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[WatchME]

Hi all,

I need advice to buy a men's dress watch. Preferably leather/rubber strap. My budget is anything less than $1k and it has to be a swiss automatic watch. I really dont know where and how I should get started. There are just too many brands and models.

ThanX.

[minusplus]

Hi all,

I need advice to buy a men's dress watch. Preferably leather/rubber strap. My budget is anything less than $1k and it has to be a swiss automatic watch. I really dont know where and how I should get started. There are just too many brands and models.

ThanX.

Bro, with a $1K budget, it's quite tight and frankly there's not many swiss brands to consider. Perhaps you can check out TISSOT, LONGINES & ORIS?

[triton]

Bro, with a $1K budget, it's quite tight and frankly there's not many swiss brands to consider. Perhaps you can check out TISSOT, LONGINES & ORIS?

good choices. you may drop by bras basah complex. there are couple of watch shops there that sells tissot logines and oris.

[WatchME]

Hi,

Sorry but what do you mean by 'good choice'?? Are those brands mentioned good? What about hamilton?

[triton]

Hi,

Sorry but what do you mean by 'good choice'?? Are those brands mentioned good? What about hamilton?

good choice = good recommendations.

me yet to do enough homework on hamilton watches to comment anything.

[WatchME]

Oh ok. Means those are good brands I can consider.

Thank you.

[minusplus]

Hi,

Sorry but what do you mean by 'good choice'?? Are those brands mentioned good? What about hamilton?

If you're looking at Swiss watches, then Ham is out because it's American if I'm not wrong. Maybe you can google to confirm?

[triton]

Oh ok. Means those are good brands I can consider.

Thank you.

i wont say good brands. this is because good is subjective. that is why i said recommendations.....

[WatchME]

If you're looking at Swiss watches, then Ham is out because it's American if I'm not wrong. Maybe you can google to confirm?

Have checked. Hamilton is an American brand but swiss made. What happened is that long ago, Hamilton was purely Americanish, ie. brand and produced in America. Thereafter, the company was bought over by swiss maker, OMEGA. And all hamilton watches thus become swiss made.

This is also confirmed by 2 Watches of Switzerland shops and one Sincere Fine Watch shop.

Thanks for sharing.

[ohlins]

hamilton own by swatch group.........

[pet]

yup, by swatch group.

i was servicing my omega at swatch, saw a hamilton brochure/ flyers on their x-wind Le, tht's why i go buy. it's swiss made.

i think hamilton is a good watch ( well, pricing good, means good watch loh ... hahhaa )

[minusplus]

Have checked. Hamilton is an American brand but swiss made. What happened is that long ago, Hamilton was purely Americanish, ie. brand and produced in America. Thereafter, the company was bought over by swiss maker, OMEGA. And all hamilton watches thus become swiss made.

This is also confirmed by 2 Watches of Switzerland shops and one Sincere Fine Watch shop.

Thanks for sharing.

Oh I see. Probably can find HAMILTON dress watch for < $1K. Not bad. Can consider together with TISSOT, LONGINES and ORIS

[Darkangel]

Yeah...HAMILTON is a great beater for me man! I have the Khaki automatic.

Dress watch eh...I think TISSOT,LONGINES and HAMILTON is all...1k cant really buy much. ORIS is mostly more than 1k...if i m not wrong

[myownlittleshop]

sorry to hijack this post.

those brands listed above can get new or 2nd hand ones for around $1k?

thanks!

[jtsk]

2nd hand maurice lacroix look nice n should be too expensive i reckon