I have a russian POLJOT chronograph that was gifted to me by a soviet ship captain.The 3133 mechanical movement is like a russian tank and very accurate. Poljots can be had for $125 for simple 17 jewel mchanicals to $300 for the 3133. Avoid Poljot international, they are not POLJOT factory made and inferior. Anything much over $300 USD is for style and prestige and not timekeeping. There is a flood of counterfeit watches euphemistically called replicas and countless 'german' watches with real pretty cosmetics. Both have awfull chicom movements that fall apart about 3 minutes ( if you have another timepiece) after the 12 month warranty expires. Even the famed swiss watches only require 10% of the parts or materials to be swiss made to be called swiss. There are numerous Horological forums with members that take watches apart with more zeal than our knife threads <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> take the time to join one and learn.