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What is the best hommage you can think of?

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This comes to mind when on holidays and your beloved watches stay home and your wrist needs something withsstanding sand, saltwater, children playgrounds, sports of any kind. These pieces collect a lot of dings, scratches, beats and cuffs, and in my case: they go into saltwater no matter what.
I wonder what is your choice for this if you want the look of a true classic without beeing afraid of harming your vintage watch.
I do not want to advertise any brand or watch so I will stay behind for a moment and see what is your proposal....
Happy to see your hommage of a true classic!

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gbesq
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I don't buy replicas. If I'm traveling to an area where I'm concerned about theft or exposing any of my watches to harsh conditions, they stay behind and I wear an inexpensive waterproof Swiss Army watch with a quartz movement.
 
DaveK
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The idea of a replica doesn’t make me feel happy. Momentum has reissued their own (though it was then known as Chronosport) SeaQuartz. 300m should do. Reissues can be a lot of fun

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Ok, I see there are very nice options for harsh holiday moments. I even heard rumors that some have their vintage Seamaster 300 with new gaskets in the water...

These are the options I can think of right now:

A. True vintage
B. Vintage beater
C. Reedition
D. Hommage
F. Cheapy quartz watch

Anyone here that takes their 60ies Omega SM 300 to the water?
 
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C Caselock
Anyone here that takes their 60ies Omega SM 300 to the water?

To the water, yes, all the time. In the water? No, never.
 
Davidt
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I wouldn’t wear an homage watch. I’d wear either a cheapish 60’s seamaster or a Seiko. Or a Sub which is my modern daily and I wear that pretty much everywhere I’m concerned about wearing anything vintage.
 
gbesq
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It would be crazy to intentionally subject a vintage Seamaster 300 to water. These are valuable watches that are highly collectible, so why would anyone with common sense take that risk? As others have said, get a cheap quartz beater watch that is also waterproof.
 
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Seiko and Bulova make it easy. Just get a re-issue of a classic :).

Stole this from someone's watchuseek post:

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Plenty of nice semi-vintage or re-edition quartzes for that purpose, like the above Momentum, CWC or my Scubapro

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So better see it as just another valid reason to buy a decent watch !
 
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Great options so far! The Scubapro would be my favourite .... it features all that a diver needs!

My choice presently is this: Steinhart MilSub Hommage:

I love the doomed cristal, vintage looking lume, unidirectional bezel with 120 very precise clicks, screw down crown, sellita movement within 1-2sec/day, safe in the water.

A lazy day at the danish coast...

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C Caselock
Great options so far! The Scubapro would be my favourite .... it features all that a diver needs!

My choice presently is this: Steinhart MilSub Hommage:

I love the doomed cristal, vintage looking lume, unidirectional bezel with 120 very precise clicks, screw down crown, sellita movement within 1-2sec/day, safe in the water.

A lazy day at the danish coast...

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Friends don't let friends buy Steinhart.
 
Davidt
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Great options so far! The Scubapro would be my favourite .... it features all that a diver needs!

My choice presently is this: Steinhart MilSub Hommage:

I love the doomed cristal, vintage looking lume, unidirectional bezel with 120 very precise clicks, screw down crown, sellita movement within 1-2sec/day, safe in the water.

A lazy day at the danish coast...

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Just my opinion but I think that looks really cheap.

I’d rather get a Seiko SKX
 
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I am quite happy with either my Bulova milship or the Antarctic Diver no date pictured below, i think especially Nivada is doing a great job reissuing their classics. It has better specs and construction than the original, while staying quite faithful. It's great that I can wear these on the water, cannot say the same for almost 99 percent of my collection!

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I am quite happy with either my Bulova milship or the Antarctic Diver no date pictured below, i think especially Nivada is doing a great job reissuing their classics. It has better specs and construction than the original, while staying quite faithful. It's great that I can wear these on the water, cannot say the same for almost 99 percent of my collection!

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The Bulova Mil-Ships is also very tempting...
 
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