My watch collecting uncle just passed and left me a small inheritance. I’m looking to get my two sons a watch to remember him by. Oldest: 25, outgoing, stylish, beginning to collect (has a Breitling, Omega, and Tudor). Youngest: 21, quiet, poor college kid with a Fossil but interested in more. Looking to spend $1k or under. Thanks!
Don’t buy watch guys ‘a surprise’; let them choose.
I think this is an opportunity to obtain a very special watch in terms of sentimentality … bought with money from an uncle who’s a watch guy and facilitated by your father - it’s got all the ingredients to be 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 watch.
I’m not sure that you can beat a re-issued Seiko diver from the ProSpex range in terms of sentimentality. We all love a (relatively) inexpensive rugged watch, for Weekends, holidays and general wear - especially when young. Buying pricier watches from premium brands is often a milestone marker; they become special for a different reason. I like the idea of taking the opportunity to make your unremarkable watch remarkable via sentimentality.
I reckon there’s a watch for both of them - the same watch, for all 3 of you even.
My choice would be one of the 62MAS reissues in the ProsSpex range. ☻