My dad’s birthday is coming up, I’ve never gotten him anything ever for his birthday, I have some money now, around 500 dollars budget. I need recommendations on what to get him. It needs to be scratch proof, he works in construction, so scratch proof band, watch head and glass, the whole watch. he likes fancy looking watches, something that goes well even with a suit and plain clothes, something nice you know. the watch head should be uh, hmm, i think like around the size of a half dollar, not an insanely massive head size but above average. also it shouldn’t be thick like a brick, or thin like a coin, a decent thickness. ok after looking up different watches, the watch head preferably should look like a “Coupole Automatic” but a little smaller watch head diameter. also try to find one with similar shaped watch hands as this type of watch. go for a silver color, if you find one that you think looks really nice with gold then send it. and the watch should last a long long time in good condition. if you find a realllly nice watch but its higher than 500 then go for anything below 600
Something that can be worn working in construction and ‘nice watch’ is difficult to reconcile. If it’s going to get banged about the obvious choice would be a G-Shock but that doesn’t fit the brief. Maybe look at a Hamilton Khaki Field Mechanical or a Hamilton Jazzmaster. The Rado you describe (Coupole Automatic) is a dress watch and no dress watch is really going to be rugged enough to survive long term everyday wear in construction. Take a look at Seiko and Citizen who make very large ranges of watches in your budget and you should see something that’d suit your Dad. Best of luck.
thanks for replying, i am looking at tissot or seiko, also no offence but the “Hamilton Khaki Field Mechanical” looks like someone put a sticker on a watch, and the band is woven. can’t believe its more than 20 dollars much less 600. the jazzmaster looks nice though, im still debating