[berettafan]

I foolishly bought a Tag (foolishly as i really didn't have the $$) when i was in college many moons ago. Stopped working and just gave up on it as the styling was dated and quartz just isn't interesting to me.

These Seiko watches do seem to be a nice balance of feel/quality and price. Paid $350 for the manta new via ebay. Unfortunately the green GMT (and a few others i dig) are about 3x's as much. At 4 digits i start to wonder if I might eventually wish i'd tried a Tudor or something like that. I see the Black Bay coming up used for low-mid 2k frequently. Haven't seen one in person to tell how much i'd like it though.

A shooting buddy of mine has a Sea Dweller and it really is a beautiful watch in person. Somewhat understated and a cool helium valve that is less obtrusive than the Omega version. But with Omega being a $4k + proposition and Rolex divers being 2-3x that i suspect i'll just read about those rather than experience them.