![]() ![]() Price: USD 1,005 Titoni Airmaster Lytt Labs Inception V1.0Ī relative newcomer in the watch world, Lytt Labs offers a distinctive look. In addition to hours, minutes, and central seconds, it offers a date indication and is water-resistant to 50 meters. just recently added to the brand’s collection, the 40mm watch is powered by the automatic Sellita SW200-1 movement with 38 hours of power reserve. We cheat just slightly on this great watch by Titoni because the Airmaster in two-tone colors with an alluring retro-styled green dial retails for $5 over the $1,000 rate. Price: USD 825 Hamilton Khaki Field Mechanical Bronze This one is powered by a manual hand-wind movement, so it offers a great value proposition. ![]() The 38mm three-hand watch with 24-hour indication is an exception to the automatic calibers seen in this article. This new bronze version has great retro appeal with its brown dial, luminescent hands and markers, and thick, hand-stitched leather strap. The military-inspired watch is created in the spirit of the many military pieces the once-American brand made for armed forces in the United States, England, and others since the 1940s. Price: USD 950 Doxa SUB 200 Sharkhunter Hamilton Khaki Field Mechanical BronzeĪ perfect example of design and adventure, the new Hamilton Khaki Field Mechanical Bronze watch offers a great story-telling angle and a lot of character. The stainless steel watch offers a black unidirectional bezel for diving and is fitted with a black rubber strap that dries quickly after exiting the water, where it can go to depths of 200 meters. Powered by an automatic ETA 2824-2 automatic movement, the 42mm watch is equipped with 42 hours of power reserve, so you can put it down for a day or so, and it will still be running within 42 hours. This DOXA Sub 200 Sharkhunter watch is slightly under the $1,000 price. Price: USD 835 Delbana Rotonda Doxa Sub 200 Sharkhunter A nice touch is the silver dial with a black-centered guilloche pattern. The stainless steel case is fitted on a genuine black patent leather strap with a stainless steel buckle. The automatic Sellita SW200 movement can be admired through the sapphire crystal case back and has a 38-hour power reserve. A reinterpretation of a similar model from the 1950s introduced in celebration of Delbana’s 90th anniversary. The Delbana Rotonda is safely under the $1,000 price at $835. Here we look at 10 men’s automatic watches that sell for less than $1,000. Sure, there are complex automatic watches with lots of bells and whistles, but you can get a perfectly good multi-function, multi-purpose watch with an automatic movement for some more affordable prices. But not every automatic mechanical watch is expensive. Often, though, when you think about buying a watch with a mechanical movement inside, especially one that is an automatic (self-winding thanks to the movement of the rotor that winds the watch while it is on the wrist), you see dollar signs adding up in your mind. Additionally, because a mechanical watch can last forever, it is almost considered sustainable – another important factor to today’s watch-collecting generation. Somehow there is just a certain allure to watch with a mechanical heart beating inside, versus a quartz chip and a circuit board. Top brands, though, who had centuries of history in the time-honored craft were not about to let that happen. That’s great because in the 1980s during the “quartz crisis” people feared the art of mechanical watchmaking could die out. We’ve written about this one before, but it bears repeating: Tissot’s Visodate is a beautiful, affordable dress watch with a vintage vibe that will make you feel far more dignified and cool than you really are.We see a lot of information on the internet these days about mechanical watches and how they are all the rage. Ok, so it’s currently $509, but considering the handsome green dial and the automatic movement’s 50-hour pour reserve, we think it’s worth it. ![]() A friend even borrowed it for his wedding. Perfectly sized at 40mm, and perfectly at home with jeans and a t-shirt or something dressier, like chinos and a sportcoat. Below, five of our favorites.īefore we really got the watch bug, we wore this and only this for years, and it served us brilliantly. For less than $500, you can find a well-built, tasteful automatic watch from a respected manufacturer to fit any situation. ![]() As enamored as we are of pricier timepieces, and as enthusiastically as we endorse indulging in them, we feel equally adamant that watch-lovers recognize the truly great value to be found on the lower end of the price spectrum. ![]()
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