Ouch! I get many a customer that think they have bought a bargain when they tell me they bought a Rolex for £1000. When they bring it in and I see it is a Precision my heart goes out to them as these change hands for around £300/£500 - I can get a Datejust for just under or around the £1000 mark, albeit a 1601, but as they have never changed the design, who knows how old it is!!
I specialize in pre owned Rolex watches and with £1000 I could put something Automatic on your wrist. If you like the super vintage look, go for a Super Precision, which has an Automatic movement. These too are very cheap, under £1000.
I am new to the site but will be adding more watches the more I get known on the site. I am full of knowledge having been a collector/dealer for 20+ years.
Be thankful you were not like one of my clients who paid way over the odds for a Tudor (4 figures) because it said Rolex on the back and had a Rolex Crown on the Crown, when really it was worth £300, tops!
Its a fickle world, watches. If you do not know what your doing, you will get burnt!