This is a website that might be helpful without insulting you or your budget.
http://www.ablogtowatch.com/watch-re...urchase-guide/
Here's a popular watch forum, but just as with this one, you'll get a good deal of snobbery and disingenuous suggestions. If you can cull the fan-boys and folks who just want to tell you to buy something expensive from those that actually want to help you, you can find some good input.
http://forums.watchuseek.com/forum.php