Watch Discussion: Luxury Brands

Get you a nice Invicta. The MSRP on them is like $8,000 but you can get it from an infomercial on MSNBC late night for $150. Huge discount!!!!!!!

Saw a dude flashing an Invicta around the Casino the other day like it was an AP and it just gave me a good chuckle.

I’ve got a couple movados and they are not in the same category as several of the rest.

I would up my budget and get a Vacheron overseas on secondary market for around 23k

7.5/10.

Needs pics of those sweet Seikos and Tags...

Assuming you want an upgrade to the sub-date that is also a diving/date watch, I am throwing another brand in the mix. Blancpain.

Blancpain Bathyscape - 5000 1210 98S

Willing to go used but the used market seems overwhelmed with Rolex at the moment

If you already have a sub, id go patek.

Doesnt need to be new either…just have papers and provenance and recently serviced

Breguet and JLC should be on your radar.

I would go Omega of all those in the list, if you must spend money.

Otherwise I'd get an Oris

Nothing wrong at all with Tissot, Citizen, Seiko (not Grand Seiko), Movado, but these aren't luxury brands and you can't really touch 10K with any of those, save for a couple of Tudors and most of there best watches are well under 10K. Had a few on my wrist today as I just got back from watch shopping.

Of this list, the only ones that really make sense to purchase at retail prices are Rolex and Patek Philippe, and then you may or may not run into an allocation problem, depending on where you live and what kind of relationship you have with an AD.

For Rolex in that price range, you can get any of the steel GMT except for the Pepsi if you are willing to pay a premium over RRP. A Pepsi will stretch your budget a little (New 24K, good recent 21-22K). BLNR (Batman/girl) can be had for 14-18K, depending on condition - these are mighty close to what you have already with a Sub Date, so maybe not your deal. Any number of DateJust models in that price range either Gray near or below RRP or from the AD with little to no wait if you get lucky. You can also grab a SS/WG SkyDweller in that price range def gray market and possibly from AD if that is your thing (42 mm, but has smooth edge curvier oyster case if you want something different from Sub/GMT/Expl II style case)

IWC tend to be bloated in their pricing, but this is a stealth watch person's watch. Very solid offerings, but again if you ask me, they have really hurt themselves with their pricing in their newest models. I think the new Ingenieur is excellent, but not at 11K. I've owned several over the years, the only IWC I have left is a Pilot's UTC that is a great little 38 mm pilot watch.

VC is in a similar boat to IWC, except that there are going to be some hot models that will trade over RRP, but those are allocation pieces and well above the 20K ceiling you set. There some excellent pieces to be had in 20-30K range particularly dress type (I'm a big fan of the Les Historiques line) watches that you can walk into a boutique and buy. I have an older model Overseas in the white textured dial that is a very nice piece, but have never loved it. The newer versions of this watch in precious metal cases are particularly nice, but you'd have to be willing to stretch that budget considerably.

Omega has such as huge variety of availability in that range, that as long as you don't mind some immediate value drop if you buy at RRP, you would have a ton to choose from, many very nice. Except for a very few new releases, you can find pretty much anything in there catalog for immediate purchase. I'm not a huge Omega fan, but have owned several, currently own one (Hesalite Speedy Moon cal. 3861), and there are several I would and might own at some point in time.

I think Breitling have a nice catalog that has recently gotten better, but again prepare to walk out taking a haircut if you buy at retail. I particularly like the Premier line, and particularly like them in precious metal. Despite not holding value, I think you get a pretty good bit for your money.

You don't mention JLC, but they have some nice stuff, but their pricing is extremely bloated these days. Also, Cartier has come on strong of late, and they have quiet a bit that provides you something different from the sub you have.

Tons of other brands, and I could go on and on on this topic, but its would help to know if you are wanting something dressier or sporty, whether or not you want something in precious metal, how you feel about straps vs bracelets, etc

Bonus watch shopping pics from today:
Tudor BB 58 GMT "Coke"

Tudor Pelagos 39

Tudor Pelagos FXD Black

Rolex DayDate 40