http://www.ranfft.de/cgi-bin/bidfun-db.cgi?10&ranfft&&2uswk&Miyota_8200

Per this it has 45 hour power reserve.

Bulova Gemini has the look and is in the budget but I can’t find specs for its thickness.

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First, collect watches that you like. Very few watches with price tags under 5 figures or high 4-figures are likely to ever appreciate in value, so don’t collect with the idea that the value of your collection will increase unless you’re prepared to part with some serious cash.

Second, take your time. I’m about 4 years into it and my taste has definitely evolved (and probably will evolve further) as I’ve learned more about it and been exposed to more of what’s out there. The variety is nearly endless and you’re almost certainly not aware of most of the choices out there right now. The watches that I bought when I first started I don’t like nearly as much now, and some of the ones I was lusting after when I first started but didn’t actually buy, no longer hold much appeal for me.

Yeah just google for “small seconds” watches - sometimes they’ll be called “sub seconds” as well but the former name is more common. Most of the time the seconds hand will be at 6 o’clock on such watches or occasionally at 9 o’clock. It being in other positions like on this Baltic is a lot less common. You can do some research to see what movements have this function and google for watches that use them - ETA (or Unitas) 6497 and 6498 are common on larger watches, Peseux 7001 sometimes on smaller ones and also SW-261 and there are some other common ones out there.

I don’t think so. A few folks really want something thin that can easily fit under the cuff of a dress shirt. And most of us don’t want something so thick that it looks like a metal ingot on our wrists . So with that in mind like 10-12mm is the sweet spot for most people. But yeah some folks worry about it too much, for instance they’ll prefer a manual wind movement to an automatic one since it might allow the case to be a mm or so thinner, and they’ll lament watches than come in both auto and manual and the manual versions aren’t any thinner.

The Mido Multifort TV Big Date if you can stretch your budget a little bit.

Jomashop sells legit stuff, but it is grey market, meaning you don’t get the manufacturer’s warranty - they do warrant the watch but if something goes wrong you send it back to them and they repair it, vs. if you bought it directly from Hamilton or an authorized Hamilton dealer, you send it back to Hamilton and they fix it.

Basically what happens is Jomashop will buy watches from an authorized dealer that the AD hasn’t been able to sell for whatever, for a reduced price, then sells it to you. So it is legitimate products its just not an official Hamilton sales channel.

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If I were you, I’d go visit at least one Hamilton AD in your area and try to negotiate a discount. You may be able to get close or even match the Jomashop price and still get the real warranty. Buying from Jomashop is fine but I’d only do it if you can’t get the watch from a legitimate dealer for close to the Jomashop price. Remember the AD’s never advertise the watch below MSRP, but they usually will negotiate if you come in person and talk to them.

Maybe try Botta Design - I don’t think I would quite call them “Bauhaus” but I think they do qualify as pretty minimalistic - they have a lot of 44 and 45mm watches, nothing larger than that I’m afraid. The possible downside is that many of them are single hand watches, which may not be your cup of tea.

First most Sinn’s are not supposed to be dress watches - if you look at the collections on their web site, really only the “Frankfurt” and Classical collection would be considered dressy at all - and these are not the watches getting all the love here and in other watch forums - the ones getting all the love are the Instrument Watches and Instrument Chronographs, and to a lesser degree their divers, probably most notably but not limited to the 356, 556 and 856 series. And all these are more along the lines of “tool” watches or even pilot watches.

And personally, I’m not that big a fan of the “instrument” watches. I’ve tried to like them but really they’re sort of dull- not terrible but not very inspiring especially for the price. I don’t think a watch needs a splash of color, necessarily, but I just don’t find them to be that inspiring and the ones that I do sort of like are too large for me. Frankly I, like you, would probably rather buy a Nomos. However Sinn’s dressier watches IMHO are darned nice, they have some really great stuff - those Frankfurt watches really call to me but haven’t quite gotten to where I can justify such a purchase financially.

I mean if you are considering Hamilton a budget brand then the Ventura watches have to be in this discussion.