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
I second the citizen eco-drive Promaster Tough bn0211.
For a dressier automatic the citizen nb1050.
These both have a scratch resistant coating on the case and bracelet and a sapphire crystal too. You can set up a notification on ebay for when the tough comes back in stock but it probably won’t be before Christmas and they don’t last that long either. There are other tough models also but not at this price.
But keep in mind that even though these do resist better to scratches than regular stainless steel they are not scratch proof and in an enviroemt like construction work will pick up scratches just not as many as regular stainless steel.
Also a brushed finish on the case shows scratches less that a polished finish.