Rolex Oyster Perpetual Submariner
Unveiled in 1953, the Rolex Oyster Perpetual Submariner was the first watch water-resistant to 330 feet. Its combination of unparalleled elegance and spy-friendly versatility appealed to Sean Connery’s James Bond. MSRP $5,175

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Rolex Datejust Oyster Perpetual Stainless Steel Mens Watch 16234 List Price: $5,800.00

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Men's Stainless Steel Rolex Datejust Oyster Perpetual wristwatch. Comes with DeMesy's full one year warranty. This watch is in like-new. This is a beautiful watch!

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• Automatic winding with date, 31 jewels, Quickset, sapphire crystal
• Stainless steel case with 18k white gold fluted bezel (36mm diameter)
• Rhodium dial with raised Roman numerals
• Stainless steel Jubilee bracelet
• Pre-owned, P series, with Rolex box and papers

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Rolex Ladies Stainless Steel Oyster Perpetual No-Date Salmon Dial List Price: $5,650.00

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Rolex Ladies Stainless Steel Oyster Perpetual No-Date Salmon With Arabic Number Dial. Features A Stainless Steel Oyster Bracelet And Stainless Steel Smooth Bezel. Model Number: 6600 Series

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Omega Speedmaster
The first watch to go to the moon (Buzz Aldrin and his Apollo 11 colleagues were wearing them when they touched down on July 20, 1969). Sporty and sturdy, this automatic chronograph is among the most accurate and affordable you can buy. MSRP $3,000

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Omega Men's 3222.80 Speedmaster Chronograph Dial Watch List Price: $4,100.00 Sale Price: $3,895.00 You save: $205.00 (5%)   Eligible for free shipping! Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours 1 new from $3,895.00

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Stainless steel case with a stainless steel link bracelet. Blue ion-plated with tachymeter bezel. Blue dial with luminous hands and index hour markers. Date scale around the outer rim. Luminiscent hands and markers. Month, day and date. Three: 24 hours (gmt), 12 hours, and 30 seconds. Automatic movement. Scratch resistant sapphire crystal. Screw down crown. Skeleton case back. Case diameter: 40 mm. Fold over clasp with double push button . Water resistant at 100 meters/ 330 feet. Functions: hours, minutes, seconds, calendar, gmt, chronograph, tachymeter. Omega speedmaster day-date automatic chronometer chronograph mens watch 3222.80.00.

Add a true classic to your timepiece collection with the amazingly precise and rugged Omega Speedmaster day-and-date men's watch (model 3222.80.00), the latest generation that first started with the timepiece designed for NASA in the 1960s. It features the Omega 3606 caliber automatic movement, which has been certified as a chronometer by the COSC (Swiss Official Chronometer Control). Only 3 percent of watches produced in Switzerland are "chronometer-certified." To achieve this highly coveted certification, the movements are subjected to numerous tests over a period of 15 consecutive days and nights, in five positions and at three different temperatures. The watch also includes a central chronograph hand with 30-minute and 12-hour subdial totalizers, 24-hour subdial, and day and month windows. The large, round watch measures 39mm wide (1.54 inches) and 15mm thick (0.59 inches), and it's topped by a blue-plated bezel with tachymeter readings. The blue dial background has a circular Geneva wave pattern, luminous silver-tone hands, luminous tipped stick hour markers, and small second indexes. It's completed by a silver stainless steel link bracelet band that offers polished highlights, which is joined by a secure, push-button clasp. Other features include a scratch-resistant and glare-proofed domed sapphire crystal, and water resistance to 100 meters (330 feet)--offering protection from accidental splashes as well suitable for swimming, snorkeling, and light recreational diving. Automatic Watch Movement An automatic watch is self-winding, and its movement has a reserve that must be at least partially filled prior to being worn. This is done by shaking and winding the timepiece manually. In order for an automatic timepiece to keep a reserve, it must be worn daily for 8 hours of active wear. This watch as a 44-hour power reserve. How to Use a Tachymeter A tachymeter is an instrument for measuring speed. It is a chronograph with a graduated dial on which speed can be read off in kilometers per hour based on 1000 meters distance. For example, the chronograph indicates that the distance of one kilometer has been covered in 30 seconds. The corresponding point on the tachymeter scale indicates 120, and thus the speed is 120km per hour. The Omega Story The Omega watch story begins in 1848, when founder Louis Brandt began hand assembling key-wound precision pocket watches from parts supplied by local craftsmen in his principality La Chaux-de-Fonds, in the northwest corner of Switzerland. However, the Omega name didn't appear until 1894, after Louis Brandt had passed away and his watchmaking traditions were taken over by his sons, Louis-Paul and Cesar Brandt. Omega watches have long been associated with glamorous screen and sports stars--the Omega Seamaster is famous for being the watch of choice for James Bond--with current ambassadors including Pierce Brosnan, Nicole Kidman, tennis player Anna Kournikova, and swimmers Michael Phelps and Ian Thorpe. But Omega is more than just a fashionable watch. In 1965, the Omega Speedmaster chronograph was "flight-qualified by NASA for all manned space missions" as the only wristwatch to have withstood all of the U.S. space agency's severe tests, including passing grades for extreme shocks, vibrations, and temperatures ranging from -18 to +93 degrees Celsius. The greatest moment in the Speedmaster's history was undoubtedly 20 July 1969 at 02:56 GMT, when it recorded man's first steps on the Moon's surface as part of the Apollo 11 mission. Today, Omega is known for its rigorous testing of new movements, cases, and bands. Each new Omega movement is tested on the wrist in existing Omega models, while various laboratory tests are conducted to determine temperature-resistance, shock-resistance and vibration-resistance.

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• Automatic movement
• Anti-reflective crystal protects watch from scratches
• Metal Case
• Case diameter: 40 mm
• Water-resistant to 330 feet (100 m)

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Omega Women's 3535.70.00 Speedmaster Diamond Bezel Watch List Price: $8,600.00 Sale Price: $7,775.00 You save: $825.00 (10%)   Eligible for free shipping! Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours 2 new from $7,775.00

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Steel case with a steel bracelet. Fixed stainless steel set with diamonds bezel. White mother of pearl dial with luminous silver-tone hands and Arabic numeral hour markers. Minute markers around the outer rim. Luminescent hands and markers. Chronograph - three sub-dials displaying: 12 hours, 30 minutes, 60 seconds sub dials. Self winding automatic movement. Scratch resistant sapphire crystal. Solid case back. Case diameter: 39 mm. Case thickness: 13 mm. Fold over clasp with push button safety. Water resistant at 100 meters / 330 feet. Functions: hours, minutes, seconds, chronograph. Omega Speedmaster Ladies Watch 3535.70.

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• Automatic movement
• Scratch resistant sapphire crystal
• Case diameter: 39 mm
• Metal case
• Water-resistant to 330 feet (100 M)

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Cartier Santos
Designed in 1904 by Louis Cartier himself for Brazilian aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont, this was one of the first wristwatches built specifically for men. The gold-and-steel self-winding version, released in 1978, is now a standard of gentlemanly elegance. MSRP $4,200 The Santos also has a ladies model.

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Cartier Men's W2020008 Santos 100 Medium Watch List Price: $6,800.00 Sale Price: $5,569.00 You save: $1,231.00 (18%)   Eligible for free shipping! Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days 5 new from $5,569.00

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Stainless steel and titanium case with a black toile de voile bracelet. A fixed 18K bezel. Black dial with 3 hands and Roman numerals. Case diameter 32 mm. Screwed down case back. Swiss Automatic (self winding) movement. Deployment clasp. Water resistant to 100 meters / 330 feet. Cartier Santos 100 Medium Watch W2020008

Stainless steel and titanium case with a black toile de voile bracelet. A fixed 18K bezel. Black dial with 3 hands and Roman numerals. Case diameter 33 mm. Screwed down case back. Swiss Automatic (self winding) movement. Deployment clasp. Water resistant to 100 meters / 330 feet. Cartier Santos 100 Medium Watch W2020008

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• Swiss Automatic (self winding) movement
• A fixed 18k bezel black dial with 3 hands and roman numerals
• Screwed down case back, deployment clasp
• Stainless steel and titanium case with a black toile de voile bracelet
• Water-resistant to 330 feet (100 M)

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Cartier Santos 100 18kt Rose Gold Ladies Watch W20108Y1 List Price: $19,350.00

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18kt pink gold case with a brown leather strap. Fixed 18kt pink gold bezel. Silver dial with sword-shaped black hands and Roman numeral hour markers. Minute markers around an inner ring. Luminiscent hands. Automatic movement. Scratch resistant sapphire crystal. 18kt pink octagon crown with a faceted sapphire. Solid case back. Case dimensions: 34 mm x 34 mm. Deployment clasp. Water resistant at 100 meters / 330 feet. Functions: hours, minutes, seconds. Cartier Santos 100 18kt Rose Gold Ladies Watch W20108Y1.

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Cartier Women's W20012C4 Santos 18K Gold and Stainless Steel Watch List Price: $6,500.00 Sale Price: $5,200.00 You save: $1,300.00 (20%)   Eligible for free shipping! Availability: Usually ships in 3-5 weeks 4 new from $5,200.00

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18kt yellow gold and stainless steel case with a 18kt yellow gold and stainless steel bracelet. Fixed 18kt yellow gold bezel. Silver opaline dial with blue hands and black Roman numeral hour markers. Minute markers around the inner ring. Luminiscent hands and dial markers. Quartz movement. Scratch resistant sapphire crystal. Octaganol crown. Stainless steel case back. Case diameter: 24 mm. Case thickness: 6 mm. Hidden deployment clasp. Water resistant at 30 meters / 100 feet. Functions: hours, minutes. Cartier Santos Two-Tone 18kt Yellow Gold and Steel Ladies Watch W20012C4.

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• Precise cartier swiss-quartz movement
• Scratch-resistant sapphire crystal; brushed stainless steel and 18k case and bracelet
• White dial with blue metallic hands and roman numerals
• Cabochon crown
• Water resistant up to 99 feet (30 M)

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My personal favorite and the watch I wear:
Movado Museum
Movado—which means “always in motion” in Esperanto—debuted the Museum in 1947. The minimalist timepiece, which features only an hour hand, a minute hand, and a dot at twelve o’clock, still sits in the Museum of Modern Art’s design wing. MSRP $995

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Movado Men's 606086 Museum Black Genuine Leather Strap Watch List Price: $695.00

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Slip a true classic onto your wrist with this gold-tone Movado Museum stainless steel Swiss quartz watch for men, which features the utterly recognizable, minimalist look of the Museum Watch, made famous by American designer Nathan George Horwitt in 1947. Defined by a single dot at 12 o'clock representing the sun at high noon, the Museum Watch's uncluttered dial is regarded as an icon of Modernism, and it was the first watch dial ever selected to be part of New York's Museum of Modern Art's permanent collection. The deep black dial face includes just the signature single dotted marker at 12 o'clock--evocative of a sun dial--and two silver hands. (Movado's Museum watch is often referred to as the "boss's watch" due to its vague display of time and because the boss doesn't have to be on time.) Powered by a precise Swiss quartz movement, it also features a highly scratch-resistant sapphire crystal and water resistance to 30 meters (99 feet)--enabling it to withstand splashes and accidental dunks into the water, but not suitable for swimming. It's completed by a textured leather strap in black with tonal stitching. Museum Collection The watch dial defined by a dot at 12. Design simplicity unrivaled in the history of time-keeping. Flat dot/stick hands, or concave dot/dauphine hands. Stainless steel or gold-plated case. Fine leather strap. Swiss quartz movement. Sapphire crystal. Water resistant to 3 atm.

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• Precise Swiss-quartz movement
• Polished gold-tone stainless steel case and bezel; genuine leather strap; gold-tone stainless steel buckle
• Scratch resistant sapphire crystal
• Water-resistant to 99 feet (30 M)

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Movado Women's 606088 Museum Black Genuine Leather Strap Watch List Price: $695.00

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Slip a true classic onto your wrist with this gold-tone Movado Museum stainless steel Swiss quartz watch for women, which features the utterly recognizable, minimalist look of the Museum Watch, made famous by American designer Nathan George Horwitt in 1947. Defined by a single dot at 12 o'clock representing the sun at high noon, the Museum Watch's uncluttered dial is regarded as an icon of Modernism, and it was the first watch dial ever selected to be part of New York's Museum of Modern Art's permanent collection. The deep black dial face includes just the signature single dotted marker at 12 o'clock--evocative of a sun dial--and two silver hands. (Movado's Museum watch is often referred to as the "boss's watch" due to its vague display of time and because the boss doesn't have to be on time.) Powered by a precise Swiss quartz movement, it also features a highly scratch-resistant sapphire crystal and water resistance to 30 meters (99 feet)--enabling it to withstand splashes and accidental dunks into the water, but not suitable for swimming. It's completed by a textured leather strap in black with tonal stitching. Museum Collection The watch dial defined by a dot at 12. Design simplicity unrivaled in the history of time-keeping. Flat dot/stick hands, or concave dot/dauphine hands. Stainless steel or gold-plated case. Fine leather strap. Swiss quartz movement. Sapphire crystal. Water resistant to 3 atm.

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• Precise Swiss-quartz movement
• Polished gold-tone stainless steel case and bezel; genuine leather strap; gold-tone stainless steel buckle
• Scratch resistant sapphire crystal
• Water-resistant to 99 feet (30 M)

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Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso
The most celebrated of this Swiss watchmaker’s offerings, and for good cause: It features a reversible case, innovated in 1931 to allow British officers in India to play risk-free polo. Get the classic automatic model, or up the ante with a large, dual-time-zone version with an eight-day power reserve. MSRP $7,750.

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Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Squadra World Chronograph Mens Titanium Watch 702T670 List Price: $17,700.00

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Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Classique Lady 18K Yellow Gold Watch 2611410 List Price: $9,100.00

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18K yellow gold case, Silver dial, Black Arabic numerals, Brown leather strap, Deployment buckle, Scratch resistant sapphire crystal, Water resistant to 100 feet.

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Omega Constellation

Crafted from stainless steel and 18 karat yellow gold, this midsize
Constellation series watch from Omega is a handsome luxury timepiece for
business, dress, or sport occasions. Goldtone hands and hour markers
are featured against a white dial, along with a sweep seconds hand and a
date display at the three o'clock hour. Set in a round steel case, the
dial is capped with a virtually scratch-proof domed sapphire crystal and
framed by a solid gold bezel with engraved Roman numerals. This Omega
watch is showcased on a steel bracelet with full gold bars between the
links. It boasts precise Swiss quartz movement and is rated water
resistant to 165 feet (50 M).

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Omega Men's 1212.30.00 Constellation Quartz Two-Tone Watch List Price: $3,200.00

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Crafted from stainless steel and 18 karat yellow gold, this midsize Constellation series watch from Omega is a handsome luxury timepiece for business, dress, or sport occasions. Goldtone hands and hour markers are featured against a white dial, along with a sweep seconds hand and a date display at the three o'clock hour. Set in a round steel case, the dial is capped with a virtually scratch-proof domed sapphire crystal and framed by a solid gold bezel with engraved Roman numerals. This Omega watch is showcased on a steel bracelet with full gold bars between the links. It boasts precise Swiss quartz movement and is rated water resistant to 165 feet (50 M).

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• Precise Swiss-Quartz movement
• Domed, scratch-resistant sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment inside
• Case diameter: 33.5 mm
• 18kt. Yellow gold - stainless-steel case; Silver-white dial; Date function
• Water-resistant to 165 feet (50 M)

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Omega Constellation Automatic Diamond Women's Watch 1297.75 List Price: $6,600.00

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Steel and 18K gold case & bracelet, Bezel set with diamonds, White dial, Diamond hour markers, Date window at the 3 o'clock position, Scratch resistant sapphire crystal, Swiss automatic movement, Water resistant to 30 meters / 100 feet

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A fine Swiss timepiece is an excellent way to say "I love you" and every time that the timepiece is viewed. Notice all prices are the manufacturer’s recommended retail price ( MSRP). You will find all of these fine Swiss watches at substantially decreased prices at the Luxury">http://www.swisswatchbargains4u.com/store">Luxury Swiss Watch Shop

For Him:
Rolex Oyster Perpetual Submariner
Unveiled in 1953, the Submariner was the first watch water-resistant to 330 feet. Its combination of unparalleled elegance and spy-friendly versatility appealed to Sean Connery’s James Bond. MSRP $5,175

Omega Speedmaster
The first watch to go to the moon (Buzz Aldrin and his Apollo 11 colleagues were wearing them when they touched down on July 20, 1969). Sporty and sturdy, this automatic chronograph is among the most accurate and affordable you can buy. MSRP $3,000

TAG Heuer Monaco
Issued in 1969, this stainless-steel classic was the first automatic chronograph to feature a water-resistant square case. MSRP $3,195

IWC Portuguese
Developed in 1938 in response to Portuguese tradesmen’s request for an oversized watch with precise, pocket-watch movement, this is IWC’s signature model. Available in every imaginable iteration, from the classic automatic chronograph to a “perpetual calendar” model, which features a moon-phase indicator that varies by only one day every 577 years. MSRP $19,400.

Audemars Piguet Royal Oak
The Swiss company revolutionized sport watch design when it introduced this model, with its octagonal case and eight visible screws, in 1972. The automatic, stainless-steel Royal Oak is now available with all kinds of bells and whistles, from chronograph to tachymeter, and is a big hit with golfers like Vijay Singh. MSRP $15,700

For Her:

Ladies Rolex Presidents

The Ladies’ Rolex President stands as a representation of one’s accomplishments and status. A prime choice of female politicians, executives, and actresses alike, the President watches are adorned with varying amounts of diamonds which sparkle magnificently on any wrist. Rolex Super President models differ from traditional Ladies’ Presidents with the additional diamonds which are set on the band and lugs, creating a timepiece which makes a bold statement regarding a lady’s refinement and distinction.

La Grande Classique de Longines
Capturing the soul and the style of Longines’ earliest design tradition, La Grande Classique de Longines watches have until today largely retained their original appearance and proportions. Changing expectations and technical advances have now prompted Longines to update their design, not least by introducing a larger case size and offering an even broader choice of subtly refined dial faces. But the slim, sleek La Grande Classique de Longines case profile remains unchanged, as does the cool elegance that gives this collection an appeal as enduring as the classic tradition itself.
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Omega New Constellation
Omega has re-designed its iconic luxury watch line – Constellation collection which was created in 1982 and developed into a milestone in 1995 when super model Cindy Crawford started worked as Omega Ambassador. Constellation collection is one of the world’s most recognizable luxury timepieces with the famous “claws” that look beautiful and firmly hold the sapphire crystal together with the case.

The 2009 Omega Constellation watches are highly anticipated by global Omega fans as there has not been a new Constellation in years. And these fresh Constellation watches with dynamic and contemporary look can live up to expectations of their fans. They fully present new design features and technical innovation while respecting Constellation’s precious heritage. If you like matching his and hers watches Omega also has a men's line of New Constellation watches.

A fine Swiss timepiece is an excellent way to say "I love you" and every time that the timepiece is viewed. Notice all prices are the manufacturer’s suggested retail price ( MSRP). You will find all of these fine Swiss watches at substantially reduced prices at the Luxury Swiss Watch Shop

The difference between a $500 watch and a $50,000 one is often in the movement.

The ground floor of the Roger Dubuis factory, a top-tier manufacturer specializing in artistically extroverted timepieces, comes as a shock. This is one of Geneva's temples of haute horlogerie, a place where you'd expect the loudest sound to be the nearly inaudible cricket-song of a hand file against brass. But in this gigantic room blue- and white-coated technicians tend enormous, sleek machines. The air is redolent of oil and coolant, the ceiling is strung with pipes and conduit, and, here and there, warning signs and bundled cables testify to the huge amounts of electricity being consumed.

It's in a room like this that virtually every watch, from the humblest $100 automatic to the costliest limited-edition mechanical marvel, starts its life. The components are made by supersophisticated industrial robots--computer-guided automatic milling machines and spark-erosion fabricators. Which brings up a question: If this is so, why do watch prices range from less than the cost of a decent lunch to more than that of a comfortable suburban house?

The answer lies one floor up, where those raw parts undergo a dramatic transformation. Here the workers wear blue or white coats, too, but otherwise you've gone back in time. There are no robots, only tools that would be recognized by a watchmaker from a century ago. At one workbench, a woman uses a spinning boxwood disk to polish a delicate sine wave curve into the flanks of tiny brass-gear teeth. Nearby, another woman passes a movement repeatedly under a spinning disk charged with jeweler's rouge. As she does so rows of gleaming parallel stripes appear, like ripples in a frozen pond; these are the famous Geneva stripes, or Côtes de Genève, one of the signature movement decorations of the Genevan school of watch decorating. At yet another workstation, a young man works with painstaking slowness to give a tiny irregular movement bridge a beveled flank so that it catches light like the facet of a diamond. Each stroke is done with the care of a vascular surgeon stitching shut a hair-thin blood vessel.

These are the finisseurs (finishers), and it's their time-consuming, labor-intensive work that holds the answer to the question I posed earlier. The art of movement decoration has been part of watchmaking since the first table clocks were made during the Renaissance. Over the centuries national style developed: the reserved gilt-and–blued steel stolidity of English chronometers; the glitteringly sensuous Genevan approach; the superbly flat dress pocket watches of France, made as thin as possible so as to avoid disrupting the tailored fit of a waistcoat. Whatever the style, the finish of a watch movement was one of the purest expressions of a craftsman's pride, as in most cases nobody but the watchmaker himself even knew it was there.

Which is still the case: An appreciation of finishing is an insider passion even today. But a basic understanding of it can give the nonfanatic a new perspective on the price-value relationship of timepieces. Here are key points to remember.
Respect the robots. A modern CNC cutter or spark- erosion machine can turn out parts that without further finishing can be assembled into high-precision micromachines. The 'bots make possible entry-level mechanical watches from Swatch, Seiko, Citizen, Orient, and Timex of a precision that would have been impossible at such a price point (often less than $500) a few decades ago.
More finishing does not mean more accuracy. Top-grade hand-finishing is really the connoisseur's delight--beauty in the eye of the beholder who knows how to recognize it.

Quality of finish and price tag don't always parallel. If a particular model becomes a collectors' darling (like the stainless steel Rolex Daytona chronograph), or if a brand is just plain hot, price follows suit, even if the watch has little or no hand-finishing.
Precious metals and gemstones change the equation. A machine-finished watch with one or both can cost more than one that is hand-finished. Rarity and peculiar provenance can make a watch expensive regardless of finishing.
Absent those factors, higher price means more finishing. A $10,000 watch, as a rule, has more hand-finishing than a $6,000 one.
At the high end, it's the finisseur. His painstaking work bestows a pedigree price. A $1,000 chronograph with industrial finishing becomes a $25,000 one with hand-finishing.

Above that, complication comes into play. At the very high end, it drives price as much as finishing.
Finally, finishing is a three-tiered cake: basic (robot), machine, and hand. Mechanical watches that sell for less than $1,000 compose the base. They have little or no finish beyond that produced by the robots that manufacture the movement. In the middle ($1,000–$12,000) are mechanical models with varying degrees of machine-executed decorative finish: attractive beveling, blued-finish screws, gleaming countersinks, and engraving. Watches at the upper end of this layer also have some hand-finishing. In the top tier ($12,000 and up) hand-finishing starts to predominate. North of $20,000, you're getting the full-on haute treatment, horology's equivalent of haute couture. A premium-grade movement like Vacheron's caliber 1400, the caliber 215 from Patek, or the caliber 3120 automatic from Audemars Piguet, is a singular object: The hand-finishing means no two are exactly alike.

And the expense is huge. The finest haute horlogerie brands train most of their finisseurs in-house. Just learning how to bevel a flank properly can take anywhere from one to one-and-a-half years. Learning how to black-polish steel to a mirror finish, hand-engrave a rotor, or apply Geneva stripes of just the right depth requires a touch that has to be passed down directly--there are few manuals to go by.

It's fair to ask why a top-notch timepiece is so expensive. But when you multiply the number of hours it takes to hand-finish just one part--more than half a day in some cases--by the number of components in the movement and then by the number of years it takes to learn how to finish a piece of metal the size of a fly antenna, it's easier to see how the price starts to add up. It's the hundreds of hours of human skill concentrated in a cubic centimeter.

Rolex Oyster Perpetual Submariner
Unveiled in 1953, the Submariner was the first watch water-resistant to 330 feet. Its combination of unparalleled elegance and spy-friendly versatility appealed to Sean Connery’s James Bond. MSRP $5,175

Omega Speedmaster
The first watch to go to the moon (Buzz Aldrin and his Apollo 11 colleagues were wearing them when they touched down on July 20, 1969). Sporty and sturdy, this automatic chronograph is among the most accurate and affordable you can buy. MSRP $3,000

Cartier Santos
Designed in 1904 by Louis Cartier himself for Brazilian aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont, this was one of the first wristwatches built specifically for men. The gold-and-steel self-winding version, released in 1978, is now a standard of gentlemanly elegance. MSRP $4,200 The Santos also has a ladies model.

TAG Heuer Monaco
Issued in 1969, this stainless-steel classic was the first automatic chronograph to feature a water-resistant square case. MSRP $3,195

My personal favorite and the watch I wear:
Movado Museum
Movado—which means “always in motion” in Esperanto—debuted the Museum in 1947. The minimalist timepiece, which features only an hour hand, a minute hand, and a dot at twelve o’clock, still sits in the Museum of Modern Art’s design wing. MSRP $995