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     RonC Rating: N/A |
Hi, There's a top ten list of almost everything these days--cars, movies...How about a top ten list of best watches? This might help some of us when making a watch purchase. Thanks, Ron | ||
| zaf Rating: N/A |
This is a tough one. I think you need to be more specific. Is there a price limit? Say $1,000? Do you care if the watch is practical and reasonably easy to service? For a bang for the buck, nice watch that's still practical, I'd go with an Omega Constellation Pie Pan no date. In fact any 1950s Omega is still very usable and not too much of a headache. On the American front, the 1930 Hamiltons tanks are hard to beat for the money. Another good collectible is the accutron spaceview. Personally, I collect Jaeger-LeCoultre, some odd ball militaries, watches with wind indicators and complicated chronographs, but these are less practical and may not be for everyone particularly if parts in involved in their repair. Zaf | ||
| RonC Rating: N/A |
How about 10 best manufacturers of vintage watches (no complications) and 10 best contemporary (no complication) by manufacturer. | ||
| Zaf Rating: N/A |
Vintage, lets go with: 1. Patek Philippe 2. Audermars Piguet 3. Vacheron Constantin 4. Jaeger-LeCoultre 5. Rolex 6. IWC 7. Breitling 8. Omega 9. Movado 10. Longines I'm sure I'm leaving some out and people will probably disagree with the list. On the contemporary, got me there. My knowledge drops like a rock after 1975 or so. Zaf | ||
| don@finertimes Rating: N/A |
To add my 2 cents - I'd place Hamilton in the top ten manufacturer of none complicated pieces and remove Breitling as I don't think their time only pieces are anything special. There are probably several manufacturers on par with Longines, although Longines remains undervalued given their overall quality . Don |