Recommendations for a daily beater

[quakeroatmeal]

I seem to have a problem, when it comes to watches- everything I fall in love with tends to be way above a "disposable" watch price point.

I basically have my holy grail watch, I've been wearing it everyday.

But I've been looking around to find a quality watch, that isn't quartz, that looks sporty, and I can wear without any fears or worries of damaging it... or losing it somehow (like getting robbed or something).

My problem is that almost every watch I go "ohhhhhhhhhhhh I'd wear that into that ground!" I find out it costs 4k.

Ideally, I don't want to spend more than 1,500 for a watch I can kick around. Initially I loved the Omega Speedmaster, especially since it can be buffed to make it look like new. But that definitely doesn't fall into "idc what happens to this watch territory". But my goodness, that thing is beautiful.

Maybe I just need to change my expectations since they seem to be mostly unrealistic.

Any recommendations for what to look for?