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"Finding, curating, and selling quality goods, while educating guys on what it is they\u2019re actually buying, is Bureau of Trade\u2019s mission and one they do quite well. Each week the site is bringing GQ readers thoughtfully selected items for all of life\u2019s needs. This week: the perfect watch for under five benjamins...\n\nFacebookPinterest\n\nThe purchase of a fine Swiss timepiece has far less to do with telling time than telegraphing one\u2019s status. And yet, with gilded, oversized, ostentatious watches now saturating the luxury watch market, the status conferred is rarely &amp;quot;man of taste.&amp;quot; More often it\u2019s, &amp;quot;A-hole.&amp;quot; Which means, unless you are a medalled decathlete or a deep-sea diver, the best watch for you is an understated and appropriately-sized timepiece. One with history. After all, story is the ultimate arbiter of style - not price-point or perceived luxury. For such a watch, we turn to Switzerland--a state stacked (or in Swiss-German, st&amp;amp;#xC3;&amp;amp;#xBF;cked) with small, storied firms producing horological masterpieces that don\u2019t command the intimidating price tags typical of Rolex and Breitling (nice though they are). We recommend Girard-Perregaux. Founded in 1855 in La Chaux-de-Fonds by Constant Girard and his wife Marie Perregaux, the scion-ess of a watchmaking family. What\u2019s not to love about a mom-and-pop shop that makes some of the world\u2019s finest watches? Emplary of its era of origin, the face of this watch is clean and modern, with a military flourish, and looks sharp with a suit. And at an investment of around $300, you\u2019ve earned a new and decidedly enviable status: smart.\n\nAvailable at Bureau of Trade here."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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