Your ancestors had good judgement, or more likely luck!
Choosing a watch today, that will be the desirable one in 30 or 40years is not something I could do I don't think.
No one in 40 years is going to look twice at any reissue or remake those unimaginitive greedy suits the the brands are digging out of the archives. No one, no one will want a reissue polprof, bullhead, or even possibly the "museum pieces".
You want to buy a nice watch for today, that's fine. But finding a current watch that will take on the mantle of a generational watch will be a challenge.
In forty years people might want a ceramic, but I doubt it as they are comparatively fragile I believe, and technology will have moved on. (Vis Anakin 861). Or a very complex ( therefore hard to service in the secondary market) movement.
I cannot say what watch I would buy today to pass on.
Right now, I think speedmasters are about to go mad, up coming sale at Christie's and general lack of nice watches on the market.
I don't think in forty years anyone will want a planet ocean.
It's an interesting topic. Sorry I don't have a practical suggestion for a new watch!
So obviously, my vote is a vintage speedmaster.
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