Quality watch in a $25-$100 price range

[s1mp13m4n]

Hello everyone. I know this is a large price range but I am on a budget and am looking for a value minded, yet quality watch. I am looking for something with a black face, gold surround. I am not interested in a certain brand so I am open to several brands. I am looking for something classy, dressy, simple. It can be a wrist watch or a pocket watch. I like shiny and satan finishes. Thank you for the help.

[Joker]

I really like guess watches in that price range. I have two of them and they take a beating and keep good time.

[s1mp13m4n]

This is an idea of what I am looking for. :)

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51QEssXMNAL._SL500_AA280_.jpg

[Alacrity59]

I've bought a number of watches from ebay in that price range that I knew were not A1 quality but that look marvelous and keep perfect time. Brands such as Claude Valentini and Kraug Bauman. I've actually had people ask me about these watches and compare them to the Tag Heuer they picked up cheap in Barbados for 800 bucks. The chrome is wearing off the one I have worn the most for the last three years but really it does not owe me any more service.

Timex has a few nice looking basic models that fit in nicely with the picture you posted. The EASY READER looks fine to me.

As you progress in life you will find time to appreciate a little reward to yourself as you pass a hurdle, make a killer presentation, get married. This is when you buy a quality watch, a nice pen, nice briefcase, a custom rescaled straight razor, a deluxe . . . whatever . . . hope you go for the quality and value more than flash . . . but that's just my value system.

Just my 2 cents.

[s1mp13m4n]

I agree with you, I am interested in quality for the money, band for the buck. As you can see by that picture, I am looking for something understated, clean, not flashy. I am use to Walmart $10-$20 watches. The bands fall apart and it just looks cheap and feels cheap...yet it still gives you the time and does what it is sapose to do. I was thinking about the Timex easy reader as well. :)

[my19]

This isn't a dark watch with gold trim, but I was in Costco yesterday and saw a Skagen in stainless with the woven stainless band they use for $40, and another, their titanium model, for $79, I think. People here seem to like 'em, and they're both certainly dressy enough for almost any occasion.

[Uber Goober]

If I had $25 to $100 to spend on a watch I`d be looking for a circa 1970`s pre-loved Seiko, good watches that have stood the test of time well and still have plenty to offer new owners. Most parts are still available, almost any competent watchmaker can service or repair them. Good luck with whatever you buy!

Stephen.

[Joker]

I see many product lines moving away from gold colors. Fossil is another name brand that I have found in that price range with some very dressy watches that will keep time. Fossil and Guess both have very good warranties on their watches.

Here is one from Fossil but no gold but is very regal with a SRP $85.

http://s7ondemand7.scene7.com/is/image/FossilPartners/AM4265_main?$fossil_printpdp_detail$

[s1mp13m4n]

I am visually impaired so I need something easy to read. This is why I am looking for reverse contrast such as a black face, a blue face, etc. Every time I have tried a stretch band they always pull the hair on my arms. I am looking for a leather band or a braclet style band. I do not want to go digital because many of the large display digital watches look bulky and tacky.

[MrMoJoe]

Not gold, but this is a very attractive, understated watch in your price range. Plus, it's a Seiko; quality and serviceability are tops. http://www.amazon.com/Seiko-Automatic-Self-Winding-Watch-SNK795K1/dp/B001CZLPM4/ref=pd_sbs_watch_2
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41tUH-tu21L._SL500_AA280_.jpg

[s1mp13m4n]

That is a nice looking watch. I like the stainless steel idea, it will not fade or chip, etc and it will clean up if it ever got scratched. I have heard of these Seiko fives but had never seen one. What makes them so nice? What is the self winding? Does it work off of your arm motion? :)

[negncic]

Try Invicta watches.. They can be had on the shopping channels or Amazon very reasonably. I am very happy with mine.

[J.B. Books]

In that price range,Timex. I really does take a licking and keep on ticking.

[my19]

Nice looking Invicta at http://invicta.chronoshark.com/default.aspx?pmc=cs today for $69. Black dial, stainless watch, two-tone metal band.

[Crazy Dave]

Go to Amazon and look at Seiko and Orent. There are lots of very high qality watches in you price range in both quartz and automatic (I believe there are explainantions of the difference between automatic or self-winding and quarts on Amazons website). The Inficta looks good but I have no experience. I have owned Seiko and am currently wearing an automaitc Orient watch. Both are a lot of wach for under $100!

Dave

[Joker]

One last one for you. SRP $75 with a ten year warranty.

High contrast.
http://s7ondemand7.scene7.com/is/image/FossilPartners/FS4495_main?$fossil_printpdp_detail$

[Joker]

Not gold, but this is a very attractive, understated watch in your price range. Plus, it's a Seiko; quality and serviceability are tops. http://www.amazon.com/Seiko-Automatic-Self-Winding-Watch-SNK795K1/dp/B001CZLPM4/ref=pd_sbs_watch_2
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41tUH-tu21L._SL500_AA280_.jpg

This is a nice looking watch.

[s1mp13m4n]

Thanks for the great ideas. I have found a Citizen that I like as well as a Pulsar locally. I am just window shopping right now. :) I am looking at watches now so I know what I want when I get the money to do so. I really like the Seiko five series as well.

[markb]

One last one for you. SRP $75 with a ten year warranty.

High contrast.
http://s7ondemand7.scene7.com/is/image/FossilPartners/FS4495_main?$fossil_printpdp_detail$
Nice! Very clean, classic lines..

[century]

Seiko for me, have one low end, one high end.
They keep time very well.

[s1mp13m4n]

Thanks for all the great advice. :) I am hoping to get a nice watch soon. PIF early Christmas gifts? LOL I am joking.

[kingfisher]

In that price range,Timex. I really does take a licking and keep on ticking.

+1.

Timex has a reputation as a "cheap" watch, and they certainly do make some very low-end watches, but for the last 5 years or so they have been turning out some very nice watches. This morning I saw one on a surgeon at our hospital that looked so nice I went over after the meeting to ask what kind of watch he was wearing! Was I surprised to find out it was a Timex!

I bought a really cool one about a year ago and I love it. And by the way, it keeps better time than ANY WATCH in my collection. I set it to the Official U.S. Time on the web and 3 months later it is off by fewer than five seconds.

Amazing quality for the price.

[davecmu]

I have to add my $0.02 for Timex. I have a Timex that I bought as a beater watch in 2003 which is still on its original battery. It keeps absolutely perfect time. It has been rafting, skydiving, in the dirt, in the snow, underwater, covered in motor oil, sweated on, bumped, scratched, beaten, and bedraggled. I can't kill it. They certainly make a watch that will take a ton of daily abuse and keep on truckin'.

[s1mp13m4n]

I have had great luck with Timex in the past. It is a good watch for the money. When you get right down to it unless someone eyeballs your watch...just like your clothes no one will know it is a $50 and not a $500 watch. My dad still wears the Timex i bought him 10 years ago for $25 or so daily. The battery has been replaced in it but that is it.

[s1mp13m4n]

This is a nice looking watch Timex (http://www.amazon.com/Timex-Classic-Two-Tone-Stainless-T2M485/dp/B000NHRWJ2/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=watches&qid=1257482365&sr=1-6)

[Areler67]

Seiko automatic military watches sold on ebay are really nice and cheap :cool:

[s1mp13m4n]

I am looking around on Ebay and Craigslist just to get an idea of what is out there. :)

[STINGYBRIMSandBOURBON]

Orient Divers
Vostok russian diver's watch
Seiko 5 Military

[Areler67]

My wife wants exactly the same black military watch :biggrin:

[mliguori]

If you have a Fossil storefront near you I'd say try them. They have very nice watches for your price range and their service is great, any issues and they'll replace the watch for free long after the warranty is up in my experience. If you have a Fossil Outlet near you, even better.