Rolex
All this talk of cheap watches - such bad news.
A watch is the only thing you wear 24/7 - it says so much about who you are.
I bought a nearly new Rolex datejust oyster perpetual (classic no frills much fake-copied Rolex) from a friend who needed some cash fast about 20 years ago. I paid £1000 and got all the certificates etc...
At the time it was pretty bling, but over the years has become an understated design classic and I am no longer self conscious about wearing it.
I reckon I would have bought a cheap watch about once a year (at their average attrition rate), so if I'd spent £50 (on some seiko or timex wannabe watch) per annum I would have broken-even right about now.
I like the look of the Breitlings but they weren't as freely available back then and they have not achieved the same classic status yet.
I bought Mrs SB a new lady Rolex 8 years ago, she loves wearing it and has never looked at watches again.
As for the ones with all the extra displays, aerials and whizz wheels (!) that's really for pilots who want non-pilots to know they are pilots!
SB