Have you looked into frederique constant? I dont know much about the company but they have some really affordable in house movements with a lot of detail and complication options. I was surprised their perpetual calendar is under 10k.
I never did, but an in-house movement under $10K sounds dreamy. The finish might be dog shit. What I learned recently is that some companies have what they profess to be an in-house, but it will be an ETA or a Valjoux workhorse with some in-house tweaking. It isn't like Rolex or Grans Seiko where they completely do their own thing.
Thats one reason I really like seiko. They single handedly made Asian horology what it is today.
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I just perused the Constant site. Nothing really caught my eye, but I liked one of the steel bracelets they use on the sports models very much. I'll keep an eye out for them. Rifht now, I'm mentally backlogged with about 15 watches I want and I will be 60 by the time I get them all if I was going to do that.
I don't want to have more than 8. With higher end watches, I'm looking at $800-$1500 to service every 6 or 7 years. That is a lot of maintenance.
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