Watch recommendations/help

Just get on Amazon and find something you like around what you want to spend. No one here is going to inherently know your style and there are literally thousands of options.

I like both of those but am looking for a metal band.

I guess it depends on what you are looking for. If you don't care about getting a mechanical watch and all that then maybe getting a clean looking timex is probably fine. Seiko also sells good reasonably priced quartz watches if you want to spend a little more money.

If you want to step it up to an automatic then seiko has some cheap automatics that are good for the money. I think they're called seiko 5's, and they have many different styles. I think you can get those for like $60 on amazon. If you want to spend a little more money then maybe look at Orients which is a brand of the Seiko parent company. I think they tend to run $200-$300. EDIT: Apparently the Orient Bambinos are cheaper than I remembered. They look to run $150-$200.


Orient Bambino



But really there are a ton of options out there, especially depending on what you are looking for and how much money specifically you are looking to spend.

Ok, this may be dumb, but you’re saying automatic, quartz, and I’m seeing chronograph and watch. What’s all the difference? I’m seriously ignorant.

I found this Tissot that I liked.

Check out citizen eco drive .. I’ve own many brands in that price range and my citizens are my favorite- and maintenance free..

Go to Jomashop if you are looking at Tissot. They are a grey market dealer which means their stuff is legit but you just won't get the warranty paperwork with it. They have good deals due to this. Dealers have to move inventory to keep dealer status with certain brands so a place like Joma buys inventory from actual dealers at a volume discount and resales it. The only issue is no dealer warranty due to this. They do have an inhouse warranty, though.

It has to do with the movement, or engine, of the watch. Mechanical watches are what all watches 50+ years ago used to be. They are powered by a spring. An automatic watch is just a mechanical watch that has a counter weight in it that winds with your body's movement. A quartz watch is powered by a battery. Generally, except with rare exceptions that aren't really relevant to this discussion, quartz watches are far far far more accurate than automatic watches. A good automatic is +-10-15 seconds a day. A cheap quartz is +-small fractions of a second a day. But for reasons that I don't really feel like attempting to get into here watch collectors and such tend to find automatic and mechanical watches to be more desirable. Your more expensive watches tend to be automatic or mechanical.

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Get what you like but that is too busy IMO