I work with my own must have laws, since i bought my first automatic watch.
Similarity at some points.
Some of my must have elements.
> automatic
> swiss made only
> keep,it simple, nothing more than time and date
> heritage, the old 19th century, old masters
> white,silver,blue dials
> big second hand
> glas bottom
A Breguet Marine is a watch who perfectly match my high standards.
A Sinn watch or a Nomos do not comply to my laws.
The list posted by Grisar of 12 watches contain for me a watch which is the winner of the list.
I chose the Bvlgari Octo Solotempo. After this watch is nice to see, i like the innovated case, material choice, heritage, Italian flair.
The watch who is the cliffhanger, the red spotlight, the clean car at a cycle race, never consider to buy is.......
Rolex Oyster quartz. Collectors want it, because of the rareness. I skip it because it is a quartz watch.
Do i dislike quartz? No, but a Rolex with a quartz movement is something like a Ferrari with a Skoda citygo engine.