That's a cool recommendation. Thank you!

Like many others on here have noted, there are some really nice Seikos and Casios that look great, keep fantastic time and won't break the bank.

I am not a completely reformed addict though in this regard, as I do have a handful of Seikos and Casios, and recently picked up a Serica 4512 as my dressy / special occasions watch.

One thing I've realised about this world and "collecting" in general is there is nothing wrong with trying things out and refining your collection / process as you learn more about yourself and what you get out of it all.

I've learned that the more traditional expensive time pieces are just more of a headache then I care to bare. A Rolex or Patek sitting in a safe because you're stressed about using it, scratching it or getting robbed just isn't worth it for me personally. No judgement passed on what other people do or don't do with their stuff though! If a Patek in a safe brings you joy, all power to you!

What I have found is that if you look carefully, good condition watches from the edifice series (there must be 200 models by now) occasionally show up at $35-45 per piece. I even found a few original waveceptors which will receive the US WWVB time broadcast for automatic time synchronization over long wavelength radio.

I cannot even imagine wearing a watch with more than a hundred bucks, because I'm clumsy and will inevitably hit it on some hard surface and scratch it.

I think I've had that, but the wristband is _so_heavy_.