And you thought they only made cars.....

[DJ911]

Seeing there's quite a number of people with good taste when it comes to watches, maybe a topic where people list their watches or wishlist would be nice?

@Dirk: Oris, Longines and U-boat do have watches in that price-range, but it depends a bit if you're looking for new or 2nd hand. In case of second hand, TAG, Omega and Porsche Design come to mind.

Thanks Patrick, looking for something of a similar period to my car ('70).

[9er]

Dirk I recently bought an Omega Seamaster circa '72 and nice examples of these are available in the 300 to 800 dollar range, there is a nice choice of styles also.

[patrick911]

My favourite watch-blog just wrote an article on the subject this topic started on:
Shinola Shagwell 40mm

[e72phil]

Phil, I agree that the earlier pictured Heuer is too expensive; otherwise i would have been seriously tempted.

By the way, what did you think of the Boris becker IWC Portuguese?

Hi Patrick, I used to own an IWC Portugese Chrono in SS with gold numerals. I found the green dial and green leather strap a little too "irish" for me and the steel hands were hard to read against the dark face.

They were prepared to trade my Bell & Ross (by Sinn) chronograph for a fair price but I am still after the plain steel IWC Portugese and will keep looking.

Am interested in the Rolex Explorer they have there with white face.

I assume you hang out there a bit then ?

[Paul W]

Nice watch Phil.
My daily wear is a Omega Seamaster Professional, Automatic and I've a couple of couple of Breitlings which probably don’t get worn as often as they should.
The books on all these watches suggest annual servicing – is this something you all do?
Great Blog Patrick – though I haven’t come across the proposition of ‘high end manufacturing’ and ‘Detroit’ in many years (ever?)