I had a GMT that I bought slightly used from a customer that was a jeweler, square deal that saved a good bit from new. Had it a lot of years and wore it all the time. I finally wound up being a little self-conscious about it and downshifted to Omega. I feel like I'm in the quality zone now without paying a big premium for something I would feel pretentious about. It's all subjective. Almost 8 years ago I dipped my toe in the water with a quartz 300M- it was only $1,600 delivered tax free and a US model. Gave me the look of the Submariner and I really like the quartz thing, too. They don't go up in value and they're not as repairable as a mechanical watch, but I like the lower cost and that it always has the right time on it when I pull it out of the drawer. It seems like Omega is making less and less quartz models now, which is kind of a bummer.
