High end men's watch suggestions
 

Hey guys,

I know there's already a watch thread but I need suggestions for a particular type of watch I am looking for.

I have a budget of around $4000, I've looked into omega and iwc but most of them are around $8000.

I like watches that have a slightly bigger case with leather or rubber strap

Could someone suggest a high end watch that meets the above specifications and is around my budget? Thanks

have you taken a look around Time & Gold? Good selection. So much out there

Depends on you and your style. Personally I like BALL and Luminox. For something sleek, Rado.

chopard?

zenith?

rolex?

etc?

they've all got watches around your budget

New? Or used?

Breitling

Here. Read through this.

And whatever you do, don't buy a Panerai.

Watch Snob - AskMen

Breitling contiental ftw

Many Omegas are around $4000 and after haggling (assuming you do ), you can bring it down to about 3500-3700 (after tax).

I'm sure there's a variation of the Omega Speedmaster that has a leather strap. It's probably what I would go or in that price range.

i own this one, bought this one for my 30th bday: it stays bright for up to 25 yrs.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OZmJHidFvl...ERIES%2B03.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oyJD8l20--...8lume%2529.jpg

this is my dream watch
maybe before i hit 40?
http://www.brothers-int.nl/images/f4...1295034104.jpg

Chopard makes some nice watches

http://www.luxurybazaar.com/subcateg...ronograph.html

The Omega Speedmaster Professional 3570.50 should be around your budget, just buy a leather strap and deployment clasp and you're done

I'd take an Omega hands down.
I got my Speedy for about that price

Is Chopard a Jewelry Company first that dove in the watch market? Or is it a real Watch Company ? That's the stigma that I have always heard about Chopard and it's what turned me off Chopard.

A couple thousand more and you can get a nice entry level Panerai.

Look at Cartier and Mont Blanc

Longines Hydroconquest.

how about a Breitling avenger? when I bought a strap at Time & Gold, I was looking around and she said she would knock off 20%

Hublot

Leather strap is typically more formal and a rubber strap is typically mode casual; albeit except for maybe a Hublot so you're kind of contradictig yourself. Find out what purpose you want the watch to have. Personally I'm partial to Tag Heuer's and I have leather, steel and rubber band replacements for most of them depending on where I'm wearing it to. Tag's are typically a little on the lower end bit it would easily fit in your budget.

just curious, is $4000 really considered high end for a watch?

what are watches that are in the 10's of thousands then? mega high end?

I think once you start going into the 1000's it becomes high end.

Possibly a bad analogy but

a 911 and a bugatti are both "high end" cars, just that one is more high end than the other, doesn't make the other one not high end. but maybe it's just me haha

Patek Phillipe

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i know you wanna sound cool buy just throwing down a prestigious watch house name, but you can't even get a patek for under 4000.