Selecting a Good Watch

Author: Jack Yang

With so many manufacturers, styles, and places to buy watches, the process of shopping for a watch can be overwhelming. Luckily, the variety of styles, price points, and types of watches available make it possible to find a watch to suit each person's individual needs. Besides the choice of a men's or women's watch, factors you may want to consider when shopping for a timepiece include style, price, and type of mechanism.

Beyond the designation of men's, women's and kids' watches, timepieces can be categorized by the type of movement, metal or leather bands, and by style. Today most watches have highly accurate quartz movement, but classic mechanical workings can still be found, especially in luxury models.

Price Point is the first decision you need to make when you start shopping. Quality quartz watches are available from the to dollar fashion price point, and luxury timepieces can be as expensive as an ,000 diamond encrusted Rolex. For a cute trendy fashion watch, check out the TOCS watches from tocswatches.com. Their Glitz model, at , was featured on Oprah's O List for 2008. Another TOCS model that really stands out is the Ani-Digi Solar Alarm Chrono model. This watch is solar (or indoor light) powered and also has a lifetime battery backup. On the luxury side of watch shopping, the Titanium Men's Tissot T-Touch is an example of a sporty styled luxury watch. We priced the Tissot T-Touch Classic Touch Screen Watch at 5.00 eWatches.com. This is great status watch, with a sporty and technical style.

Rolex Daytona Oyster Perpetual models retail around ,000 dollars for basic models and are the most classic example of the watch as status item. When you are wearing a Rolex, everyone will know the quality. They keep their value forever. Vintage Rolexes remain highly collectible.

After deciding price point, the next thing to consider is the style. Both men's and women's watches come in an array of styles from sporty to elegant. Jewelery styled watches are perfect for an elegant evening look, or you may prefer the sport look of a divers watch. There are also technical models with digital displays and advanced features. Looking for something with a geek charm reminiscent of the 1980's? Try a Casio calculator watch. Amazon.com sells models ranging from under up to .00.

One of the most important decisions you will make when watch shopping is the type of mechanism. One man we know requires a self winding watch with no battery. He literally cannot keep a battery running in a watch for more than a few months before they burn out. For this gentleman the solution was a Citizen Eco Drive. Citizen is one of the most popular watch manufacturer in the world. The gentleman described above wears a Citizen Eco-Drive WR-100 with a titanium bracelet. A similar watch is available from Amazon.com for 5.00.

Keep your watch shopping fun by trying on different models at a retailer in your area. If you are having a difficult time deciding on the perfect watch for you, remember that there is no reason you have to settle for only one. You may like to have a special watch for evening wear, and an everyday watch for work. Fashion watches are available in all sorts of colors and styles. With all of the lovely choices available who could fault the watch shopper for ending up with a watch to match each outfit and event.

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Author is the market analyst for the Web 2.0 Acobay Networking service. More info on Watch Brand Reviews, please visit Acobay.

Swatch Watches – Then & Now

Author: Robert Mark

During the 1960’s and 1970’s Swiss watchmakers had huge competitors from Japan such as Seiko. In order to recapture the market Nicolas G. Hayek, the founder of Swatch, launched a brand new collection of Swatch watches. With his endeavor, he also wanted to increase the popularity of analog watches over the now popular digital watches.

The Swatch Company took the quartz watch, redesigned it using fewer parts while keeping the efficiency and accuracy, which produced a “hip watch” with only 51 components, thus lower prices for the consumer. The new watches took off like storm and during the 80’s, if you did not own a Swatch watch you were in the “in crowd”. The new cool Swatch watches were around 80% less in price than competitors and gave consumers the chance to find all kinds of new and exciting ways to express their personality by the watch they chose to wear.

Today, Swatch Watches still offers a large array of watches. The company has grown and now includes watches of all prices and styles but still allowing consumers the chance to wear fashion watches at a much lower price than the designer watches.

You will notice when you begin your search for the Swatch watches to add to your collection is that they have five families in which their watches are recognized, Swatch Originals, Swatch Irony, Swatch Skin, Swatch Beat, and Swatch Bijoux. Swatch originals are of course the plastic cased watches that comes in many different designs, shapes, and sizes. The Swatch Irony are metal cased watches. Swatch Skin is similar to the Swatch Originals only the plastic is much thinner making the watch lighter. Swatch Beat is their digital line of watches. The Swatch Bijoux line is the jewelry line.

You can find many Swatch watches online at discounted prices, meaning you can find a better deal and even save more money. The average cost of Swatch watches online is between £37.00 to £150.95. The unique style of the Swatch is still the same offering customers the chance to express their personality with many different styles.

Popular styles for men include Mat Rebeaud, Serious Affair, Swatch Time Planner, Golden Chest, Ocean Sunset, Jaws- The Spy Who Loved Me, Get Fly Black, and Body & Soul - Metal. The most popular Swatch styles for women include Swatch Dreamnight, Swatch Hypnotic, Swatch Time in Rose, Swatch Nata Pura, Swatch Chain Me On, Swatch Mirror Time, Swatch Two Way Road, and the Swatch Bright-Act. Other favorites for both male and female include Swatch Be Punk, Swatch Down in Darkness, Swatch Dreamwhite, Swatch Stroke Lights, Landing Gear, Sign Out, Full Blooded Night, and the Swatch Street Club.

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About the Author:
Andy Fletcher is a professional retail watch salesperson with years of experience providing the best quality watches and timepieces to his customers as well as offering the chance to purchase a Guess watch, Black Dice Watches, and Michael Kors watches.