1. A dress watch can be worn any time. It can always be dressed down.

2. The Longines can be worn any time.

3. I’d wear the Rolex with anything less than formal.

4. You mean chronograph, not chronometer. I’d wear these with anything less than formal.

5. The FXD is super casual. The others you could probably swing for business casual.

6. Anything missing is up to you and your own collecting goals.

Reptile leather is generally considered more formal, but it doesn’t have to be; it can always be dressed down. Buy from a reputable strap maker, not some random Aliexpress seller, to make sure you’re getting quality materials. Should you buy one? No idea…I don’t know you or your preferences.

90 seconds per day variance is outside of specification.

If I can’t afford to buy a watch twice without noticing, then I can’t afford it.

I’d suggest that you not worry about size. Just get the functionality you need. It’s for the gym, not a wedding.

Why would you keep a watch that you don’t like?

I don’t have any specific collecting goals beyond buying watches that I enjoy wearing and selling those that I no longer enjoy wearing. So many options at all price points.

It would probably be easiest to just buy a replacement. You could also open the case, identify the movement, find a replacement movement, and swap them.

Why does she need to find an alternative? Why isn’t she allowed to buy a watch she likes?

The watch is defective, so it would be easiest to simply return it for a refund.

Watches of far lower quality than anything available today survived artillery fire in the trenches of WW1. Someone working in transport probably spends their day sitting in a truck or forklift, which isn’t anything hazardous for a watch.

The first watch doesn’t matter; it just happens to be the first. It’s not like a watch requires skill or experience to wear. I’d get the same first watch again because I liked it and could afford it at the time.

Ask him what he wants.

I’d want to be asked, so that way the person giving me the watch isn’t embarrassed when I get rid of it.

Sitting on a shelf is not going to hurt your watches. If I travel with watches, I just stuff them in a sock.

Get whichever one you’d most like to wear.

I learned long ago that size doesn’t matter nearly as much as some people think.

Any watchmaker can fix that in like 10 minutes.

r/watchexchange or Chrono24. Plenty of second-hand resellers will buy them, but of course you’ll get less money than you would by selling them directly.

None of the Seiko 5s are made in Japan. Personally, I wouldn’t worry about a defect that is only visible under a microscope. You’re gonna put more scratches on the case after a couple of hours wearing the thing.