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Big heavy dive watch you say.............. Marathon then my friend, be careful though if you really want a mechanical as most of the their models are available in both Auto and quartz though the quartz is a fine siwss quartz its still quartz. You will have to find a Marathon on Ebay more than likely, as most of their production is military and only a few left overs are sold to non military customers and Ebay seems to be the best place to get them. Unless you are military and then I think you can order them though your PX
Also a good DD but a bit smaller, is the Seiko SKX007 or anything really with a Seiko 7s26 movement in it, (your not going to find them at the mall jewelry store seiko mechanicals are internet thing in US) they can be had for about 200 bucks New on Ebay. I have been DDing a 007 for nearly 3 years and its still only about a min a month slow need to send it in for a 3 years service some time soon though. The Seiko is prolly the cheapest watch that will last longer than your life time with proper care. And dont let the name seiko scare you, they make great Autos and mechanical movements, they are also one of the few manufacturers left than do all their own movement development in house. I really want to get a Grand Seiko someday, but 5-6k for a seiko no matter the quality is still kinda hard to get over.
Big heavy dive watch you say.............. Marathon then my friend, be careful though if you really want a mechanical as most of the their models are available in both Auto and quartz though the quartz is a fine siwss quartz its still quartz. You will have to find a Marathon on Ebay more than likely, as most of their production is military and only a few left overs are sold to non military customers and Ebay seems to be the best place to get them. Unless you are military and then I think you can order them though your PX
Also a good DD but a bit smaller, is the Seiko SKX007 or anything really with a Seiko 7s26 movement in it, (your not going to find them at the mall jewelry store seiko mechanicals are internet thing in US) they can be had for about 200 bucks New on Ebay. I have been DDing a 007 for nearly 3 years and its still only about a min a month slow need to send it in for a 3 years service some time soon though. The Seiko is prolly the cheapest watch that will last longer than your life time with proper care. And dont let the name seiko scare you, they make great Autos and mechanical movements, they are also one of the few manufacturers left than do all their own movement development in house. I really want to get a Grand Seiko someday, but 5-6k for a seiko no matter the quality is still kinda hard to get over.
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