And finally, I found this one brand new and cheap on eBay, so I couldn't pass it up. Second, I had a chance to see this watch in person and found it to be much more substantial and higher quality than I expected. This is also one of the reasons I stopped buying so many watches and didn't make any new Watch-A-Day posts last year. I decided I wanted a fun weekend car, and after narrowing my choices to this or a slightly older Porsche Carrera cabriolet, I decided on the BMW. First, in January of 2010 I bought this 2003 BMW M3 convertible. I would not normally go for such a "boutique" type watch (even the Pirelli watches aren't such blatant promotional items) but I had a few good reasons to buy this one. It's a BMW M Power watch which was made by Tourneau and sold through BMW dealers. The watch I'm wearing today fits right in. Looking back through my recent posts, it strikes me that I do have a rather eclectic collection of watches. It's definitely a solid package at a nice price. This watch has an MSRP of $295, but is readily available for less than half that. The crystal doesn't have any anti-reflective coating, so glare could be a factor depending on the scenario. The crystal is Hardlex, Seiko's proprietary hardened mineral crystal, so it should be pretty resistant to scratches. Overall finish is excellent, typical of Seiko, and while the bracelet isn't up to that of a Seiko Monster, it's still nicer than many. hand spin through its 20 clicks once a second is temporarily entertaining.) The case is a good size, about 44mm diameter, but lower profile than most of my automatic chronographs. The chronograph function measures to 1/20 of a second which is a nice feature (and watching the 1/20 sec. It's highly legible with thick hands and big hour and minute markers. I was mainly drawn to this by its functional looks, very reminiscent of some Sinn/Bell & Ross dials as well as other military-style watches. Today I'm wearing one such watch, a Seiko SNDA67 chronograph. Occasionally, I do find one that is hard to resist. (I'll admit, after looking through my previous blog posts, I do have more than I realized.) They simply don't hold the same appeal for me as mechanical watches. As you may have noticed, I don't have many analog quartz watches.