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Start here Affordable Watches: Where the Money Actually Goes What separates a good affordable watch from a cheap one: the parts worth paying for, the ones that cost nothing extra, and where the corners are always cut.
  1. 01 Best Thin Watch Under 250 Dollars: What to Look For Thinness is an engineering result, not a style. Which movement choices make a slim case possible at 250 dollars, and the measurements that actually matter.
  2. 02 Best Solar Watch Under 200 Dollars: What to Look For Solar quartz removes battery changes and the case openings that go with them. How the cell works, how long it lasts, and what 200 dollars should buy.
  3. 03 Best Sapphire Crystal Watch Under 300 Dollars: What to Look For Sapphire is the upgrade whose absence you notice most. What the material actually is, how to tell it from the words that imitate it, and what 300 dollars buys.
  4. 04 Best Field Watch Under 100 Dollars: What to Look For The field watch is a military specification, not a style. What that specification asks for, which parts of it a hundred dollars reaches, and what to check.
  5. 05 Best Everyday Watch Under 100 Dollars: What to Look For A hundred dollars buys a watch that survives daily wear if you spend it in the right order. What to insist on, what to accept, and what to ignore entirely.
  6. 06 Best Dress Watch Under 150 Dollars: What to Look For A dress watch is defined by proportion rather than price. What 150 dollars can buy honestly, which compromises are fine, and the one that ruins the effect.
  7. 07 Best Dive Watch Under 300 Dollars: What to Look For What separates a diver's watch from a watch that looks like one: the ISO standard, the bezel, the crown and the lume, and which of them 300 dollars reaches.
  8. 08 Best Value Chronograph Under 300 Dollars: What to Look For Meca-quartz, quartz and mechanical chronographs at 300 dollars: which movement suits which buyer, what the pushers should feel like, and what to check.
  9. 09 Best Automatic Watch Under 200 Dollars: What to Look For What 200 dollars buys in a self-winding watch, which corners are cut to get there, and the three specifications worth insisting on at the bottom of the market.
  10. 10 Best GMT Watch Under 500 Dollars: What to Look For What a 500 dollar budget buys in a second time zone: true GMT against caller GMT, world timers, and the specifications worth insisting on at this price.