Suggest a watch

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If you had £8-10k to buy a gents watch as a gift for someone for a big birthday what would you be looking at?

The main spec needs to be:

Durable and waterproof
Can be worn regularly / all the time
Ideally automatic and reliable
Nothing too bling or anything with gold
New with space for maybe engraved message on the back?
No long waiting lists so something that can be obtained within max a few weeks.

As you can tell I know nothing about watches!!!

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cbmotorsport said:

Rolex Milgaus for me. Nice modern look. Will work with jeans and a t-shirt or a suit. Lots of change from your budget.

That looks good, thanks for that.

The Seiko looks good too and I guess most people looking at it would think its a £100 watch which is what we are looking for as its going to get worn.

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He is not a watch person, at all. He will appreciate the engineering though, and it will be used to tell the time and that's it. A Rolex will just end up locked in a drawer and will never see the light of day. The Seiko is looking perfect so going to investigate that route.