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·Normally I avoid threads asking "which watch should I buy" etc. This is in a similar vein but bear with me....
I'm a vintage collector. Mainly Speedmasters but various Seamasters, Geneves etc come and go as well. However, watches have taken a back seat recently as my partner and I welcomed our first child a couple of weeks ago.
I've had half an eye on buying a new, modern watch for a while but have now decided I definitely want to buy one this year. Partly to mark his birth, but also due to the fact that I'm now doing all the daddy stuff and a vintage Speedy isn't really suitable anymore as a daily wearer.
Now comes the issue, I'd like a Sub, Explorer 1, or possibly a Seamaster but my partner has made the (valid?) point that our situation has changed now, other things take priority and if I want to drop £5-7k on another watch I should consider selling one of my Speedmasters 😲.
So, (finally) onto the point. As I don't particularly want to sell any of my Speedmasters, but I do want a nice new watch are there any alternatives I'm missing in perhaps the sub 2.5k bracket (which I could probably swing)? Needs to be new and needs to be nice enough to be my daily wearer, so an SKX for instance, while a great watch, won't cut it. I'm looking at Black Bays but they just aren't really Doing anything for me.
Any thoughts or suggestions??
I'm a vintage collector. Mainly Speedmasters but various Seamasters, Geneves etc come and go as well. However, watches have taken a back seat recently as my partner and I welcomed our first child a couple of weeks ago.
I've had half an eye on buying a new, modern watch for a while but have now decided I definitely want to buy one this year. Partly to mark his birth, but also due to the fact that I'm now doing all the daddy stuff and a vintage Speedy isn't really suitable anymore as a daily wearer.
Now comes the issue, I'd like a Sub, Explorer 1, or possibly a Seamaster but my partner has made the (valid?) point that our situation has changed now, other things take priority and if I want to drop £5-7k on another watch I should consider selling one of my Speedmasters 😲.
So, (finally) onto the point. As I don't particularly want to sell any of my Speedmasters, but I do want a nice new watch are there any alternatives I'm missing in perhaps the sub 2.5k bracket (which I could probably swing)? Needs to be new and needs to be nice enough to be my daily wearer, so an SKX for instance, while a great watch, won't cut it. I'm looking at Black Bays but they just aren't really Doing anything for me.
Any thoughts or suggestions??
