My Twitter pal, Tom_Hanx, needs / wants a chronograph, and has posted a string of messages, which I will attempt to weave into a coherent request for recommendation.

Alright, I have a Zenith El Primero and a Nomos Zurich to hold onto. A Fortis B42 and Revue Thommen Pilot Carbon, which will go soon. I am searching for my next piece. Budget has to be reasonable 5k-ish to feel well. Lately have been tempted in various directions. Vintage military, new tough nails, pre-owned top shelf.

Things on the radar are: Lemania SAAF, Zenith Cairelli, Sinn EZM1, Sinn 6100, Sinn 6110, IWC 5445, Heuer Bundes 43mm, another Zenith. I wish to have a comfy bracelet but cannot force myself to like Rolex. Just not my vein. The IWC Ingeneur is too thick to my taste. The AP 15400 is not rubbing me well and it is roughly the price of a VC Overseas which in turn is old-ish.

So I am cornered into few objective criteria: 40-44mm, under 12mm thickness, bracelet as option, good (hi)story is strongly desirable.

Then we hit the purely subjective wall of beauty (eye of the beholder paradigm). Which makes it harder by the day.

OK, readers . . . Let's help Tom find his next watch!!

Jeff