What exactly would you like to see with respect to the two elements you mentioned?

• brands from Germany or Japan?

What is your budget?

You were damn god right. The seller informed me the watch stopped completely. Thanks for a correct advice!

In $150-300 range I recommend second-hand pieces from online auction, such as EBay or others.

Look for Tissot, Certina or Hamilton.

I managed to get two automatic pieces from Certina in really good conditions for €105 and €170.

IMO the best brand in <$1000 is Certina. They offer plenty of styles and plenty of different mechanisms, including the Powermatic 80 (this is a type of mechanism that is used by many watch brands), that you mentioned in your post.

Somewhere around r/watches I saw a smart strap, that has electronics where the buckle usually is. It was something similar to this, but not for Rolex only.

I like your Certina. Looks descent

Certina?

Second-hand quartz Certina? Or even new if you manage to find one?

Certina new / second-hand would be a good option for a younger one.

To be honest, I’d go for 41mm.

I’d go for Hamilton. Not a big fan of Seiko in general…

Damn, thats an interesting way of thinking of Pagani. I always considered em as a concentrated piece of sod.

The only good alternative to your idea was printing the watch on 3d printer to see how it looks on a wrist.

I’d go for Certina. Certina DS ACTION, for example. At sales you might get within your budget.

For any budget:

• Certina

• IWC

• Rolex

• Tag Heuer

Certina DS ACTION. New if you can find or second-hand

Longines Hydroconquest is one of the best looking divers I’ve ever seen. That have different sizes that would work for your budget.

That’s a pity that you can’t find good second-hand watches in your country.

When writing a comment, I was using my own experience:

I recently (this year) managed to get two automatic pieces from Certina in very good condition on a local online auction (very similar to EBay). One for €160. Another one for €104.

Have you considered Ebay as a market place to bid? Yeah, there are plenty of scams, but not many for affordable brands I mentioned above. So worth a try?

Fossil, a fashion brand, makes very questionable watches. Yeah, they sometimes might look attractive, but usually the mechanisms there are bad. Simply bad. They take cheap quality materials, cheap movement, which will not satisfy you at all.

Besides, you will not be able to sell them afterwards.

I don’t think even a second-hand simple date windows would cost 6k, so this complexity is definitely 60k.

If you’re talking about Seiko Automatic or Bulova, I assume your budget is $200-500.

Casio Edifice, Fossil - definitely NO.

Seiko - also NO.

I’d recommend to look at second-hand pieces. You better own a proper higher-level brand that will give you real pleasure.

For example, have a look at Certina, Tissot or Hamilton.

If you are able to find a new piece for your budget, go for it.

However purchasing second-hand piece in good condition is completely usual for watch owners, so do not hesitate it.