Which brand has the best affordable mechanical watches?

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Orient if you want anything between $150-300.

Then you got Seiko 5s and entry level prospex and presage models.

Victorinox but they are quite on the large size end. Tissot is you want a entry level affordable Swiss watch.

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Nightfury95 is spot on.

Of those mentioned Orient offers the best value I believe.

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I've voted orient by a whisker over seiko,I have both. And orient just won out by having sapphire glass on models half the price of their seiko equivalents.

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The company Seiko did actually buy the company Orient a few years ago...

And some years before that, did Hattori - who was the founder and company behind the brand name Seiko, change it's company name to the better known name Seiko.

But movements they sell to other watch makers, are still often named Hattori.

And recently, did Seiko change the name on it's brand Pulsar to ALBA but they also have the brand names Lorus and Rhythm.

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Shout out to Hamilton over Tissot.