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Old 09-27-2012, 03:10 PM
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I love my Citizen Eco watch! Solar powered, never needs batteries, stylish and have never had any problems with it whatsoever! I have had it for over 6 years now. I still wear it to work every day. My wife bought me a Rolex for my birthday so I wear that one whenever I am not at work. I don't want to get harassed. LOL.
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Old 09-27-2012, 08:23 PM
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I love my Citizen Eco watch! Solar powered, never needs batteries, stylish and have never had any problems with it whatsoever! I have had it for over 6 years now. I still wear it to work every day. My wife bought me a Rolex for my birthday so I wear that one whenever I am not at work. I don't want to get harassed. LOL.
me to, I got the titanium on (band and case) from costco about 6 years ago. its always good getting a 450 buck watch for 125.00

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Old 09-27-2012, 09:01 PM
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I've had a Tissot PRS 200 for 4 or 5 years now and it's been a rock solid watch. I think I'm on my 3rd or 4th battery, but I love the watch.
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Old 09-27-2012, 09:48 PM
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me to, I got the titanium on (band and case) from costco about 6 years ago. its always good getting a 450 buck watch for 125.00

Steve
Wow! How did you pull that off? Just on sale or what?
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Old 09-27-2012, 09:50 PM
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Well, it's nice to see that I'm not the only one on here with a watch problem!! hahaha


Judging from what I've seen here, I might go for 2 or 3 in the $500 range, and call it a day. That Citizen is very nice, and I like the Tissot and the Nite.

We'll see though.

Thansk for all the inputs guys.
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Old 09-27-2012, 09:52 PM
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Wow! How did you pull that off? Just on sale or what?
that was costco's regular price on it. they had that one for one year. when I looked it up on the internet the american MSRP was 450.00

like everything at costco, some stuff is a smokin deal, some is a ok deal, some isn't a deal.

this is my normal watch, I use a casio digital for work, and for other occasions I use my watch I got grom my great grampa, a 1957 bulova senator (well I think thats what it is.. everything looks right except the movment model) its a 1957 movment, just can't find the movment model listed for that watch.......

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Old 09-27-2012, 10:08 PM
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Pretty generic style you're looking at, to be honest the issue I have with watches like Tissot is they just seem like over priced fossils or something similar. While granted they are probably reliable and keep good time I hardly seem them as anything special and certainly not arm bling Probably better off with the citizens as they are eco drive and offer many similar styles for the same or less money. I actually like the citizens better, much better styles like the one Steve posted is sweet.

Bulova have some pretty cool styles worth looking at, one I like is this one


You could also look at Emporio Armani which have similar styles to what you're looking at but offer ceramic cases and straps. They have silver ones to but I like the blacks and brown ones
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What about this

http://www.movado.com/movado-bold-3600098.html

Retail price is right
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Bought this one a few years back, still one I pull out on a regular basis

http://www.watchint.com/images/esq-b...kfin-watch.jpg
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Old 09-27-2012, 11:27 PM
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I had a Timex Expedition for 17 years, I only got rid of it because I used it as my work watch and the face became so scratched up that I couldn't read the time easily anymore. Even then it kept perfect time. Not a show piece but I don't know of too many cheap watches that last that long while taking lots of abuse.

I currently have a solar powered Casio Edifice that I really loved the look of but I've only had it for a little while now so I can't say how long it will last. It does keep perfect time however. My other watch is a Mickey Mouse watch that I just got at Disneyland. $17 when you bought over $35 of other stuff in the store. The watch for that price didn't have Mickey's hands telling the time but the lady at the counter let me pick out any Mickey watch I wanted for the same price, so I got the good old original!
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