Cousin is about to turn 40 and my Aunt has given crunch deadline budget of $700 to find him a watch. I figure I could ice the cake with a $100 and convince my Mom to answer as well so let's say $900 all-in to be conservative. It's a tough budget to work with for something really really nice but know I'm overlooking a lot out there.
He's a civil engineer at the absolute top of his game for my city, and does well enough on his own to get whatever he wants, but tends to overlook watches even though he enjoys them, and keeps telling me he's due for another for at least the last 5 years.
He's been wearing a Citizen Nighthawk for as long as I can remember and it's served him well. That said, he's sorta a tech guy and I feel may gravitate to something electrically powered and worry-free. The nighthawk is also Ti so it may be hard going up to SS having worn it as long as he has.
BUT part of me really wants to get him something heirloom worthy and more down to earth. I've been thinking Weiss field watch which is totally within budget.
On the other hand, I've been looking at the Citizen Eco-Drives as that's what he has now, but the only one that really excites me is the F100 Satellite Wave with it's Genta-insipration, but that may be really pushing the budget and I don't think pre-owned would be appropriate for an age milestone.
Anyone got any recommendations I might be overlooking?
