Looking for a neo-vintage dress watch(specifically 1990-2006) between 1.5 and 3.5 grand to buy for a friend who collects specifically dress watches for Christmas. He likes visible manual calibres, one of his favorite watches he owns is the chronoswiss orea. He prefers steel over gold, and only sapphire crystals. He also likes manual chronographs, so that’s another option. Thanks in advance to anyone who takes the time to help.
So, this is a contemporary option but still very much reminiscent of neo-vintage styling. You should look at Nomos. Something like the Tangente, Metro, or even Tetra gives a lot of the same vibes as Orea. They do their own in-house manual wind calibers, which can be seen through optional saffire casebacks.