Each Swatch watch is lovingly built and impressively designed. Rather than plunging tons of money into precious metals and other expensive raw material Swatch watches are focused on making the best quality watch in the coolest designs. Each version of a Swatch watch is wholly unique incorporating a wide array of minimalist and maximalist designs and styles. Colors are brighter and watch faces find themselves blending in with the entire watch design.

The people behind Swatch watches are always looking for new cool ways to make their products stand out in the market and as a result they have a huge line of unique designs. Each watch has a limited run, as a result many of the watches initially purchased for between $50 and $150 can find themselves picking up an absurd amount of interest in the market from collectors.

Of course for most people who find a favorite Swatch watch there is no chance they want to sell it.

Watches, particularly beautifully designed high end brand name watches simply scream out “YOUNG MONEY” harder than Lil Wayne even does. It is a fantastic calling card for success. People see a flashy white gold watch with thousands of dollars in diamonds on them and you are definitely going to take notice and consider just how much was spent on the watch. As your mind wanders a little further over you might start to realize even more that the person you are speaking to is making a ton of money.

Of course if you can not spring for a hugely flashy watch there are still more moderately priced nice ones to consider. Chances are though, this kind of item is not going to make the impression the others would.

Or you could be like the many luxury watch brands which established themselves more than a century ago in Switzerland only to grow and become better and better and more and more popular as time has marched on. As engineering and the general craft of watch making advanced so too did the cause of their brands. Everyone from Patek Philippe to Gucci have moved forward as some of the biggest brands in designer fashion and they have continued to carry with them an air of grace and importance.

Brands that have lasted a long time are not always the safest bet. Sometimes they are simply coasting on their decades of laurels and often that can work for them well into their decline. For these luxury watch brands however that is simply not the case.

Having flashy watches is definitely standard operating procedure in the world of hip-hop artists and moguls. Jay-Z though has changed the game in this realm simply by virtue that he has earned more money than most musicians in the 21st century could have ever expected. As a result when he flaunts his wealth it is in egregious ways. He buys basketball teams and private jets. He rents out whole floors of hospitals so his wife can give birth.

All of that cash has spilled over into his obsession with a wide variety of high end luxury watch brands that he spends a wealth of time purchasing and rapping about when he is done buying them.

Of course when it comes to a brand name in the world of luxury watches time has already defined the name both figuratively and literally. When the brand name is as high end as the name Gucci, well, there is worlds of information to be gleaned from the name you were once so dismissive about. Thing is like the band Spoon and your name the folks at Gucci have gone through a lot of trouble to define their name on their terms. They know have a brand name associated with style, quality and high end materials. A Gucci watch will not let you down because the Gucci brand is assured for most of us as one of the top watch manufacturers in the world.

The U-Boat Welder watch has chronograph functions, runs on a mineral crystal, and is water resistant to 50 meters/165 feet.

This is a U-Boat watch that looks awesome and has a whole lot of features you want in a luxury watch.  Grab it now!

This U-Boat has a large face that will not only please your own eyes but the eyes of anyone passing by.  Look at the back and you will see a clear window into the soul of the watch and its inner workings.  The strap is made from genuine calf leather and fits well with the color scheme of the piece. The dials and markers are also black to match the rest of the watch’s look.  The push-button clasp will make opening and closing the clasp very easy.  Encased in a black ion plated stainless steel plate you can be sure as to the durability and quality of the watch.  With a Swiss automatic mechanical chronograph powered by a sapphire crystal, your watch will keep accurate time for as long as you own it.  The U-Boat watch is also water resistant at 10 ATM/100 meters/330 feet.

When looking for bargains on watches, keep your eyes peeled for daily deals.

This past weekend I was browsing through the fine selection of clothes at an Express store in my local mall and happened to pass by the small display of designer watches they had inside.  Each watch was Express branded either by the word or the lion that has seen more recent use as their brand logo.  One watch caught my eye in particular: it was a black watch with a black band and a large black face.  The dials were metallic, as were the hands.  There was a nice, small metallic lion embedded just above the center of the face.  I saw the price below it and thought, “This is well within my price range.”  Then I look more closely at the watch and saw the band was not metal but a leather strap.  It looked nice but I am not interested in non-metallic straps on watches.  If it had a black steel band I would have bought it right then and there.  Unfortunately, I had to walk out of there without my prize.

Cool watches like these are hard to find as such reasonable prices.  Hopefully the next time I swing by, there will be a watch just right for me.

But a Seiko watch is. A Nixon is a little less expensive and just as suave; it can help you pull off an all black outfit with a dash of panache. And if you want to have your watch for a really long time, think about a Tag Heuer. The reason these watches are harder to find for an extreme deal is that they have scratch-proof crystals, meaning they’ll stay looking good longer.

When all’s said and done your watch should reflect your own personality and who you want to be.  It’s great if you can get a watch for a snap deal, but if you can’t don’t compromise — spend a little extra for something you love.

When it comes to really beautiful watches, I know what I like as soon as I see it. And as soon as I saw the Cartier Pasha watch for women, I fell in love with it. Especially in the awesome blue it comes in. This is, by no means, a cheap watch. The MSRP is about $17,000 and change, though The Watchery is currently selling it at a discount of about $14,000.

The band is lizard leather so it’s soft and contours to the wrist perfectly.  There’s a light blue sunburst affect on the dial and the strap itself has a sort of rainbow look to it in various light. The clasp on the band is 18 karat white gold. I am a sucker for white gold! It really is beautiful and I like the look of silver and white materials better than yellow gold. Besides, silver and blue play off each other very well and are quite beautiful in this design.

The numbers on the face are large and playful and the the markers for the hours are diamonds. You can’t get any classier than that. I’d love to have this piece on my wrist, though it’s a bit pricey for my tastes. Still, it’s a gorgeous piece!