I agree with everyone that both are great options. Will you get both or only 1. If you go for both than your budget is around 1000 right. You can als go for 1:seiko pressage sharp edge series watch that gives you Sapphire glass and a automatic with 70 hour powerreserve.

Yes the date is important. I also like chronograpgh complications. I am searching for a automatic watch with a powerreserve indicator done tastefully. Do you guys have any tips?

Also i expect luxury watchbrands like rolex to have overall better packaging than a watch brand that sell watches in the entrylevel market. you cant expect to have your usd 200 watch in the same type of quality box as a watch in the 5000 and up range. You need to compare yhe boxes per watch pricepoint

Orient has decent packaging. A usd 230 orient diver comes in a much better quality & looking box than a usd 370-500 seiko pressage watch.

Yes i have a mix of popular, less known models and homage watches. I have two poormansrolex also it seems haha

A whole year. But that was when i had only one watch

Both are solar i think