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 Posted: Wed Jan 20th, 2010 11:28 pm
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stew77



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 Hi Steve...well it sort of depends how important having an automatic movement is to you versus considering watches with quartz movements (if your friend is an avid WIS, he may really like an automatic or hand wound watch...joe public out there would probably not know or care about the difference so if it is a "gift" that may allow you to consider some watches you may not consider for yourself).

So not knowing if you must have automatic, I'll throw some out there (by the way, I have a Black and Orange Monster, they are fantastic, well built watches for the money, but I agree with your wife...they don't wear large especially compared to the trend toward bigger pieces today.

So if you are looking for a beefy piece with some good wrist presence for a bigger guy (with a ~$400 budget):

These micro-brands give you huge bang for the buck ~$400!!

1) Benarus Worldiver GMT Quartz: very sweet piece and the build quality from Benarus will consistently blow you away!!!

http://www.benarus.com/gmtquartz/index.php

2) Bali Ha'i (the Ha'i-Q) also a quartz

http://www.balihaiproject.com/watches/q.htm

3) Orsa Sea Angler (Oh man...I just checked the site and it now says that it is sold out...this watch with an ETA 2824 automatic for $350-$375 is a steal of a deal)  Berg had some of these available since about October so it might be worth emailing him through the site.

http://www.orsawatchco.com/Sea-Angler.html

4) Boschett Cave Dweller (you will be close to $400 with the Miyota automatic movement instead of the ETA-2824 model).

http://www.boschett-timepieces.com/collection/cavedweller.php

5) For a nice looking piece with some very beefy options for lots of wrist presence you might want to look at some models from...Invicta...you will see some really like these while others not so much.

6) Seiko will always provide a fantastic built watch for the money...I don't even know where to start here, but there are many options in the Seiko line and Seiko is making some bigger pieces out there these days.

Using the search feature here at 3T will give you alot of information on some of the ones I've listed above.

...happy hunting...

 

Last edited on Wed Jan 20th, 2010 11:30 pm by stew77