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Originally Posted by citanul
pvn,
i'm fine with a lot cheaper
Heh.
You can find these under $300.
There are a couple of variations of this (you can get them with TiN coated case and bracelet, there are also variants with blue dial highlights instead of red, etc.
These have the newer 4R15 movement which seems to be a pretty simple evolution of the rock-sold 7S2x movement. Personally I'm not crazy about these, but if you like the Sinn look these are considerably cheaper (the Sinn pieces these look like will be closer to $1k).
Even cheaper, SNZG15 (and variants). These are around $150.
The seiko5 logo really tilts me, it just clutters the hell out of the dial.
The above are all 42mm.
Seiko also has a HUGE number of military-styled quartz chronos in the $200-400 range.
$200 titanium piece (available with Ti bracelet) SNA139:
$400 japan-only chrono SBPP007:
If you want something Swiss, and you don't mind something more pilot-styled than military, Archimede seems pretty solid. I haven't seen one in person but I know a couple of people who have these and they're happy. But again, 42mm.
http://www.gnomonwatches.com/archime...tHistoric.html
~$500