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Originally Posted by fairfax

Lately I have been consolidating my watch collection and have mostly settled to keep only the ones that still bring joy. The funny thing is that I have all sold off all my watches from well-known brands. I feel like I've gone through enough trends to take more risk in the independent or lesser known brands. The question is what I should settle on for my travel/tool(lite) watch. I'm looking for something that still has 10bar water resistance, good shock-proofing, fits on a 6 3/4 in wrist. Here is my current collection:


Moser Endeavor Perpetual 1 Palladium w/ double hairspring

Gronefeld 1941 Remontoire x Voutilainen dial steel

JLC Reverso Sun Moon RG

Bulgari Octo Finissimo Automatic Tourbillon Titanium

JLC Duometre a Quantieme Lunaire Enamel

Habring2 Foudroyante Felix

Rolex Daytona 6263

Rolex Milgauss 6541

Rolex GMT Master 6542

Tudor Homeplate 7032

Frodsham YG (on wait list)


I'm looking to replace my travel/tool(lite), which currently is the original Montblanc Riessec steel, with something else. Mainly, it's because it's only 3bar water resistance and I'd like to swim with it comfortably. I'm fortunate enough to have sold off my other watches to accrue quite a healthy budget so pricing isn't too much of a concern. Here are the ones I'm considering:


MB&F LM Perpetual EVO

De Bethune DB28G


Are there any other recommendations that fall into this line? Would love to hear everyone's thought! Many thanks.

I’d get the MB&F. They retooled it to be more durable.