10 Best AFFORDABLE Watches in Each Category (Diver, Dress, Chrono, GMT & Military) 

“You got a day date complication. Which is critical on those longer dives.” True words. You better know what day it is in one of those underwater dive bells 🔔

Seiko have everything you need.

Gotta give it to Tom this time around, with a more varied collection. My picks would be: Diver: Citizen NY0040 Dress watch: Tissot Le Locle Chronograph: Seagull 1963 GMT: Phoibos Voyager GMT Military watch: Boderry Voyager Let me know what you think 😊

Fantastic as always… and it is impressive how prolific Seiko really is, from these “cheaper” suggestions all the way up to Laurent Ferrier type Credor and beyond… it’s shocking! All great choices and you guys have amazing chemistry in how you do these videos 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Aviation cocktail: 2oz gin 3/4oz fresh squeezed lemon juice 1/2oz maraschino liqueur 1/2oz crème de violette Shake with ice, strain into coupe glass, garnish with lemon and/or cherry. Should be a nice light purple color, primarily from the crème de violette.

Normally, (IMO) Tom tends to knock it out of the park and take these "dial" offs no problem. And while he did bring in the most interesting and varying selections, I think Andrew brings it home this time. The Seikos - clear winners but the Rally was very nice. I feel like Andrew took so many Ls he played his selections very safe to get a long sought win. Either that - or I have become a Seiko fanboi.

Certina DS Action Diver at 38mm should definitely get a mention. At 38mm, ISO-certified diver, 300m water resistance, Powermatic 80 movement, the watch is absolutely a bliss for small wrist wearers who want a decent Swiss automatic diver at affordable price. I used to own one but I realize it was just a bit too small for my wrist. I wish they could release it at 39-41mm to fit more wrist sizes.

My, my, my, how far Tom has come as a watch boffin in such a short time. Well done.

None of you mentioned the Orient Bambino 38mm for the dress category?? I'm disappointed! XD

Well, I’m on Andrew’s team. It’s true, Seiko has it all🤷🏼‍♂️😊. I would, perhaps, add the best affordable world timer?

Love the Mido Ocean Star - all the features you want in a diver, and it looks almost dressy. My pick for a "one watch collection".

Ive been thinking about the seiko blueberry skx gmt and I think youve convinced me now. And the fact you've used the orange one when i have the orange seiko 5 gave me a confidence boost lol.

I love my Q Timex GMT and thoroughly recommend it. I ordered it in the same configuration as in the video almost a year ago and have not had any issues. The 38mm case is a perfect size, is very comfortable on the wrist with the rubber strap and it looks great. I've nicknames it the Vader. The Swiss movement by the way is a Ronda 505.24H.

Well done! The +40 sec/day spec on that Seiko movement swings me to the other side. I know the watch usually does much better, but I have received NOB Seiko running +30 and over, but they have that covered. "It is within specs, mate". Cracking the back voids the warranty and you risk bricking the watch. Seiko, with your pedigree, think of throwing us poor lads a crumb and get that precision down to +20 or even +15. Hopefully the watch will still out perform +20. All IMHO and with a smile of course. I really like the Serica field watch. I may even save up and buy one. You do a fantastic job with this channel and I look forward to the uploads.

1. Orient bambino 2. Citizen NB 1050 3. Brew metric retro 4. Seiko turtle 5. Any G shock

Great article, gotta say Seiko are pretty good. The amount of times I've heard reviewers say go for a Hamilton Khaki over the Seiko Field watches if you can afford it, are many. Then in the last week or so, I have heard of 5 anecdotes about how Hamilton Khaki fields fog up as soon as they come anywhere near moisture! Sounds like they have a real issue making water resitant timepieces.

I received a Citizen Pro Diver for Christmas. Eco Drive, Blue Bezel/Dial and Strap. 200m, 43mm size, crown is at 4 o’clock which is really great and the lume is amazing

I like how Mido managed a day date without affecting the marker at 3, noice.

There is no question from Seiko Turtle, to Alpinist, to Presage Sharp Edge, is truly the prestige watch family to service all watch needs.

This should have been called, Seiko will cover all your watch scenarios!

I love how the REAL answer is always Seiko lol. Great video lads!

haha love that Andrew picked Seiko for every category. You really can't go wrong with Seiko, so Andrew gets my vote.

Go Tom! I like Mido as a brand, and I own the Commando model of the Serica.

Well a Boldr chrono with a Luminous dial would be super useful at the Bol B'Or which is the oldest endurance race still run today. Started in 1922, factlet of the day.

Great picks for us plebs. Also you guys are very funny.

Seiko without a doubt have something somewhere that should cover all general categories including new ones that we never knew existed. They might even have a piece designed for cave dwellers that uses a sun dial with a little remote LED fire fly to emulate the sun and a built in compass, different hemisphere no problem just flip that firefly. Tom wins this one. All good fun guys. Cheers for sharing.

That White face BoldR rally 1 chrono, wow! I feel the urge to buy it immediately.

Got two seikos a king turtle and a pressage cocktail time with champagne diel. Both great watches. The king seiko is fantastic. Got it for same price as normal turtle. Also no need to buy a captain willard if you get itcas the king turtle would be the watch he would her now

Well done Tom 👏

15:33 love the Forstner ladder bacelet

Love the selection! I think a good nickname for the all black times would be the “black bird” after the SR-71

Best calendar watch, price point low to high?

Hmmm, most of the watches in my collection mainly consists of Seiko tbh, 9 to be exact. Sounds quite a lot to have of one particular brand, but that wont stop me from buying another one. Although some of my Seikos may fall under the same category and style, I believe each one of my seikos looks unique enough to offer me something different to wear.

I have 3 Seikos and am trying to avoid buying a 4th, but that GMT is extremely tempting

That Serica.... 🤩

I can't decide. I think I might be on Tom's side though. If i was spending around $500 I would have a hard time looking at Seiko unless it was a deal on a willard. Lots of other options out there with good materials and construction. The micros use Seiko movements a lot anyway.

I wonder what the ratio of dive watch sales to actual divers is???

Andrew had best suggestions! Seiko and Grand Seiko rule!

1. Seiko 5 sports (any), 2. Steinhart 42mm Vintage GMT, 3. Tissot PRX powermatic 80, 4. Hamilton Khaki King, 5. Orient Star 1964 Diver

The Serica "Walken" lol Cheers!

Here are my choices 1. Diver: Seiko Turtle PADI 2. Dress: Orient Bambino 38mm or Timex Marlin 34mm 3. Chronograph: Bulova Lunar Pilot 43 mm 4. GMT: Torgeon T9 5. Military: Citizen Garrison BM8560-53E

Yeah the SS ke005 by Seiko what some call Winterberry I would have preferred you went with the Blackberry SSK001 or the blueberry version SSk003

I think Citizen/Miyota might have something to say about that “go-to” GMT movement for micro brands, Andrew…

I love Seiko, but that Serica and also the Boldr are cool as hell (sorry, Andrew)

OMG Tom explaining Mido….Yo Mido 😂 so funny yet interesting fact

Breitling Emergency would be for me the best travel - sport - gmt watch :)

How could you *not* pick the CWC G10 as a field watch for £230?? It is a true, military-proven field watch issued by the MOD. I love the sarcastic banter on this show. Keep it up!

would like to have seen MWC in there just bought their tritium offering a brilliant field watch

Seiko presage is definitely worth it

What about this for the diver: a Smiths Commander by Time factors this is a 38mm 300m diver with a Miyota 9039 movement and its a British company and costs £365.

Beautiful serica is my pick.

Surprised by all the seiko's. Yet I am not surprised.

Timex uses Ronda movement for quartz and they use miyota for the mechanical

There is a lot of Seiko 5 going on here! Not least Boldr which, in my view, is largely a Seiko 5 clone. If you want a classic field watch I would suggest a CWC. Although I'm not sure they are in the affordable definition, whatever that is.

Check out the Wasson Automatic Field Watch by a microbrand. An excellent watch for under $1000

I like the Serica best and the Boldr second

one seiko for each category...can't complain.

Of course there are a lot of Seikos. Not mentioning a bunch of Seikos in a discussion about affordable mechanical watches is like talking about pantry staples and not mentioning salt

You guys got me with genuine Timex leather. 🤣🤣 But all being said my grandfather & myself have many others watches like Bulova, Citizen, Seiko etc. But we had never been laid down by a Timex watch and always it's the one that I keep going to all the time. 🐷leather 😂😂

people keep forgetting about Citizen AV0090-50A - the Ron Swanson watch

If I had to do this list it would go like this: Diver: Orient Kamasu Dress Watch: Timex Marlin Chronograph: Seagull GMT: Seiko SRPD GMT Military: Hamilton Khaki Field Very Very Generic i know

In regard to the SEIKO GMT: This is a diver watch you can't use for diving, an imposter. SEIKO tells us customers "... if you want to have a dive watch with SKX-looks you have to spend more money"

I will buy all the seiko's

Next: Do best value watch at each price range!

I think Andrew missed the memo for this and instead somehow heard they're doing a talk on 'the best seiko watches to buy in 2023' 😉🤣 only messing. It goes to show however just how much value seiko can offer the consumer in a market where a lot of times £1000 can't get you anything special. The speedtimer is just 😍

I love affordable chronographs and actually use the complication to time stuff constantly with my Daily Driver being a Junghans Form C. One thing that annoys me to no end though, and it's something clearly visible in your two choices, is the negative impact that Seiko movements have on the chronograph market. I love Seiko and the movements they make are great (both in quality and at a price point) but they do insist on putting a 24 hour subdial, good only for submarine operators and those awaking from a coma, into each and every chronograph movement they offer. Thanks to the fact that Seiko movements are the obvious choice for microbrands and affordable time pieces, combined with Seikos boneheadedness of not just giving us a usable chronograph hour dial, 95% of all chronographs below 500usd and 65% below 1000usd are burdened with a subdial that serves no purpose for the core feature of a chronograph, timing. These subdials also look misplaced and leads to many watches I'd love to own (including the two in the video), simply not being for me. If I want to time only up to 60 minutes, any rotating bezel can serve that purpose. If the Watchfinders team needs a video idea, how about this: The best affordable Chronographs that can time beyond 60 minutes. And manufacturers, please consider Ronda movements. I know they are more expensive, but there are people willing to pay a premium for the ability to actually use their chronographs for some extended time tracking. Lastly, if anyone from Seiko is reading this, please do some research into how many people actually want a 24h dial on a chronograph, especially one that can't even show a second time zone. Maybe I am wrong and there is massive demand for that, but I'd be doubtful.

I forgot that I had one of these as a kid

Have the prospex Padi Pepsi and I want a Boldr

Shame the Smith's Everest PRS-25 didn't get a look in. I guess it's not actually possible to buy one right now

I would call the Timex GMT the ‘Dark knight’

6:36 so at this point we have seen 4 watches.. but only two movements ETA 80 series and Seiko 4R … 6:36 let’s see what comes next… 14:09 4R number 3 17:54 4R number 4…and also what I’m wearing right now

CWC for me: G10 - military/field/everyday RN300 - diver

Tom: whatever / Andrew: Seiko... This sounds like an old turntable that the needle got stuck! 😋 (or bad cop / good cop, where Seiko is ALWAYS the good cop... hahaha)

Chris ward dive watch ?

I am fully digesting the mighty AWM23K and my belly is going to be full now

There are three versions of the Seiko GMT you're the one Blackberry 003 blueberry 005 Winterberry

I really can't get why they declare such bad precision for the Seiko 4R movements, I believe it's because of lack of regulation during assembly and not because of poor movement as one can suppose, because I own quite few of them and, after I regulate them on my timegrapher, they generally are all within +/- 2/4 seconds/day... The 24h useless subdial of the Boldr (and Seiko) chrono is a total deal breaker for me, also the image at 8:31 is false: the 24h subdial can't indicate that with the other hands in those position. I'd rather go for a VRATISLAVIA CONCEPTUM - HERITAGE CHRONO, same price, but with a more "car inspired" dial and a similar movement without stupid 24h subdials.

Mido's spanish word origin was so funny

Good choices overall. Very surprised your didn't include the Bulova Lunar Pilot in the chrono category.

How about famous luxury watches Seiko equivalent video?

Dress watch: Hamilton Boulton Mechanical.

Glad moonswatches aren’t on this list

The original 70's Turtle was worn by Mick Jagger!

Tom by a mile…Andrew rushing out the door Fri afternoon?

I own a mido Ocean Star and it has one of the best, if not THE best, bracelets I’ve ever seen, not just in the $1,000 price range, this could be said compared to watches with much higher prices. Brushed links with dull edges give this premium vibe. The bracelet fits the wrist perfectly and makes the watch quite pleasant to wear without any worries of clipping hair or dangling noise. The diver’s extension is easy to operate with two push release buttons and makes a lot of sense: when extended to the maximum the watch can be easily worn even wearing a thick diving suit.

The Dankpods comparison music in the background is causing me to continuously brace for shouting about nuggets.

I think my definition of affordable is a little different to yours

Why not consider the doxa sub 200 for a dive watch?

Tissot is killer

Hamilton Murph field watch SEIKO SSK813 black and white panda chrono Citizen Promaster Super Titanium NB6021-68L Tissot PRX Green dial Timex Georgio Galli S1 blue dial

With AWM23K it's the first time since the whole pandemic stuff I think we can surely save the planet and save ourselves with increasing living costs and what not

Timex marlin 34mm

I hate turtles (the Seiko kind) and that Serica was dominant, so Tom takes this one.

Also with Tom at this one

I like Tom’s choices…

Timex Q vader GMT

Presage for dress? Hmph. Looks more every day to me. How about a Seiko solar tank instead? Dress watches should be thin and discreet (sp?). Field and every day watches definitely need to be solar for accuracy and utility. You can't be adjusting your time every other day on safari. Automatics are ok for every day but you'll have to adjust them on Monday mornings and live with their bulk all the time. I say go solar for accuracy and reliability, specially on an occasional use watch.

Timex. Acrylic. Integrated rubber band. Quartz. Is this out of season April Fools joke?

You can pry my turtle from my cold dead hands

Tom for sure