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It's been a bit of an tough decision for sure after reading the suggestions in this thread. I decided to go with the Casio Pro Trek PRW2500T, but those Citizen Eco-Drive models made the choice pretty hard. The nice thing is I can pretty much get the watch for free if I have a bit of patience and use my Amazon Rewards credit card for my reimbursable travel spend for work and build up points. In the meantime I've revived 3 of my old watches that I let the batteries die out on and haven't worn in awhile. I'd forgotten how much I liked wearing the G-Shock and Bulova Marine Star. I'm surprised my old Suunto Vector from like 2001 still works after sitting in a drawer for years.
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Sounds like you already have a plan but thought I'd add this:
This is my everyday wear, nothing super fancy and was given to me by my dad. Its a Citizen eco drive and works great.
However it isn't a 'dress' watch after being a daily wear so this thread got me perusing solar watches and I saw a Seiko SSC139 and I was really drawn to it. I have a weakness for Gunmetal and stainless so I really wanted it but couldn't quite justify the $350ish +.
Purely on a whim I did a quick CL search for solar watches and 2 showed up. A g-shock (which I really like and have a cheap one for when I'm in the boonies) and an 'as new, never worn' Seiko ssc139 for less then half of a new ones price.
So I couldn't pass it up....
Verified it was in mint condition and had it resized for free at Fred Myers.
I'm a very happy camper now .
I know that's a rare case, I did see a couple other watches on CL after getting mine. Just something to possibly look at.