Don’t know if these guys can ship to the UK, but claim to be real reps. Doesn’t help with the trying on first part though.
https://timemachineplus.com/collections/buy-mido-watches?page=1
If interested I can dig out a coupon code I was sent from them once that I think was good for %20 off.
I do, and wear mine near 24/7. For that reason paid a premium to get one that’s COSG certified to scratch that itch and make me happy. Always confused me about people that said they don’t care, but after the explanation on this thread about watch rotation and needing to reset the time regularly anyway, I can finally wrap my head around it.
As per quartz, I’ve had them. But the ones I had didn’t have sapphire domes and got scratched enough that I’d not wear them (and eventually tossed them.) So in my mind, Quartz = cheap junk, even though I now realize it’s possible to get high end Quartz watches that would have the sapphire, etc. Unfair bias, but there it is in the subconscious mind.
I prefer that numerical layout for Oris myself. The Oris face that most people show around here feels waaay too busy with numbers all the way around the dial, packed right next to the dates all around the dial, boxes, etc. Makes me claustrophobic. The raised metal numerals I vastly prefer over the current flatter style too.
Here’s my Oris… a day pointer which is cool.
I had a co-worker that had an inner ring with day of the week.
I Just wish it kept a bit better time, so in that regard I’m quite jealous of yours. :) For day-to-day wear got myself a COSG Mido so that I wouldn’t have that issue.
This post reminds me of a favorite author, describing humans.
" an utterly insignificant little blue-green planet whose ape-descended life forms are so amazingly primitive that they still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea… "
(not that collections of gears aren’t even more primitive.)
Fun shopping trip where none of my money is on the line. :) Here are a couple to look at/think about. For me personally, I can’t buy a non-sapphire watch anymore… thrown out too many cheaper watches because of scratched up domes.
Certina is a good brand, quartz and sapphire. This is a square face but there are variants for round and silver faces, etc. 32mm.
https://www.jomashop.com/certina-watch-c001-310-11-117-00.html
https://www.jomashop.com/certina-watch-c025-210-16-118-01.html
Citizen eco drive that seems like it’s in your wheelhouse. 32mm, sapphire.
https://www.jomashop.com/citizen-arezzo-silver-dial-ladies-watch-em0870-58a.html
Plainer version
https://www.jomashop.com/citizen-eco-drive-arezzo-white-dial-ladies-watch-em0970-53a.html
Following one of the threads mentioned jumped me eventually to this… not the same, but in a card motif. Somewhat pricy though.
Occurs to me that he could be wearing a replica of, or a vintage model, of the watch that Oppenheimer wore, as this is an interview for the movie.
Alternatively, possible that it’s a bespoke watch. He’s got the money for it.