Sale Alert—10% Off Watches $2,000 or More on eBay Through Labor Day

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Use code THISTIME10 to get 10% off any watch listed at $2,000 or more. The offer only applies to people with an account on eBay who live in the United States, and it applies toward watches listed for a fixed price, not auction-style. Ends 9/9 at midnight EDT.

If I were personally in a position to buy another watch, it’d be a Planet Ocean. I’ve recently determined that it might be the ultimate dive watch, held back primarily by its insane thickness. I’ve debated whether I’d prefer the original version in 42mm—the 2201.50.00—or the second-generation, caliber 8520 in 37.5mm. The original has more quirks and personality in its design. It’s a more direct homage to the vintage Seamaster 300 165.024 that is so widely adored. But the 37.5mm size of the 8520 appeals to me greatly, despite its 15mm+ thickness (the original 42mm model comes in at 14.4mm thick) for both its size and overall more refined proportions in design. They made a blue version of the Planet Ocean 37.5mm, by the way, in lightweight titanium (also in 42mm). That’s mighty tempting as well but I don’t think my next dive watch will be another blue one.

Otherwise, I’d 100% buy the watches I already own if I didn’t already own them. My Aqua Terra and Seamaster Professional 300m basically trade places on my wrist every other day or so.

Here’s my review of the Aqua Terra.

Here’s my article about why a black-dial steel sports watch is probably the first watch you should get (and possibly only watch you need), including a ton of links to a bunch of watches that fit the bill—most of them eBay links so they’d qualify for this discount.

Here’s my love letter to the Seamaster Professional 300m and why I think it’s a great one-watch collection piece, and here’s a run-down of the history of that watch for you to find your own.

Here is a link to all the posts I’ve written in the past year or so about watches.