As far as wristwatches go there are utterly thousands of choices. Not being completely well versed in the subject I will stick to my twisted mainstream opinions. So that will keep the well versed from having to point out mistakes on my part. Although pointing out my mistakes are welcome because that is how I will learn.
Now after spending countless hours looking at watches on the Internet I have came to some conclusions. Watches can be broken down to categories of luxury, tool, fashion, trendy, dress/classic and utility/digital. There will be gray areas in my explanation of these breakdowns.
Luxury watches are Rolex, Cartier, Patek Philippe, Omega, IWC, Zenith and a hundred other brands that I have never heard of of likely be able to pronounce. If you look on the Internet some models can cost $1,000,000. Can you imagine someone spending that much on a watch. So that $100 Seiko you been dreaming about is not stepping up to the pump. Just another example of the class difference I was talking about in a previous post a few days ago. Just how rich do you have to be that you have ran out of things to buy for a million dollars and spend it on a wristwatch.
The next category would be tool watches. An example would a divers watch. Not that fifty dollar Timex, but a real diver watch. These watches are certified a diving watch by a special organization. These watches are made to use under water and very deep at that. A true pilot's watch would be a tool watch as well. The one's with all the dials and buttons. These are usually a chronometer. Which means that they were also certified as such and very expensive.
Fashion watches can also be mixed in with trendy as well. These are the ones that are in style at some point in time. The fact that they are trendy means that they are fashionable now but will go out as soon as the next new thing hits. I think the jumbo watches that have been around for a couple of years are going out and you can notice the prices going down on the Internet. I guess that others like myself cannot see then wearing a wall clock with a bunch of fake dials on their skinny little wrists. The smart watch deals are the thing today. Who knows how long that will last.
The dress classic watches are the ones that never have and never will go out of style. They always will be around. These do not stand out as a specific duty type watch. Just a watch that can be worn with any clothes at any time. Not suited for any extreme purpose. Just tell time. If you look on ebay throughout time there have always been a trendy style of watch. However unless is is really something special the traditional styled watches get the most bids. An example of this type of watch would be my 1953 Bulova. Watches like this are never really in style or out, for sixty-four years. If you look on ebay these normal sized (small by today's standards) are the ones getting bids and being sold there. And bringing pretty good money. Not just Bulova, Hamilton and others classics. Timex too.
It started out a fashion and trend. The digital watch. The digital watch came out around 1974. With a red LED display. After a few years the LCD dark gray or black came in use. As they require less power. Casio got big on digital watches. These watches are what I call utility. Most tell time of day, am or pm, day and date. Some tell the month as well. Most have a stopwatch, alarm, and a light. Water resistant as well. These start at around fifteen dollars.
Timex makes digital and analogue watches as well. They have the Weekender and now many other models. Timex is still a USA based company although they are made around the world. They are a good value. They also have Indiglo technology for night reading.
Casio is most famous for the G Shock models. But they also make a great many analogue dress/casual watches. These retail for around twenty dollars and up and can be bought for a lot less on line. Most of their dress watches have a 3ATM water resistance (same as the twenty thousand dollar Patek Philippe). Many use a Miyota (Citizen movement) making them very accurate. The two that I have use a stainless steel case which has held up well. As with any watch if the band does not suit you it can be changed to your liking at very little cost. Casio has the most bang for the buck. Timex watches look like Timex watches. Saying hey, I'm cool I just wear a Timex. Unfortunately they have a lot of reviews saying they break and the stems fall out. The Casio just look nice and you would have to look at the face to see what band it is. I have not had one fail. That makes them the best value to me. If of course you pick out the non trendy classic style.
