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Based on the specific forum in which you posted the question, I'm guessing you're looking for a vintage Omega. Any direction other than that? Are you considering anything other than vintage Omega?

If you choose a watch of any significant value at all, just be sure to insure it. Then it doesn't matter what happens to it, from a financial perspective at least. Simply enjoy defusing the mugging while giving the gun-yielding mugger something acceptable to him. (Am I really writing this?)

If you're looking for some collateral in dicey situations (see above) that also functions well and looks pretty good, but that is inexpensive (shh, don't tell the criminals) how about a modern Citizen like this one?

 
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In the US. Muggers (as incredibly rare a crime as it is ) have zero interest in watches Honestly you could have a Patek on your wrist and most wouldn’t care. They’re interested in cash and iPhones. they don’t even want credit cards usually.
 
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In the US. Muggers (as incredibly rare a crime as it is ) have zero interest in watches Honestly you could have a Patek on your wrist and most wouldn’t care. They’re interested in cash and iPhones. they don’t even want credit cards usually.
I wonder, in todays world, what people can do with a stolen Iphone.
I have two bricks with family members forgotten Apple ID's
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It’s because you have never been in one. I work in a prison and feel leas safer waking to my car than at work.

Client beating up their lawyers in the visit room is just TV stuff [/QUOTE]

I’ll admit, that’s disappointing to hear.
 
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I wonder, in todays world, what people can do with a stolen Iphone.
I have two bricks with family members forgotten Apple ID's
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Client beating up their lawyers in the visit room is just TV stuff
In all fairness, the OP did not say he/ she was a lawyer. All he/ she indicated was having having to visit clients in jail. That opens up a world of possibilities about how he/ she earns his/ her living, as there are lots of professions where one's clients may often be spending some time in jail/ prison, which may also drive the watch recommendation.

For example, a Madame would probably prefer a smaller watch when visiting all of the congressmen and local politicians, possibly one with some rhinestones around the bezel. A drug dealer may want to roll with a Hublot or Invicta. A housekeeper for stockbrokers may want something totally under the radar, like a Timex. 😁
 
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I'd be cool with wearing an Ed White to visit the drug dealers, but would only be comfortable in a Timex when visiting the politicians locked up in there (for obvious safety reasons)
 
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im a lawyer.
theres plexiglass in visiting.
im thinking vintage omega.
something interesting and shiny.
 
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i like this one.





i like this one but jeez the bidding gets high.

would 900 be crazy?
 
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It’s going to go much higher. This is a re-listing and it sold for $1,750 before.

You have good taste though. Check out the sales section here?
im thinking it makes more sense to buy a 2k old watch than a 500 dollar old watch since they both cost similar amts to keep running
 
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I wonder, in todays world, what people can do with a stolen Iphone.
I have two bricks with family members forgotten Apple ID'
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im thinking it makes more sense to buy a 2k old watch than a 500 dollar old watch since they both cost similar amts to keep running

There's some truth in that statement. Also ... "buy what you like".
 
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It’s going to go much higher. This is a re-listing and it sold for $1,750 before.

You have good taste though. Check out the sales section here?

1750. I guess I can wrap my head around that.
 
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Why does the omega specifically, and old gold watches generally, appeal to me?It’s complicated, and I’ve been really thinking about it.They remind me of manliness, something I feel I lack.I am not confident like my dad was in being a man.I don’t think it ever was a question for my dad.He just was a man.Me, I don’t know.Objectively, I seem to have the qualifications.Im fairly successful, I’ve raised 3 males who are all doing well, I am not physically weak, I can speak up when necessary, I’ve been married a quarter century.But I still have this general feeling that somehow, I’m not actually a real man, just some sort of peripheral hanger on or pretender.Old watches like this remind me of a time when men were men by virtue of their very nature and didn’t think much about the issue. Of course, guys like my dad didn’t think much about their stuff, they just bought it and wore it and got about the business of being men, I think, although he had other anxieties or insecurities; it was not an idyllic time. It also goes to the feeling like I have nothing I value, that everything is temporary and crappy.I have worn a nomos Weiss for quite a while, which is nice and clean and perfect in its way, and which is certainly not disposable, but doesn’t feel like an heirloom, or perhaps its more like a diamond, shinier than me, than a personal possession.I’m quite sure my dad, and my grandfather, and the long line of dudes before them, would probably find my ruminations quite insane, but then again, if I were privy to the thoughts inside their head, I’d probably find those quite insane too, in my defense, such as it is. On paper, I am way more successful than any of the past generations, and there’s nothing in particular I can point to that would necessarily disqualify me from the Man Club.Some of these insecurities are displaced on watch selection, which is better than, saying, having inflicted them on my kids, who, oddly, are orders of magnitude more secure, less neurotic and generally less odd than I am, the result which puzzles me every time I speak with them.Where did these calm creatures come from?Why do they not worry about the crap I worry about, why, indeed do they barely worry at all, when compared to the Old man.
It is also a bit unclear to me the prices of omega relatve to, say eternal watches, which seem much lower priced for similar items. Still, I like omega for some reason.
 
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my kids, who, oddly, are orders of magnitude more secure, less neurotic and generally less odd than I am, the result which puzzles me every time I speak with them.Where did these calm creatures come from?Why do they not worry about the crap I worry about, why, indeed do they barely worry at all, when compared to the Old man.

Maybe your success has insulated them?
 
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Why does the omega specifically, and old gold watches generally, appeal to me?It’s complicated, and I’ve been really thinking about it.They remind me of manliness, something I feel I lack.I am not confident like my dad was in being a man.I don’t think it ever was a question for my dad.He just was a man.Me, I don’t know.Objectively, I seem to have the qualifications.Im fairly successful, I’ve raised 3 males who are all doing well, I am not physically weak, I can speak up when necessary, I’ve been married a quarter century.But I still have this general feeling that somehow, I’m not actually a real man, just some sort of peripheral hanger on or pretender.Old watches like this remind me of a time when men were men by virtue of their very nature and didn’t think much about the issue. Of course, guys like my dad didn’t think much about their stuff, they just bought it and wore it and got about the business of being men, I think, although he had other anxieties or insecurities; it was not an idyllic time. It also goes to the feeling like I have nothing I value, that everything is temporary and crappy.I have worn a nomos Weiss for quite a while, which is nice and clean and perfect in its way, and which is certainly not disposable, but doesn’t feel like an heirloom, or perhaps its more like a diamond, shinier than me, than a personal possession.I’m quite sure my dad, and my grandfather, and the long line of dudes before them, would probably find my ruminations quite insane, but then again, if I were privy to the thoughts inside their head, I’d probably find those quite insane too, in my defense, such as it is. On paper, I am way more successful than any of the past generations, and there’s nothing in particular I can point to that would necessarily disqualify me from the Man Club.Some of these insecurities are displaced on watch selection, which is better than, saying, having inflicted them on my kids, who, oddly, are orders of magnitude more secure, less neurotic and generally less odd than I am, the result which puzzles me every time I speak with them.Where did these calm creatures come from?Why do they not worry about the crap I worry about, why, indeed do they barely worry at all, when compared to the Old man.
It is also a bit unclear to me the prices of omega relatve to, say eternal watches, which seem much lower priced for similar items. Still, I like omega for some reason.

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How about one of these bad boys? The TC1 has badass written all over it. Not a single watch in my collection had received more comments than this one.

If you want something a bit less bling then something like this might do the trick.