Blue Sport Watch Recs

[sdiver68]

First post, please take it easy on me.

I currently own a Gen Breitling Aeromarine Auto BLK/SS and a Gen TAG-Heuer Aquaracer Auto in White/SS. I'm looking for a Blue/SS "Sport" style watch to add to my collection. Would love a Gen Rolex but don't like Gen price tags so here I am. $500 max, preferably something I can get from Josh, BK, or another trusted dealer here.

Thanks in advance for suggestions.

[craigb]

First post, please take it easy on me.

I currently own a Gen Breitling Aeromarine Auto BLK/SS and a Gen TAG-Heuer Aquaracer Auto in White/SS. I'm looking for a Blue/SS "Sport" style watch to add to my collection. Would love a Gen Rolex but don't like Gen price tags so here I am. $500 max, preferably something I can get from Josh, BK, or another trusted dealer here.

Thanks in advance for suggestions.

look on the sale section for a wm9 submariner, or you can get a bk wm9. very nice and very close to the genuine. good luck and welcome aboard.

[TeeJay]

I believe this is more like what you're thinking of than a BK. He does not do blue...

[sdiver68]

Thanks all for the quick responses! It's very much appreciated. BK does have a WM9 date mod noob sub in blue. I've read some reviews and they sound real nice but I have me wondering if I'm approaching this wrong.

I tend to be a stickler for details. Understanding that no rep is perfect, it sounds like perhaps compromising on color might be good option. In addition to the BK WM9 Sub, what other highest quality reps should I consider regardless of dial color, even if I have to stretch the budget a bit?

Edited August 28, 2010 by sdiver68

[TeeJay]

Thanks all for the quick responses! It's very much appreciated. BK does have a WM9 date mod noob sub in blue. I've read some reviews and they sound real nice but I have me wondering if I'm approaching this wrong.

I tend to be a stickler for details. Understanding that no rep is perfect, it sounds like perhaps compromising on color might be good option. In addition to the BK WM9 Sub, what other highest quality reps should I consider regardless of dial color, even if I have to stretch the budget a bit?

I didn't realize BK had the Sub in blue, if they have, that's good stuff When it comes to details, it is very much a personal thing. Initially, many people get hung up on the idea that they might 'get called out', but truth be told, no-one really notices (and almost never comments) on the watch a person is wearing, so from that perspective, personally, I can't see the point in shelling out the big bucks for a watch when a budget alternative, while perhaps not being as close to cosmetically perfect, is certainly still good enough to have the look of the original watch, and could still fool most people in the street, so budget options are certainly not always 'bad watches'. I believe that the genuine blue SS Sub (as linked) is an Asian-market Only watch (I might be wrong there) The only blue Sub I have seen, is worn by the actor TJ Thyne in Bones, but of course, that could be a 'wardrobe costume prop', or if a gen, maybe something he picked up on travels, so I've never been sure if it is actually a rep or a gen. One thing's for sure, I've never seen anyone posting a blue Sub as part of the wrist shots or their collections (although I wouldn't mind one myself) so it would certainly be a nice break from the norm of the usual suspects of 1680 and 16610 Subs and DSSDs... At the end of the day, go with the watch which you like the most, and you will be the most comfortable with, and you won't go wrong