Non-Rolex mens luxury timepiece recommendations

[Anonymous]

Tissot

[Anonymous]

Frederique Constant, less expensive than Rolex

[Anonymous]

Another vote for Breitling - they have a great boutique at City Center if you want to see their collection in person. Tiny Jewel Box will have a broader range of Panerai, IWC, etc., that are nice alternatives to Rolex, and the Omega store is right next door.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where do you start? Do you go to a jewelry store and ask to see watches? I'm not interested in Rolexes at all.

Swatch Watch

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To the earlier commenters that recommended Patek Philippe, I say good luck. I have a decent purchase history at a local authorized dealer and have never been offered a Patek to purchase.

For something unique with great history of watchmaking, I’d recommend Jaeger-LeCoultre, Breguet, or step it up to Vacheron. The watch brands I listed are available and represent fantastic watchmaking.

Can you please explain how this works? Do you buy the watch you want or do you buy the watch they want to sell? What if you don't want that watch?

There simply aren’t any Patek Philippe watches available for a customer even with a decent purchase history of other brands (e.g. Rolex, Omega, Cartier, etc…) to buy. The average waitlist for a Patek Philippe is @ 4yrs unless you’re willing to buy from a grey market dealer at 2x the price. Patek makes roughly 60K annually and the demand is far outweighs availability.

[Anonymous]

Tissot. Or Hamilton

[Anonymous]

Grand Seiko

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here - I'm more interested in the Blancpain or Longines sort of style. Rolex's marketing seems tacky and obnoxious. I've never bought a fancy watch and have no clue about price points, wrist measurements, etc.

Longines is crap. Tudor is a good cheaper choice.

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Anonymous wrote:Apple watch has a lot of utility. Any man with interest in tech, safety or health, would prefer it. If you love someone, you would rather want them to have a smart apple watch if they are facing some emergency instead of a dumb designer watch.

I've seen people wear one type of watch on each wrist.

I just wear a regular watch. My iPhone does enough and I dont' need an apple watch.