Buying Guides
Best Watches Under $500
Ten watches from Seiko, Orient, Citizen and Tissot, each chosen for a specific job, from dress and dive to travel and solar no-fuss wear.
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Buying Guides
Shortlists of real watches by budget, style and use — with the reasoning behind every pick.
Buying Guides
Best Automatic Watches for Beginners
Seven automatics and one hand-wound alternative for a first mechanical watch, with hacking, hand-winding, power reserve and accuracy explained.
Buying Guides
Best Affordable Dive Watches
Five divers from a budget Casio to a Swiss step-up, plus what ISO 6425, unidirectional bezels, lume and screw-down crowns actually mean.
Buying Guides
Best Watches Under $100
Five Casio and Timex watches that do the job for very little money, plus what to expect from crystals, water resistance and quartz at this budget.