced soon.

Robert Rosario

Sorry, did not realise it did that. Apologies as this was not the intention.

Brendan Hughes

....and there's your answer (sorry Nat!)

scoobyjimbo

[QUOTE=bing-bonger]Folks for my 30th in a few months I have decided to buy my self a nice expensive watch. I have narrowed it down to the following 3.

1) The Zenith
http://www.watchwindow.com/outlet/im...20480405_d.gif

2) The Breitling Crosswind 677
http://www.blitzwatches.co.uk/produc...?productid=436

3) The Tag Heuer Monaco
http://www.blitzwatches.co.uk/produc...?productid=323

It would be the Breitling for me as i have just purchased one myself.. went for the B2 - i ordered from blitz and they were very good.. it did take 25 days thought to arrive, where some of the other brands of watch are availlable straight away. Looks great though.. they are big watches though..:-)

J

SiCotty

Go for the IWC, very nice watch. I would go along to your local Watches of Switzerland as if you are paying cash you can get that particular model for £2000. In fact most of the time WoS will chop 15% off for cash.

Si

yoza

My only advice would be........


Dont buy any of the top 5 brands new, select a pre-owned model, not necessarily a pre-worn one as below.

Just SOLD ( subject to jewellers authenticity approval )

An unworn Rolex ExplorerII for £1600.00, lost £625.00 in the blink of an eye.

You have narrowed your choice down to three brands, out of those three brands I would buy the Breitling, but not the model you have chosen, but each to their own.

A couple of oddball sites to peruse.....I have purchased from both, the Chase-Durer site have some nice quality pilot orientated chrono's, with the £ strong against the $ these watches are cheap, but not nasty.

The Poljot site have some really high spec chrono's, made with excellent precision, dont be put off by the name, I see these watches as being the Russian equivalent of the Swiss Rolex.

WWW.CHASE-DURER.COM

WWW.POLJOT.COM

davyboy

What is the versict on the Raymond Weil Don Giovanni (sp)?

I have always been fairly taken with this.

Iwan

Slight thread hijack here. IF i wanted to sell my 6 month old Omega Speedmaster moon watch, where would be the best place to try and sell it?

Do decent dealers do part exchange?

Just mulling something over really, might fancy a change if the money was right...

wilf

TAG looks subtle in the photos but its like wearing a juke box on your wrist.

As an owner of an expensive watch bought for me as a present I personally wouldnt bother again. Although it is extremely accurate I could have bought another new v expensive watch for the amount it took to have mine refurbished after 10 years wear.

Get yourself down to Argos and swallow your pride.

Iwan

Is that all it's worth?

Cheers for the info Nat21, i guess i could take a bit of a hit though if i was upgrading. I'll keep an eye on those 2 auctions (added to my watchlist ) and see what they make. I'm tempted go go for a Breitling Avenger Seawolf but i'm still not sure, it was either that or the Speedy before - and i went for the Speedy.

If the Speedy was water/shock proof then it'd be perfect and i'd be happy, i end up wearing the G-Shock a lot if i'm scared of damaging the Speedy...

Brendan Hughes

Iwan, no offence meant, but bwahahahahaha at that comment - so many times have I heard Omega fans saying "Ah, but it was the only one good enough to go to the moon" - pretty crap if you're scared of wearing it on Earth though!

yoza

The MoonWatch has a plastic face, you look at it, and it scratches....

Not good.

Manual wind too.

Iwan

Yeah, i can see your point. I probably could wear it every day (and usually do) but i like to look after my stuff. If i'm going fishing or mountain walking then id rather not drop a £1400 watch in a lake or smash it on a rock.

bing-bonger

thank you for the repies and plz keep them coming....I was floating around the web and found this:-
A Maurice Lacroix mp6338-ss001-390

http://www.blitzwatches.co.uk/produc...?productid=946

Looks nice BUT i know nothing about the Brand or thier history....some pointers please guys.