Dear Hedge,
Hang the expense, buy a flash one! I bought myself a Breitling B-1 last year. Sure they're expensive but the plan is not to buy another watch for a bloody long time. It pays to haggle too, even in those hoity-toity rich folk shops where the shop assistant unlocks the door to let you in and then locks the door after you enter. After a short discussion on price they dropped a grand off my watch! Said I'd have to think about it over the weekend and they dropped another $100. Picked it up for $2700. It's only money!
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Go on, you know you want to!
Cheers,
Hollywood
p.s. Beware of some watches, not necessarily just cheap ones, that offer UTC on a second display but don't account for zones with a half hour difference. For example the NT, where UTC is local time minus 9 and 1/2 hours.