Looking for dress watch made 1980

[ceebmoj]

I'm going to turn 40 this year, I think that I missed the last ten years or so when I blinked around lunch time ;-). The family have suggested the idea of a dress watch manufactured in my birth year 1980 as a present witch is lovely. Budget in the region of £1400 to 1800 ish.

So I'm looking for some recommendations for a dress watch that fits the bill and places that I can trust my family to to buy said watch.

Thanks for any and all responses.

[Gazzab]

The typical dress watch will be a smallish watch from that era. Maybe a 1980 Thin Slim Stainless Steel Jaeger le Coultre Automatic - 5001.40 - 34mm (stolen from a eBay ad)

[T6 vanman]

Try Chrono24, usually verified dealers

use the search function - this maybe 1980 £800~£2000

329 choices

https://www.chrono24.co.uk/search/index.htm?dosear...

Not a dress style but Omega Seamaster - 300hz
https://www.chrono24.co.uk/omega/seamaster-60-f300...

Strange Omega dress watch
https://www.chrono24.co.uk/omega/reverso-equinoxe-...

Nice Rolex 34mm
https://www.chrono24.co.uk/rolex/oysterdate-precis...

Sporty oldschool Breitling
https://www.chrono24.co.uk/breitling/breitiling-da...

Nice Eberhard
https://www.chrono24.co.uk/eberhardco/mareoscope--...

Choices … choices

Edited by T6 vanman on Tuesday 9th June 22:36

[Barchettaman]

Chrono24 is an excellent suggestion.

By coincidence my dress watch is from 1980, only a quartz but it has sentimental value (it belonged to my wife’s grandfather). A lovely thing and I feel very lucky to have it.

[Sheetmaself]

A little tip which won’t hell the op but may help others.

Start looking for the watch a year before your birthday as the sellers aren’t blind to the fact that it is a significant birth year watch and prices normally increase in the year only to drop down again when 41 years old.

[Fitz666]

or....

https://www.birthyearwatches.com/

[ceebmoj]

Sheetmaself said:

A little tip which won’t hell the op but may help others.

Start looking for the watch a year before your birthday as the sellers aren’t blind to the fact that it is a significant birth year watch and prices normally increase in the year only to drop down again when 41 years old.

That is a top tip.

Thanks for the help evry one, chrono24 has more to choose than I expected and lots of things that I really like the look of, some examples:

https://www.chrono24.co.uk/perseo/perseo-77400-moo...

https://www.chrono24.co.uk/paulpicot/paul-picot---...

https://www.chrono24.co.uk/eberhardco/navy-master-...

https://www.chrono24.co.uk/paulpicot/paul-picot---...

https://www.chrono24.co.uk/zenith/chronograph-hand...

Not a dress watch but i do like
https://www.chrono24.co.uk/dugena/--monza-vintage-...

https://www.chrono24.co.uk/omega/speedmaster-reduc...

[lostkiwi]

ceebmoj said:

Sheetmaself said:

A little tip which won’t hell the op but may help others.

Start looking for the watch a year before your birthday as the sellers aren’t blind to the fact that it is a significant birth year watch and prices normally increase in the year only to drop down again when 41 years old.

That is a top tip.

Thanks for the help evry one, chrono24 has more to choose than I expected and lots of things that I really like the look of, some examples:

https://www.chrono24.co.uk/perseo/perseo-77400-moo...

https://www.chrono24.co.uk/paulpicot/paul-picot---...

https://www.chrono24.co.uk/eberhardco/navy-master-...

https://www.chrono24.co.uk/paulpicot/paul-picot---...

https://www.chrono24.co.uk/zenith/chronograph-hand...

Not a dress watch but i do like
https://www.chrono24.co.uk/dugena/--monza-vintage-...

https://www.chrono24.co.uk/omega/speedmaster-reduc...

Love that Zenith.

[romeodelta]

I have a birth year 1984 16013 Rolex DJ 36.

There is a white gold version as well, which looks more subtle.

You will have to up the top end budget a bit, but this is PH, right?