Quartz Watch Alternative - Longines Conquest

As an automatic, the Longines 41mm Conquest is priced above $2200. It's an achievable watch, but it will require perseverance, hard work, financial success, and a bit of good fortune. As an alternative, the quartz Longines 41mm Conquest is priced at less than $1000. 

Longines 41mm Conquest Quartz (Amazon photo)

The Longines Quartz 41mm Conquest is a great looking and solidly built watch that exudes quality and class. It's not cheap. However, it's a much more attainable Longines watch than the automatic version.

What do you get when you buy the quartz Longines Conquest? You get a solid Swiss watch that can hold its own with the world's elite timepieces. The Conquest is an all stainless steel watch with a protected crown. It is secured to your wrist by a triple-safety-folding clasp and push piece opening mechanism. It's perfectly proportioned at 41mm in diameter and 11.8mm thick. It also has 300-meter water resistance and a sapphire crystal to withstand any adventure in your life. The caseback design also reflects the high end background of the watch.

Longines 41mm Conquest Quartz Case Back (Amazon photo)

Is the Longines Conquest worth it? Maybe. That's a question for you to answer. 

If you've been plagued by a lust for a luxury Swiss watch, the quartz Longines Conquest might scratch that itch perfectly.

If you'd like to look and long for the Longines 41mm Conquest, you can check the Conquest out here using my affiliate link to the Luxury goods section of Amazon. It looks like a great watch.

Watch Deal Alert: Glycine Watches on Overstock.com

If you are looking for bargain prices on Swiss watches, go to Overstock.com and search under "Glycine watches." 

You'll find many models at clearance prices including this Glycine Quartz Airman Worldtimer (above). This one is the lowest price model at only $159.99.

There are also many automatic Glycine watches for sale. They are all Swiss made models with prices falling between $300 and. $600.  

Glycine is an old Swiss watch firm that was recently purchased by Imvicta. However, it remains an autonomous business unit dedicated to making traditional Swiss watches with Swiss movements.

Watch Deal Alert: 47mm Nautica Coronado Bay Watch

Nautica is on a roll as an affordable name brand watch. I just found another great Amazon deal on a Nautica N/83 watch. It's the Nautica Coronado Bay quartz watch. Nautica names many of their watches after famous beach areas.

The Coronado Bay presents a big watch in bio-based nylon case. The watch has a 47mm diameter case that's 16mm thick. It's not for the dainty watch crowd. But, it's a rugged looking watch offering 100-meter water resistance and that fits up to 8-inch wrists. It also has indiglo backlighting which is an indication of its Timex roots. I like the wave pattern in the dial background.

The Nautica Tortuga Bay Watch Deal

Right now, this Nautica Tortuga Bay watch is on sale for 45% off! That makes this  watch an amazing bargain for under $65! You can grab the Nautica N/83 Coronado Bay watch here using my Amazon Affiliate link!

Ten Dollar Tuesday: Lenqin Quartz Analog Watch

Ready to go Commando? This Lenqin 39mm Quartz Sport Watch looks the part. It's steel with a murdered out black design that looks really slick. I like it. However, it also does come in a half-dozen color and dial combinations including traditional gold and silver toned models.

Lenqin Quartz Analog Stainless Steel(?) Watch (Amazon photo)

The case is comfortably sized at 40mm in diameter and 10.5mm thick. The Lenqin Amazon ad copy claims a stainless steel case and bracelet in the text and on the caseback. However, the specification sheet says alloy steel. Inconsistencies aside, the watch offers practical 30-meter water resistance and a mineral glass crystal. Amazon copy notes that it's not for bathing, swimming, or diving.

It's a fashion watch for sure, but it has a great look. The dial is obviously inspired by great traditional watches like the Rolex Explorer 1 or Tudor Ranger. To read all the specifications and potentially buy this Lenqin watch, you can use my affiliate link to find it here on Amazon.

Watch Deal Alert: Nautica Tortuga Bay

One of my favorite watch brand's has a new watch on sale. It's the Nautica Tortuga Bay quartz watch.

Nautica N/83 Tortuga Bay Watch

Part of the Nautica N/83 series, the Tortuga Bay simplifies the ocean-inspired Nautica style down to focus on a dial  representing a blue sea and and a black night sky. The watch has a 46mm diameter, subtly octagonal, stainless steel case that is 12mm thick. It's secured to the wrist by a comfortable and environmentally-friendly  wheat polyurethane strap that fits an up to 8-inch wrist. The watch offers 100-meter water resistance to stand up to the rigors of daily and vacation adventures.

The Nautica Tortuga Bay Watch Deal

Right now, this Nautica Tortuga Bay watch is on sale for 17% off! That makes this  watch an amazing bargain at just under $50! You can grab the Nautica N/83 Tortuga Bay watch here using my Amazon Affiliate link!

Watch Spotlight: The Seiko Prospex Diver

If you are looking for an attainable grail watch, you might set your sights on the Seiko Prospex Diver. Introduced as a line in 2014, Seiko chose Prospex as a name to signify "Professional Specifications." We shine the spotlight on the Seiko Prospex dive watch because it represents the best of Japanese quality in an attainable watch.

Seiko Prospex Diver (Amazon Photo)

In creating the Prospex Diver, Seiko drew inspiration from their first dive watch introduced in 1965. The modern aseiko Prospex Diver also draws upon watch design language that Seiko started in the late 1960s with its professional dive watches like the 6215-7000 and 6159.

With a Seiko Prospex Dive watch (model SRPF03), you get a watch that is ISO rated to 200-meters. It has a stainless steel case and bracelet, a unidirectional rotating bezel, Lumibrite luminous hands and markers, a Hardlex crystal, and an automatic 4R35 movement with a 41-hour power reserve. 

Seiko Prospex Diver (Amazon Photo)

Like many dive watches, the Prospex is a substantial watch with a 44mm case that is 13.4mm thick. But, it is built for adventure. 

While this Seiko is expensive, competing Swiss models like the Tissot Sea Star 1000 Powermatic and Mido Ocean Star cost over twice as much. You can find great dive watch looks with the Seiko 5 Series, but not the water resistance or overall performance. At less than $500, the Seiko Prospex delivers a dive watch best value. 

If you are interested in checking out this watch, you can help support this blog by using my Amazon associates link here.

TGIF: Collecting What They Aren't

There are lots of dismissive phrases that are used to describe watch brands that serious collectors don't pursue. 

Not collectible. No resale value. Do not appreciate over time. Budget fashion acessories.

Those phrases create an opportunity for less serious collectors to find fun watches at affordable prices.

What brings this on? Skagen watches.

The Skagen brand has brought  Scandinavian design influence to consumers since it was founded by a Danish immigrant couple in 1989. They were minimalist before every other brand became minimalist. The brand went through the watch entrepreneur's dream from inception to buy out by Fossil in 2012. But, the watch cognescenti dismiss the brand as not collectible.

That's o.k. The collectors can leave us Skagen as an affordable brand to find on Etsy or ebay.  It's great to see a brand offering different choices. There are plenty of other brands that are fun to collect by virtue of not being collectible. Hunting for them is fun, too.