What time do you wear?

Snofun, throw a Rolex quartz up against your Areospace and see who is more accurate. Also, lets take an oyster perpetual date submariner and your areospace and meet back here in 35 years. We'll see who's is still running. I'll betcha my rolex will still be about 2 seconds per day fast. You will have replaced your battery NUMEROUS times and it probably won't be running anymore.

I tend to value my money, so I spend it on things that I know will last.

Sorry for the typo - more than once.. That should read: aerospace, not areospace...

If performance is what you are after, why spend 2 grand, there is no need.

Your reply to me makes no sense. "if you remember to move your wrist, while wearing an automatic?" Do you have problems with this? Seems to me someone that travels shouldn't have that issue. Leave the Ecodrive on the window sill? Yes, it's true a wrist watch is most effective on a window sill, instead of on my wrist wear I can see it.

Impress my friends? 90% of my friends don't know I own a Rolex. I didn't buy it for them, I bought it for me. As far as a Rolex being accurate most of the time... at the end of the day when I'm 1 or 2 seconds fast, I'm comfortable with that. I would love to know what your profession is that 1 or 2 seconds can make or break you. And, if it does, you sure don't have time to look at your watch.

BTW, contrary to your belief, accuracy is not the ONLY thing that makes up value.

I'm confused by "Rolexes are fine as an everyday watch but they don't hold a candle to IWC in terms of cool".

According to who? The IWC does nothing for me. It's true that it may be more rare on the street than a Rolex, but so what. I guess rare means cool now.