u/-good-kid

Short story for context:

I have been saving up for a while for a decent watch to be the best in my collection and to celebrate an upcoming milestone in October. a few months ago I tried on a Longines Conquest Brown 41 in store and loved it. in the meantime I've been doing more research and the NB1050 59 has caught my eye big time. Last weekend I tried on another Conquest brown at a pawn shop which was heavily used and it made me really appreciate the diminishing returns aspect of expensive watches. I have decided for now spending thousands on a watch doesn't make sense to me.

Looking for advice and maybe some pics from owners of any 3 of these colours. at the moment grey is my favourite as I like something unusual but also understated, which is why the brown Conquest was my favourite. I still love blue dials and don't have a nice white dial watch. closest I've got is a champagne Seiko SRPJ87K but I worry they're too similar and also that the white is too boring. I guess I'm also open to the black dial but it's probably bottom of the list

picked these up yesterday at a local RM outlet for $363 AUD. absolute steal IMO. had my mind set on Chelsea boots for ages but tried these on and they felt amazing so went with them instead. I have a wide foot and was a 9.5H according to RM staff but these are a 10G and fit so much better than the 9.5H craftsmans I tried on. have done a few kms in them and they are pretty stiff initially but can feel them taking shape a bit already.

I was thinking of taking a chance on Grant Stone boots online but so glad I didn't. every boot fits differently, feel like buying online is a lottery. also I was able to try on Ariats, Baxter, Blunnies, Ringers Western locally and these feel like a step above quality wise.