A Watch

My watch is broken. My wife accidently dropped it on the floor and looks like it knocked many things loose in it. It wasn’t a great watch in the first place. It was an inexpensive Skagen quartz watch. I bought it because I needed a watch and I liked the way it looked at that time.

Anyway, it seems like I need a new watch. Or rather, I want a new watch. I am not a watch connoisseur and I am not too familiar with the different qualities and movements of today’s watches. I have two that I am considering right now. One is a Seiko 5 Military Automatic watch. Another is a Japan Seiko Perpetual Calendar quartz.

The first one has a Seiko in-house automatic movement (made in Singapore or in rare cases, Japan) and day-date function. It a decent basic movement that cannot be hand-wound. The watch has some water (100 feet which I was told is about the same pressure as water coming out of a shower) and shock resistant. I think it can be acquired for less than $100 from Asia or eBay.

The second obviously has a quartz movement. It does have day-date perpetual calendar that does not need to be reset until 2100. The particular model I want is made in japan and has the simple classic stainless steel casing popularized by the Rolex Oyster (but not originated by Rolex, I think). Unfortunately this watch is impossible to find in the US and still hard to get from Asia (online or in-store). And if available, it probably will cost $300-$400 new. Kinda steep for a simple stainless steel quartz watch.

Right now i’m leaning towards the first one. However, I’m going to wait for a while before I actually make a purchase.