We hope you love the products we recommend! All of them were independently selected by our editors. Just so you know, HuffPost UK may collect a share of sales or other compensation from the links on this page if you decide to shop from them. Oh, and FYI — prices are accurate and items in stock as of time of publication.You only need to buy the best watches once. So, in my years as a shopping writer, I’ve stayed on the hunt for the cream of the clock (sorry) – after all, ideally, you should live with your timepiece forever. If there’s one thing I’ve learned in that process, it’s that the sturdiest, most beautiful, best-designed watches don’t always come from the biggest names.1) Take Dan Henry’s vintage offerings, for instance.Thanks to part to their founder’s fixation with older timepieces, the company produces pieces like the 1964 Gran Turismo Chronograph (based on vintage driving watches) with fanatic detail. For instance, that model has an engraving