[CybrPunk]

With your price limit you are basically saying "Link me to a TAG Aquaracer" because, at that price, you aren't getting much else thats really a good watch. Your other choices would basically include the poor mans luxury watch, the Movado... and a few other second rate brands that flat out suck as far as a quality timepiece goes. You might be able to find something secondhand, like an Omega, but most of the really good watches hold their values well enough that your choices won't be that great.

If you really want a nice watch, triple your budget. $1k is hardly enough to buy something really nice.

If you just want to impress some girls on campus, Invicta makes a good selection of "mock" watches that look similar to the real designer ones they are modeled after. No 19 year old girl would know the difference. Or you could throw money away on something like an Armani or Gucci brand watch, which totally sucks as a watch but at least it has a brand name the girls would recognize.