Cartier Santos is suited to 2 tone.

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Sure do. I avoided a JLC that I found for an excellent price, probably 2k underpriced, because I’ve read bad things about their servicing policies. I like going Valjoux/ETA-type movements both because they tend to be cheaper to service and are widely servicable compared to the newer in-house movements. They are great movements too: that now 17 million dollar Newman Daytona used a Val. 72 or 722! Also, widely-used movements support independent watchmakers. That’s not to say I wouldn’t go in-house, but it does have an impact for me.

I personally dislike the F1 but the Autavia Viceroy 1972 re-edition looks great. Omega has some great racing watches too, both the older modded eta movement 40mm ones and the newer 9000 series movements.

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I bought this 1983 Seiko 7a48 for the funk factor on Ebay several years ago. It was very cheap, excellent external condition, but the chrono function was not working properly. My intention was to have it fixed up or do it myself, but I never got around to it and it still sits there today in an unworking state. I still like the weirdness of it, but the integrated bracelet is awful!

An upper middle class professional with responsibilities who wants to make a statement that they are an upper middle class professional with responsibilities should go with the ‘interesting but over-priced’ slot. Nothing screams ladder-climbing upper middle like an oversized two-tone Breitling