Go secondhand and buy from a reputable seller (I.e someone with many confirmed transactions, great feedback history, and provides a detailed description and pics of the watch). Use some of that $500+ you save to buy yourself a really nice bottle of champagne or whiskey. When the watch arrives, stand in front of the mirror and tell yourself how amazing it looks while sipping said champagne/whiskey and putting it on your wrist.
Boom there’s ya go. Same watch, same affirmation that it looks amazing on your wrist, and a much better drink to go along with it.
And if you need the bracelet resized, you can buy a link removal kit on Amazon for literally $10. That’s it. They’re super cheap and it’s not hard to do.