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[Question] Are there any lifetime watches in the 800 - 1500$ range? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by ThiccieBigg@alien.top to c/watches@style.land

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Looking to buy my first nicer watch in january to celebrate surviving my rather intense work schedule in december. Having fallen into the watch-youtube rabbit hole I'm not even sure I can call these pieces "nicer" but the ones I am liking at the moment are the Hamilton Khaki Field Auto 42mm, 42mm Murph and the Longines Conquest black dial. Looking for a daily driver that I can use for the next 10+ years. Is that even realistic in this price point?

Would also love recommendations in this price point for a big wristed feller.

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[–] Unicorn187@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Most any decent quality watch will be if it's serviced properly.

Mechanical watches need to be cleaned and oiled and the seals replaced. Doesn't matter if it's an $80k Audemar Piquet or a sub $1k Hamilton, Longines or Tissot. Or an Orient for only a couple hundred.

Quarts watches too. Moving parts and rubber seals. Eventually the display on a digital watch will die, but that will be years off in most cases. Like there are digital watches from the 80s still working fine. It's more hit or miss though.