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What is a watch in the $1500 range that you currently covet? I’m looking to move on my Sinn 556 MoP around that price (it doesn’t get any wrist time) so thinking about a one-out-one-in replacement. Made me curious what everyone loves at that price point. PFA my 556.
Junghans - Max Bill
If you don’t mind pre-owned omega is always my go to such under appreciated beauty’s like the omega dynamic chrono such a nice one that doenst get much hype
I was considering this exact watch a while back. Would you consider a trade for a Sinn 104 St Sa ABE?
Nomos Club Campus or pre-order one of Farer's moonphase watches for next year.
You're at least the third person just in the post to suggest the Club Campus and I just don't get it. Nomos watches are super clean looking but don't compare to the formal dressiness of the 556 MOP with metal bracelet. It'd be a more casual watch, imo
Wait, you can pre-order those?
Black mother of pearl ? That is amazing looking
I swapped one of those for a Seiko spb253j - love the shape and color of the Seiko. It wears insanely well on a NATO.
Longines DolceVita L5.767.4.73.0
Ball Fireman Enterprise (NM2098C-S20J-BK)
Any Christopher Ward watches in that range are very nice. I’d probably go with them.
Ball Marvelight IIi Caring edition can be found for that price point but you have to look
I'd look at some used Grand Seiko quartz. SBGX269 perhaps.
Sinn is the watch I want next but not that dial. I have a 42 Murph I need to offload. Grail watch is probably some type of grand seiko but I don’t look to find one in particular since it’s a long ways off.
I recently got this watch with the fine-link bracelet and am finding it hard to take it off my wrist for any length of time. It’s subtle yet fabulous.
Right now for around 1000-1500 range that i really want to get are:
all of them are used ofc, i don't really like to buy things new
Christopher Ward twelve or a Longines legend diver. The legend diver is a little more expensive but I’ve seen them on chrono24 for 1800ish
Sorry, this is not much help, but my 556a rs is my favorite in that price range. Another one frederique constant highlife maybe 2nd hand.
You can get a used 856 for around $1200.00.
The only brands that really rival Sinn are Oris and Nomos. Longines too but you don't get very far in that brand with 1500.
While Oris and Nomos can rival Sinn, I don't think there's a point in trading those with what you have here. Consider saving money and trade up to like Tudor, IWC or similar brands.
Used seiko marinemaster 300.
Serica 5303 with a white dial for me. Just love the unique details and their distinct design.
You are gonna regret. I bought a longines to have a 3 watch collection and it drilled into me how much I miss wearing my MOP.
I picked up a really nice Omega SMP 2264.50 “Peter Blake” on its Speedy-style bracelet with box and papers for $1500 a few months ago and absolutely love it!
You will be lucky if you can move it for $1100. Seriously. Just keep it.
I just ordered this, well the regular black dial one, for my ~$1500 GADA watch lol. I was considering Nomos club, Longines Spirit
It’s so beautiful. If they had that in gunmetal…ooh boy. Love that face so much.
My current watch goal is a Sinn 104a.. those Arabic numerals with the fine link bracelet just looks so perfect to me.
How about a proper black 556?
Isotope
Buy this one. It's on my long list of must haves.
I haven't seen this before and it's a great looking piece. I really love the 556 and would love to make one my daily. Do you think this could be a daily? I see comments saying it looks too flashy and you've said it's not but an everyday wearer?
Going to Google this watch a whole bunch now but would love to see more pictures.
Any idea what you would swap it out for?
It could be a DD if you don’t like date windows. It’s not flashy at all. It’s all satin finished case and the dial is only colorful at certain angles. At others it looks just black.
Not sure what I’ll replace it with - I need a proper dress watch in my collection and also would like a moonphase. The new CW moonphase has my attention, as does the Cw Twelve at a similar price point. Or I’ll just put whatever I make off this toward a more expensive piece. Would really like a JLC mast control or reverso as a dress piece; still eyeing north year two-tone DJ as well which could easily replace this slot.
