A friend of mine need a birthday present for his brother. He thinks about to buy a watch.

If you are in the same situation, what would you buy (with pics please)?

I suggested Longines and Sinn

Range: 2.5k -3.5k USD
Modern classic watch
New
Sporty / elegant
Diameter 40-44mm
No quatrz

Thanks in advance for your help,

Adri

 

Oris makes some nice watchs on the lower end of your price range

 

Well - it goes without saying that the beloved Omega Speedmaster falls into all of those categories.

 

except maybe price?

 

It is surprising how much choice you have given the price range. Here are just a few options:

 

I want a brother who wants to buy me a 3 grand watch for a present.

 

Very nice groupoI will take them all!!!

 

I want a brother who doesn't turn every family gathering into a clusterf*ck...

 

I have sisters like that

 

The Longines Legend Diver would be a good choice as well. Modern take on a classic, comfortable at 42mm, solid movement and nice balance between sport and formality. Well priced in my opinion.

 

So guys

His birthday was yesterday

First thank you at all for your good ideas and for helping me

We decide to write him a coupon for a watch. To this coupon we had added some pictures of watches.

Speedy
Speedy Moonphase
Longines Legend Diver
Longines Heritage Diver 1967 (i have seen it at Baselworld and i'm in love)
Tudor Black Bay

or something else if he doesn't want one on the pictures.

He choose the Longines Heritage Diver 1967 (I'm a little jealous).



Now he needs a little bit patience, till the Longines is available (August 2015).

Thanks again guys and best regards,

Adri

 

Wow, excellent choice! What a great gift for a very happy birthday.

 

Do you need another brother? I am available. My birthday is next month.

 

I am not sure what a clusterf*ck is, but it doesn t sound good

 

Yes, I'm not sure what it is, do I want to know??????

 

Well I want to know - it sounds Al's family gatherings aren't boring at all

 

I've always used it in a civilian context but the top definition from UD is...

Military term for an operation in which multiple things have gone wrong. Related to "SNAFU" (Situation Normal, All F****d Up") and "FUBAR" (F****d Up Beyond All Repair).

In radio communication or polite conversation (i.e. with a very senior officer with whom you have no prior experience) the term "Clusterf**k" will often be replaced by the NATO phonetic acronym "Charlie Foxtrot."
By the time the artillery came in the enemy was already on top of us. It was a total Clusterf**k.

 

Spot on ^

 

In the automotive industry they used to use a lot of military specifications, such as MIL-SPEC-105D for calibration measuring instruments, until they came up with there own. In the QS9000 quality standard somebody actually put the following specification in the glossary:

MIL-TP4-1C..... which is an acronym for (I love this) "Make It Like The Print For Once"..... first time I saw it I almost died laughing.

It is rare to run into humour in industrial quality control and even rarer to see somepull slip something that funny into an official industry standard.

The world needs more of this!