It was a 40's gold rectangular Hamilton... but I got one of those for myself on my 50th birthday
I think I would go Omega...
I also prefer vintage to new...
Not a big fan of crono's... but the vintage Breitliner (SP?) crono's look pretty sweet.
Edit to add.. this is obviously NOT a Breitliner... but I would love one of these..
Also a big fan of the high end Seiko's and Citizen watches that don't get sold in America.
I picked this limited edition up online:
