One of my hobbies besides photography is wrist watches. I have a very modest collection of wrist watches and I like to read and learn about them. I have been thinking my next possible watch purchase quite a lot during the Christmas vacation. There are few possibilities what I could buy in the near future:
1. Basic (and cheap) automatic watch for everyday use: this could be a Seiko 5 for example. You can get them between 250-300 euros. Seiko manufactures all their movement calibers which is quite cool in such a cheap category.
2. If I choose quartz watch (which is quite unlikely) I would go for Seiko Kinetic (I have one with the first Kinetic movements) or for some vintage model like Seiko Twin Quartz (from 1970’s).
3. A vintage watch. Preferably from 1968 which is my birth year. Zenith would be a nice one as they have their own movements (not e.g. ETA based). You can get a nice one with 500-700 euros.
4. The most likely option would be to buy a watch from a small manufacturer like Stowa or Nomos (both German manufacturers). You can get a very nice watch from them with about 600-1000 euros. I would prefer hand-winding movement from both of them. Stowa uses nice Unitas movements and Nomos have their in-house movements.
So there you go. I think one of the above options will come true in the future. I also think that I would get a nice addition to my present collection by choosing any of those options.
Here is a short list of my present mechanical watches:
– Omega Speedmaster Professional (The Moonwatch)
– Omega Seamaster Professional Chronometer
– Omega Speedmaster Automatic
– Zenith Automatic Elite 670
– Revue Thommen Airspeed Automatic
– Mido Commander Ocean Star Datoday
– Swatch Body & Soul Automatic
– Phenix Vibroschock (from 1952; Phenix 130SC movement)
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