I decided to buy myself a 'nice' watch thanks to a small bequest at a time when I was working and had a good income so cost wasn't much of an issue. I looked any many and had pretty much decided on a Breitling Navitimer (which I still like and covet) until I tried to read it. In common with many high-end watches, I felt that they failed the test of serving their function of readability and ended up buying an IWC pilots watch. This has fantastic readability and served me well when speaking or chairing at conferences when I needed to keep an eye on the time out of the corner of my eye.
When folks ask me what it is, what I mostly get in response is uugh?
Of course, being automatic and despite being more curate that the chronometer standard it doesn't keep as good time as a Seiko. Never mind, you get what you pay for or perhaps, in this case, maybe you don't
