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Sure, but a range and a max sure helps narrow things. There's some pretty big differences between $10k, $20k, $30k, etc.

OK, so let's say under $50k street price.

Tourb....if you don't have one already.

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Sadly, most tourb's are in precious metal.

Roger Dubuis makes some cool stuff in that range with some interesting complications.

My 40th is coming up this year too. I hadn't thought about it yet. I may go for one of the SS Big Pilot Perpetuals.

You should buy a Vacheron Constantin Tour de l'Île.

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I second the Reverso... I think it's an iconic piece, will still look classy 20-30 years from now, customization options available, and it's JLC... I know the rectangular shape is not for everyone but it's definitely on my list for the future...

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Yeah, it's still a contender. Unfortunately you can only get factory engraving on the solid caseback models - they won't engrave the cradle. However, they did put me in touch with this guy - www.jcengraver.com who seems to be fairly decent

Very impressive engraving.

You gonna go for the dog or the Che Guevara?

This could be a good choice.

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the Reverso would be a great choice, if you really go for a current production model, only time tells if a watch is a short time fad or has the potential to become a classic or even a grail.

My choice would of course be a nice vintage piece from 1971, as the relevance of 2011 will fade, a watch commemorating your birth year in style will be a good friend for decades.

Yeah that's a good point. It's unfortunate that '71 isn't more memorable in terms of watches, especially for Breitling. There are a couple of 1971 models that I have been looking for but (in terms of Breitling) I would want something different - I wouldn't want a '71 and '69 Chrono-matic for example.

this would fit the criteria.

i wonder what the price on this bad boy would be?

corum ti bridge tourb, under 50k street price

Hi Roffensian!
Haven't been around here much lately, I know, but occasionally I like to drop in and remind myself that Breitlingsource.com is the first watch forum I joined, thanks to all of you wonderful people!
The 40th birthday, I remember, was a big deal for me. Probably the biggest since my 21st.
Since I saw your thread, I thought I would give you my 2 cents worth as well!
My good friend Ian, who I met through this forum at a GTG here in Vancouver, got himself a beautiful Cartier Santos Galbee a few weeks ago. Since then, I have been doing a lot of looking and research on the Cartier watches myself. As a result, I will be picking up a new Calibre de Cartier in a couple of weeks:

This is not my wrist shot, but one I have borrowed, by permission of the owner.
I have been into the smaller watches lately, I now have a Rolex Explorer I 36mm and an Air-King 34mm.
When I saw the Calibre, it totally took me by surprise when I tried it on. Firstly, it has a large date window, the trendy type that displays 3 dates simultaneously. Secondly, it is 42mm and I would almost say it wears bigger. It also has the new inhouse Calibre 1904 MC. I won't go into a lot about it here, but here is an excellent link to a site with some good info:
http://cartier.watchprosite.com/?show=f ... =588746&s=
You might also want to look at the fine forum I joined about Cartier watches:
http://revo-online.com/forums/main/cartier.html
If you like gold watches, there are some mighty fine pics of the red gold with beautiful brown dial.
Just an idea!
Cheers,
Carl

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Good to see you here again Carl!

I must admit that in the last couple of years Cartier has been growing on me. There's a Cartier AD less than 5 minutes from my office so definitely worth a visit.