i gritted my teeth, looked at the page (hodinkee, what's selling where). hrm... well... if we win a monstrous lottery, maybe.
but in searching some more she does really like the vintage triple date moon phase style. and the sizes are generally ok (33mm to 36mm, mostly). i worry about not getting a frankenwatch or something with a movement in bad shape. i would go up to as much as $1500 one in good condition. she also liked the omega, but those seem mostly out of that price range ($2500 and up from a legit dealer). some breitlings seem to go on ebay at the top of that range. zodiacs in good shape seem to be $500-800 (although i saw one in great shape at a dealer for $1300, which i think is overpriced for a zodiac). and there are a whole lot of other triple date moon phases in that omega style from brands that i either recognize the name, but don't know well (like lemania, which i know as a movement name), or have never heard of.This Rolex is available from Matthew Bain for $250,000.
if anyone sees something like this pop up somewhere reliable, please let me know. of course, her birthday is just under 4 weeks from today.
of course.