I'm going with this one. If anyone has a reason that I shouldn't, please let me know! Thanks, again.

http://shop.us.longines.com/l2786476...automatic.html

Normally I would say it should be fine, but honestly, if you're going to be doing a lot of swimming I would avoid chronographs like that which don't have screw-down pushers.

Also, service on chronographs will be more significantly expensive than on a regular mechanical watch.

I never understood the point of keeping a watch on when you know you will be swimming. Unless it was a diver and even then only if i was going to use the functionality.

Hes not planning on actually using the chronograph to do timed laps is he?

No. He just doesn't want to have to remember to take his watch off every time he goes swimming or jumps in the pool or hot tub (we have a pool and hot tub). He always forgets!

Plus, when he's swimming at the Y, he doesn't want to forget and then have to go back to the car. Not thrilled with leaving a $3,000 watch in a Y locker, even with a good lock -- or at a hotel pool, etc.

I would rather leave a watch in a locker with a lock than in my car, but regardless, that watch is not a good fit given your use case.

For that price, you could get a Seamaster pro.

I have a friend who can get a discount through Longines. Not sure how good it is yet. I like one of their 1,000 feet watches, but not nearly as much: http://shop.us.longines.com/watch-se...ronograph.html

I'm also pretty particular about how a watch looks, and I don't want something that is diver-type. My husband works in a suit/tie industry, so I want something classier.

Thanks for the advice so far!

The problem with chronographs isn't the water resistance, per se, it's the fact that the pushers that activate the chrono will leak if you accidentally push them while you're under water. In that case it doesn't matter if the water resistance rating is 10 inches or 10 miles.

Also, if you personally like chronos better than divers, that's one thing, but they're certainly not any "classier". If you think divers are too informal to wear with a suit (which is purely subjective), then chronos, which are also sport watches, are as well. Hardcore purists will tell you any watch with a steel bracelet is ill-suited for wearing with a suit, and you should get something with a leather band.

Also, is your friend's discount limited to Longines? Longines is part of the Swatch group, you should see if other Swatch brands are also eligible for the discount.

Didn't want to offend anyone with the "diver" comment. I just don't think they look as sleek. Purely personal opinion. He prefers a metal band (I prefer leather), I'm not even sure why. I think it has to do with getting it on, stretching, etc., but that's a guess. He's all about convenience. My friend works directly with Longines, but I'll check.

yea, the whole chrono thing doesnt play noce with water unless you get locking pushers.

what about a PO chrono?

http://www.watchrecon.com/?brand=ome...ph&last_days=0

Lurked here quite awhile, finally made the auto leap. Thanks all.

311.30.42.30.01.006 Speedy Pro w/ 1863

Divers don't have to be bulky.
https://monochrome-watches.com/compa...ve-pics-price/

That's a lovely pickup, love the sapphire sandwich.

Never knew those were manual wind, man that looks great.

Speedy pro looks great. Wife has decreed my next expensive watch be an Omega.

just got a complement on my sistem51 from hot 20-something barista, so I'm like "hell yeah, still got it" the rest of the day.

fwiw, she said it as I was doodling on the ipad payment thing so clearly she was priming me for a tip

Just the tip.

full perpetual calendar showing the year in an aperture; the moon’s age and phases; a split-seconds chronograph; and a second time-zone. The reverse shows astronomical indications, with sidereal time, equation of time, times of sunrise and sunset, display of the seasons, equinoxes and solstices, and the signs of the zodiac, together with a rotating celestial chart. Acoustic indications offer grande and petite sonnerie; a minute repeater which chimes on four gongs; and an alarm on the fifth gong. Swiss patents are awarded for the date of Easter indication, which varies according to the ecclesiastical calendar, and for the secular perpetual calendar with retrograde date indication, displaying the day’s date based on a cycle of four hundred years, and requiring no adjustment until the 28th century.

1 of 4 (Patek holding a fifth prototype) Christie's thinks it'll sell for $11,000,000. Personally I think higher. I wonder what the best way to properly display such a thing would be, like what does the owner plan on doing with it? Need a rotating shrine in the middle of a watch temple or something.

I'm not spending $11 mil on a watch I'm not going to wear.

A man much smarter than all of us already figured this out

that's a watch for your yacht

I know, right? I only wear my watches that are under $10 million.

Peasant