Hello, I want to buy my first automatic watch and that is semi luxury (At least ist luxury for me right now) for the price of max 1000usd (800usd is preferable) and at this price range all swiss brands (swatch group brands mostly) use the movement powermatic 80. Tissot gentleman uses Powermatic 80 silicium and mido oceanstar 200(not 200C) uses caliber 80 and I am stuck between these two options. I want a watch that will last me a lifetime ( I know that it is hard to find a watch in this price range that will last lifetime but I am trying) and I have heard that this movement has an only problem overtime that is plastic parts. So I wonder if these two exact models has that problems cause I also have heard that these movement is not produced with plastic parts anymore (I do not know if this is true or not) . Thank you in advance, this is very important for me.
P.S. Also if anybody has mido oceanstar 200 how it looks on 6'7-7'1 inch (17-18cm) wrist will it be too big for me
Someone more knowledgeable can confirm, but as you pointed out there are numerous Powermatic 80's. The base one has a plastic pallet fork but the higher end ones don't.
That being said, their service costs are pretty low - Tissot charge not too bad compared to a good jewellers given the guarantee etc. They technically don't "repair" movements and just swap it out but that doesn't matter you at the end of the day.
Will it last 20+ years? Eh maybe not. 5-10 years yeah that's fine