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Old 11 July 2008, 04:16 AM   #1
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oris, mont blanc, baume and mercier, etc

looking for a relatively inexpensive work watch...leather strap, somewhat conservative...what are your opinions on these brands or maybe any others you may have... thanks
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Old 11 July 2008, 04:31 AM   #2
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i love mine ,nice moonphase , good and accurate movment
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Old 11 July 2008, 04:55 AM   #3
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It might be nice to know what your line of work is to make any sensible suggestion. Where I work only a Casio G-Shock or a very rugged Seiko diver would make any sense as the environment I work in is very dusty and we also handle quite a lot of chemicals and solvents(I work in a glue factory btw). I would suggest looking into some models made by Sinn or a Omega Railmaster would also be very nice on a leather strap.

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Old 11 July 2008, 06:59 AM   #4
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i'm in a office/white collar environment
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Old 11 July 2008, 07:23 AM   #5
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This is my dress for work watch:








A classic look at 40mm. The finish is great and it is COSC accurate.

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Old 11 July 2008, 09:18 AM   #6
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do any of those oris' come with a black strap
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Old 11 July 2008, 10:45 AM   #7
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do any of those oris' come with a black strap
I think they do but it may be a different model. I instead, bought myself a black strap to go with my Oris Artelier Skeleton. It also came with the dark brown strap. With the black strap it looks great with a suit.
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Old 11 July 2008, 11:52 AM   #8
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PS I have a Baume Formula Quartz Chrono.
It runs well and looks nice BUT they are VERY overpriced
for what they are.

I would really have to say Sinn or Oris

I do not own either but would like to get a Sinn someday.
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Old 11 July 2008, 12:26 PM   #9
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do any of those oris' come with a black strap
The black dialed version of my Artelier comes on a balck strap.

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Old 13 July 2008, 06:31 AM   #10
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i just wrote in another thread that i saw a lot of these together in person and the oris had it for me..its a very classy lookin watch :)..great watch 'jmsrolls' :)..sorry i dnt have your real name :)
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Old 14 July 2008, 04:00 PM   #11
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I use to wear a baume mercier hampton quartz for work on a leather strap....
I still have it in a drawer somewhere
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Old 14 July 2008, 04:30 PM   #12
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What about a leather strap Concord. They make a fine swiss watch. Back in the early 1980's they along with Rolex were the watch to have.
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