uhm we had a watch thread some month ago, i remember a guy here owning a vacherin constantin... maybe he could give you some advise looked like hes a watch freak (like i am)... take a peek at
http://www.watchnet.com/ youll like it
and yes $1000 will get you a nice steel 2nd hand watch with a quartz movement, tag maybe a breitling certainly not a dresswatch, so its either a casio and save $900 or save some more...