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Altair
PostPosted: Sat Apr 17, 2010 5:33 pm 
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My nephew is graduating soon and the family is chipping in to get him a watch. Limit is 2-2.5K USD

He has small wrists, so it has to be under 41mm. He is not a watch guy, but I know he likes the styling of Breitling and thinks that Omega and Rolex are for "old people"

No he is not my favorite nephew :|

Any suggestions are welcome, has to be a brand name he would know.

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Young man, your price range, well-known brand: TAG Heuer.

Maybe one of the motorsports-themed watches from Tissot.

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Longines makes a nice hydroconquest with the auto, running a 7750 swiss movement Quality ..

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I'd say a quartz is a good choice for a non-watch guy. Perhaps a Colt Chrono?
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Get him a Chrono Colt superquartz. He'll appreciate the benefits of SQ accuracy, and it's a great looking model.

I was also going to suggest an Omega Aqua Terra 39mm, since that is an extremely versatile watch, but it sounds like he wouldn't quite go for that.

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Chrono/non Chrono Colt superquartz sounds like a real winner to me. :lingsrock:

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Altair wrote:

No he is not my favorite nephew :|


Considering what your talking about doing, i think the above quote is hilarious! :lol:
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the_whizzler wrote:
Chrono/non Chrono Colt superquartz sounds like a real winner to me. :lingsrock:


Same oppinion here. Altough, they are a little over his budget, if bought in a AD.
http://www.authenticwatches.com/287ii.html
Here it is 2200 $.
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Seeing as how he is not a watch guy, don't spend much, as when he needs money for something, the watch will probably be the first thing to be liquidated! As others have said, a Colt quartz may be the answer

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