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Alpina AL-525S4S6 under 1k

Glycine Airman under 1k

Seiko SPB301 1350

Seiko SSC813 under 900 MSRP 675 but is hard to find

1900 SRQ025

thanks @roberto oris is amazing, I already own a oris BCPD in burgundy dial, so was a bit unsure on this.

In before somebody says Christopher Ward - but CW?

Union Glashütte 1893 ss

Nomos Ludwig 38 with enamel dial (ref. 237)

Zelos Starfighter

Baltic Aquascaphe

Formex  essence in 39 or 42. Incredible watch. Wears great. I have the white dial 39. can recommend it to everyone. 

The 29er series from Mühle Glashütte has some nice white dials.

Straum at just under $1000 so you can get a different color dial and have 2 for your budget :)

I keep trying to find a Union I can look at in person but they are no where in site in the US as far as I can tell...have you had one in hand?

How about Sinn 104 or 105?

yeah this seems interesting...thanks

Baltic is nice.....👍🏻

Got beaten to Sinn, but what about the DOXAs?  

Several. I was just in Austria for easter.
The watches look great.
From what I can tell, they're similar to, if not the same as Nomos in quality and finishing.

I wasn't aware that Union had such limited distribution. The US usually has everything we in Norway don't.

Nomos Tangente, Baume and Mercier Clifton, Frederique Constant Highlife or a few Junghans models, if that's your thing.

The Hamilton Elvis80 Auto

You beat me to it, lol. 

Two words: NOMOS Club

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CW C63, or C63 GMT. Great looks, under budget, and as well finished as anything you'll find under $2K. 

Where do you start, so many variants and variables to your question. Chronograph, GMT, 3 hander, Swiss, German, Japanese and not to mention what size your after 

At 2000 bucks that pretty much covers 90% of everything on the market.

Baume et Mercier Hampton is a dress option. 

CW Sealander white dial three hand or GMT(own both but not in white)

Formex Essence Thirty-Nine(own a white dial)

Nice, have you taken any pictures of any?  I dont think they have a single distributor in the US. 

No pictures.

I see on their website that they have resellers in only a limited set of countries, and the US is indeed not among them: 

Are you open to Vintage or pre-owned pieces? If so I have some ideas for you.

What model is this? The dial looks amazing

The Straum dials are pretty amazing! 

yeah.... I would love that..

Cool. I'd say one of the first things I typically do is look at Chrono24. I'm sure you may have done this but it allows me to plug in my parameters and get a good view of watches I'd like. So I did that for you and here are a few that I think you may enjoy.

1.) Breitling (Aerospace & Colt Oceane)

2.) Vintage Rolexes (OPs and Oyster date) can be a good find as well.

3.) Omega (seamasters, Aqua terra etc.) can be a good option as well and you can get a ton of watch for the money.

4.) Others can be Seiko, Tag, Ball, U-Boat, Oris, Squale, Christopher Ward etc. etc.

There are so many watches out there, but using Chrono24 and choosing your parameters would be my recommendation. It's easy and free. 

Milus Snow Star. Just the most beautiful watch.