Help Me Choose My Collection !

[jimbean]

Greetings Repgeeks,

I'm a newbie and just started building my collection. So far I have a GMT IIc Ultimate, DSSD v4 and a PAM 111h. Now I'm looking to further build my collection and am looking for suggestions. I want a fairly balanced and diversified collection with watches for all occasions. If you were going to get 5 more watches what would they be?

Things I'm looking for (but don't need to be on same the watch):

white faced watch (all my watches are black)

something with a leather band

maybe a chronograph

something that looks good with a suit

Also, I'd want them to be accurate. No fantasy watches or huge flaws.

Some of my possible picks:

Cartier Santos 100 Chrono

IWC Portuguese

Breitling SFSO

So bring on the suggestions and help me build a super duper collection!

Thanks in Advance!

Edited April 24, 2009 by jimbean

[TeeJay]

How about having a theme for your collection? My old collection was built primarily, around watches which had been worn on TV or in movies, for example, Tom Cruise wore a highly modified Omega Speedmaster X-33 in Minority Report. The production company re-branded the watch as a Bvlgari, and actually got in trouble over it...

As for your other criteria choices, I'd make these suggestions:

white faced watch (all my watches are black) - Panerai 113

something with a leather band - Omega Aqua Terra or Rolex DateJust, fitted to an aftermarket leather strap

maybe a chronograph - Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Safari (on rubber strap rather than SS Bracelet)

something that looks good with a suit - Patek Philippe Nautilus, blue dial variant

There's also another watch which I feel meets all those criteria*... The Ebel Discovery 1911...

*Apart from the leather band part