pretty much all covered here.. For your price range, if you stretch a couple hundred, you should be able to get a previous year model Cartier tank. very classy, not overtly ostentatious, and great quality.

You're pretty much priced out of Breitling and Raymond Weils which start in the mid $1000's. Tag auto professionals are also in your price range. Good watches. As for Omega's, I have a couple and love them but none of decent automatics are under $1300 IMO.