Two watch dilemma.

[Keats]

Hi all,

Long time lurker but please don't let the absence of posts mislead - my passion for Rolex burns bright and this awesome site is always a daily staple. Anyway, I have a dilemma on which I'd sincerely appreciate your thoughts.

I have a GMT IIc which seldom gets worn - despite having an office job I wanted to avoid scratching the polished bracelet and reserve the watch for evenings and weekends, so I wear a basic G-Shock for daytime wear. Also, having had a DJ stolen from my gym locker, I'm wary of having a Rolex on my person for lunch-hour gym sessions, hence the 'cheap & cheerful' option.

But this said, the situation doesn't feel right and now that I'm ready to expand my collection, I want to address the balance and find a suitable luxury piece for the demands of day-to-day life while having something in reserve for special occasions. After all, life is short and the insurance can worry about gym locker theft etc.

So...my initial thought was to keep the GMT for occasions and maybe get an IWC Aquatimer 2000 for the rigours of the office/gym. Then I started to think about the pedigree of such watches and don't know if I can gravitate away from Rolex. So the question is, what would your ideal tag-team of watches be?

I had a thought of keeping the GMT and getting a Deepsea for the grind, but that seemed like a contradiction given the relative price-points of the Deepsea/GMT. Seemed profound to have the costlier watch as a beater.

So over to you guys, anyone for the Aquatimer/GMT combo, Deepsea/GMT or maybe ditching the GMT and going off at a tangent? Feel free to suggest any combo as I'm going around in circles!!

With thanks in advance.

Stu