Which one is more prestigious automatic or quartz wrist watches?

Question

i want to buy a wrist watch a round 800 $ and the dealer says the movement watch is more classic in compare with quarts.

Answer 1

Mechanical watches are more prestigious than quartz ones and cost more for given models. For example I own a Cartier "Tank L.C." manual-wind mechanical version that cost $5600 in 18kt yellow gold in 1996-2000 Cartier catalogs. A gold quartz one for men cost $4350 then. Both are costlier now, of course. I own more manual-wind wartches than automatic or self-wind ones.

Answer 2

My choice will be a automatic mechanical watch.

Quartz watch is cheap for daily use. You may not even need one because of the time function available in other electronic gadgets such mobile phone.

Answer 3

A watch is a tool to me, My Criteria:

Black plastic and shock resistant
Waterproof
strong band
digital display (Gives most info. at a glance, day, date,month)
Must be backlit
"Quartz" uses a micro-computer, and was a BIG DEAL because now "Accuracy" can be achieved even in a low cost watch, what's better than that ?
should be under $60, I've found them for $20

Answer 4

Automatic one's are more classic and durable compared to quartz ( of course it is accurate)

Answer 5

he not wrong. quartz cheapens the watch, whilst automatic movement is a precision work of art.