Budget Automatic Watch
Hey everyone, I am curious what options do you all have for an automatic watch with the price around 400 dollars?
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Soo Hong
Hi everyone, I have just begun my life of watch collecting and the first-ever watch I bought for myself is the Timex Expedition Scout. I want to expand my collection and knowledge while enjoying my ti...
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A lot of options indeed! Are you looking for something in particular : dress watch, diver, pilot, GMT, vintage, round, square, ...?
Oh...where to start. There are a lot of options.
In case of german brands check out my articles about affordable german watch brands.
There are more links in the article.
Lots of options; Tissot, Certina, Seiko, Citizen, Orient, Bulova, and Timex all have automatic watches for less than $400.
Moving to some smaller brands, Islander, Spinnaker, Phoibos, and a number of brands on AliExpress have good watches with NH movements for less than $400. On AliExpress, San Martin and Sea Gull are solid brands.
Thanks for the recommendation will check those out
A lot of options indeed! Are you looking for something in particular : dress watch, diver, pilot, GMT, vintage, round, square, ...?
Honestly I am quite new so maybe your favourite? 🤭
Honestly I am quite new so maybe your favourite? 🤭
Well, as the other comments already gave you the most known brands (and more), here is a different and more unusual option : Mr Jones Watches
(yes, those are mechanical automatic watches!)
For your first automatic I don’t think you can go wrong with Orient. Many people will recommend the Bambino
I personally really like the Kamasu as I’m a big fan of divers.
In my opinion best diver for the money.
Lots of options; Tissot, Certina, Seiko, Citizen, Orient, Bulova, and Timex all have automatic watches for less than $400.
Moving to some smaller brands, Islander, Spinnaker, Phoibos, and a number of brands on AliExpress have good watches with NH movements for less than $400. On AliExpress, San Martin and Sea Gull are solid brands.
I second the motion of @DigitalDivider.
Adding also the following microbrands: Alcadus, Boldr, Brew, Bertucci, Contar, Kuoe, Marathon, Merkur, Momentum, RLG, RZE, Signum, Smiths-Timefactors, Swiss Watch Company, Undone, and Vaer.