What is a better value for a high end watch purchase - a Brietling or Cartier?

I know there are many models and lines. However trying to get a sense of what brand offers the best value when spending more money than you should on a watch :)|||rolex. but between the two i would say cartier|||wholsale Abercrombie, Juicy couture, LV,Gucc,Chanel, Seven for all mankind, Rock %26amp; Republic, Jimmy choo, Prada,Coach items at http://www.fashion001.com/

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|||I personally like Brietling watches - they are gorgeous.|||Cartier. Yup. Get the steel with a rubber band around it for men. My dad has it.|||I would always go with a Breitling.|||i have a patek phillipe and they are awsome but between those two id saya cartier|||for best value and quality definitely go for Breitling|||Breitling offers only pilot's watches, while Cartier has a wider variety. I've written four editions of "THE COSTLIEST WATCH BRANDS". Here is the latest List XXVd with Self-Winding Sports Watches showing Hours, Minutes, Seconds %26amp; Date with Steel Cases %26amp; Bracelets!


1. $11,000 Audemars Piguet "Royal Oak" 39mm


2. $$9900 Vacheron Constantin "Overseas" 42mm


3. $8000 Glashutte Original "Sport Evolution" 42mm


4. $7200 IWC "Ingenieur" 42.5mm


5. $5700 Rolex "Oyster Perpetual Datejust" 36mm


6. $5300 Panerai "Luminor Marina" 40mm


7. $5000 IWC "Aquatimer" 34mm


8. $4800 Paul Picot "Le Plongeur C-Type" 43mm


9.$4700 Rolex "Oyster Perpetual Sea Dweller" 40mm


10. $4400 IWC "Ingenieur' 34mm


11. $4090 Armand Nicolett "M02" 43mm


12. $3995 Corum "Admiral's Cup" 44mm


*13. $3900 Cartier "Pasha C" 35.3mm


*14. $3850 Breitling "Cockpit" 41mm


15. $3580 Eberhard "Extra Fort" 37.5mm


16. $3295 Omega "Seamaster Planet Ocean" 42mm


17. $3200 Kobold "Soarway" 42mm


$3200 Kobold "Soarway SEAL" 44mm


18. $2695 Corum "Admiral's Cup Trophy" 41mm


19. $2600 Bell %26amp; Ross "Geneva 123" 37.5mm


20. $2295 Baume %26amp; Mercier "Riviera" 38mm


21. $2100 Ebel "Sportwave" 43.2mm


22. $2095 Jaques Etoile "Atlantis" 43mm


23. $1950 Ebel "Classic" 37.3mm


24. $1890 Doxa "SUB" 45mm


25. $1679 Ball "Engineer Classic" 40mm


26. $1525 Oris "TT1" 44mm 300m diver


$1525 Oris "TT1" 44mm 1000m diver


27. $1495 TAG Heuer "Carrera" 39mm


28. $1450 Sinn "657" 41mm


29. $1350 Rado "Original' 38.6X46.2mm 300m diver


30. $1325 Oris "Big Crown Pointer" 42.5mm


31. $1295 Chase-Durer "Abyss 1000 Pro" 44mm


32. $1250 Sinn "656' 38.5mm


33. $1195 Oris "TT1" 44mm 200 m diver


34. $1025 Oris "Big Crown Pointer" 44mm


35. $995 Rado "Original" 38.6X46.2mm 100m diver


$995 Volmer "W522" 42mm


36. $799 Ball "fireman" 40mm


Note that such watches may be steel, titanium, steel %26amp; gold, gold or platinum and have metal bracelets that match the cases or leather straps. I don't have time to list every watch in my book here. Costliest in the category shown are the Breguet "Marine" and the Patek Philippe "Nautilus", but I haven't found prices in steel lately. At the end of data, I give the size of the watch in millimeters. In my book, I also show water-resistance. You should consider what's inside the watch. Breitling offers mostly chronographs with ETA Valjoux movements or more basic ETA movements with chronograph modules. The more basic model that places 14th on my list above also has an ETA movement. I recall just one Breitling with another movement besides ETA. Cartier uses prosaic ETA movements, but it also uses more elite and costly movements: Piaget, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Girard-Perregaux, Frederic Piguet, Gerald Genta and modules by Dubois-Depraz. Some answerers mentioned Patek Philippe and Rolex. Patek is one of the top three brands, but Rolex is over-rated. The Cartier listed above is an economy model. The original "Pasha" costs more than the "Pasha C". I have a gold "Pasha" that cost $18,900 in 1999 if I recall correctly. Then, a comparable Rolex cost about $15,000, and a Patek cost $28,000. Costliest was the $29,500 Breguet "Marine".