The 5 Best Men's Watches for under 2000 Dollars in 2017

Wow, this blog has come a long way from where I started!  I am now up to over 50 posts.  And we have done this before.  We have already talked about the best men's watches for under 2000 dollars.  I am going to include a couple of watches from the original list, mostly because I love them and they totally deserve to be here.

Everyone has different tastes in watches, and something I worried about a lot when I first started this blog, was how was I supposed to make everyone happy.  Especially if we are talking about thousands of dollars.  That is a lot of money!  At least it was for me.

I decided the only thing I could do was to fine the best men's watches I could find.  Taking all aspects into account.  That includes looks, and hope that some people out there agree with me.  But more than anything, I want to let people experience some brands and models that they otherwise would have never heard of before.

I hope that I have done that.  I hope that I will be able to continue to do that for all of you out there.

The 5 Best Men's Watches for Under 2000 Dollars 

Meister Singer

Perigraph Single Arm

Model: AM1008

Case: 43mm, Stainless steel

Band: 19mm, Leather

Movement: Automatic, ETA-2824-2

Functions: HH, Date

Battery: N/A

Water resistance: 50M/165ft

There is something about Meistersinger, that just makes me happy.  I am putting this watch on this list, for a second time, because it just makes me happy.  Blue face and all, I love this watch.  Seriously, it has one hand!  How can it be any cooler.

Anyway, this watch made the best men's watches for under 2000 dollars last time.  And it might make it again next time if they don't stop making this model.

I am not going to write a whole lot about it because you can go back to the previous article if you want more details about this watch.  All I am going to say now, is I think it is cool and it makes me happy to look at.

You can find this watch all over the place for like 1500 dollars, and I think it is a wonderful buy at that price.  This thing is one of my favorites.  I know I say that a lot, but I just can't help myself when I start looking at some of these watches.

Ball

Engineer Master II Aviator

Model: NM1080C-N5J-GY

Case: 46mm, Stainless steel

Band: Canvas strap

Movement: Automatic Ball RR1102

Functions: HH, MM, SS, Date, Day

Battery: N/A

Water resistance: 100M/330ft

Ball watch company is an American company that has been making watches for over 100 years now, and the company was started for very good reasons.

Webb C Ball started Ball watches because he was seeing way too many fatal rail road accidents that were related to time keeping.  If multiple engineers were sharing the same track, they had to know the exact time.  If they could all be on the same time, they would be able to know when each train would reach certain points, and at what time they had to stop and make room for other trains.

Webb C Ball came up with the RR standard, and he made watches to go along with that standard.  And this forced other American watchmakers to keep up with him.

Ball is still an American company, but they are now located in Switzerland.

Wow, I totally just rambled, but the Engineer Master II Aviator was on the original best men's watches under 2000 dollars, and I believe it is one of the best watches around.  I love the Ball name and what they mean to American history.

Smith & Bradley

Atlantis Pro

Model:

Case: 44mm, Stainless steel

Band: Stainless steel

Movement: ETA 2824-2

Functions: HH, MM, SS, Date

Battery: N/A

Water resistance: 200M/660ft

Smith and Bradley has been on the best men's watches a few times now,  I love what these guys are doing. They are making some quality watches with a military look and feel.  They are doing it in a way that makes them recognizable to me as a Smith and Bradley.

The Atlantis Pro is no exception.  I am not the biggest fan of dive watches, but I love this one.  I think it has a great look.  It has a 44mm stainless steel case and a stainless steel bezel.  I like the look of the bezel, it has a different look from what I am used to in a dive watch.  The dial face is black with tick marks to signal the hours and a upside down triangle to mark the 12 o'clock position.  The watch has a liberal amount of C3 superluminova on the hour markers and the hands.  The band is stainless steel, and a tri-fold style of band.  The lens is sapphire, and it is extra thick for strength.

I love the Smith and Bradley lines of watches, and this one definitely deserves to be acknowledged, the watch can be had off the Smith and Bradley website for 1750 dollars, and I think it is a great buy at that price, you are getting an American made watch from a company that is working really hard to make really nice products.

Tag Heuer

Carrera Calibre 5

Model: WAR211C.FC6336

Case: 39mm, Stainless steel

Band: Alligator

Movement: Calibre 5

Functions: HH, MM, SS, Date

Battery: N/A

Water resistance: 100M/330ft

Tag Heuer has not been on The Best Men's Watches Blog. I have no idea why, but they have never made an appearance here.  They are a old company that makes great watches, and they are exactly what I like to look at on this blog.  I originally had a hard time with Tag Heuer because they were not just Heuer anymore.

Originally Uhrenmanufaktur Heuer AG, the company was founded by Edouard Heuer in 1860.  Edouard Heuer was a very impressive watchmaker.  He had his first chronograph patented in 1882, and in 1887 had the oscillating pinion patented.  Something that is still used today in some mechanical chronographs.

Heuer was bought by Tag group in 1985.  And later, in 1999 had a majority purchase by LVMH.

Currently Tag Heuer makes watches and is still very involved in automotive racing.  They have several nice time pieces, and several nice movements that they utilize in their line up of watches.  Again, I am not sure why I have not given them more love.

The Carrera is a classic looking 39mm stainless steel cased watch, with the crown located at the 3 o'clock postion.  The bezel is thin and the lens is a sapphire.  There is a date window located at the 3 o'clock position and it uses tick marks for the hour symbols.  The dial face is black and it has an alligator leather band, with a buckle style clasp.

Generally speaking, this is exactly what I am looking for in a Sub-2000 dollar watch.  In fact, if you look you might even be able to find this watch for under 1500 dollars.  But I would expect to pay 1600 through most retailers.

I think it is a nice buy at that price, and would not hesitate to suggest it.

Baume & Mercier

Classima

Model: 10334

Case: 42mm, Stainless steel

Band: Stainless steel

Movement: Sellita SW200 Automatic

Functions: HH, MM, SS, Date

Battery: N/A

Water resistance: 50M/165ft

Baume and Mercier have been on the best men's watches blog quite a few times.  It really is no big surprise to me that they are making it onto one of my lists again.  They make nice watches at reasonable prices.

The Classima is no exception.  In fact, it is very possible that I have already written about this watch, but at this very moment, I am being lazy and would prefer not to go searching for the review.  We ill just go ahead and make a new review!

So, the classima is a automatic movement dress watch, made of stainless steel, and sporting a nicely sized, 42mm case.  The crown is located at the 3 o'clock position.  The crown is fairly low profile.  The bezel of the watch is smooth and thin, giving you a very large dial face.

The dial face is white, with Arabic numerals on a very outer ring, indicating the minutes, at 5 minute intervals.  There is a inner ring or Roman numerals to mark the hours.  The dial has a date window located at the 3 o'clock position and it has blue watch hands to give the watch a little pop.

The band is a 3 link, stainless steel band with a tri-fold clasp.  It is a nicely styled band, and I think it slows well with the rest of the watch.

On the Baume and Mercier site, this watch has a retail price of 2400 dollars.  But you can find this on other sites for a much better price.  More in the range of 1700 dollars.  And, at 1700 I think this watch is a really nice buy.

Wrap Up

For one reason or another, I had a really hard time with this list.  Finding 5 men's watches for under 2000 dollars was way harder than I had expected.  Even though I had done it before.... Repeatedly.  

But I did it, and I love the watches on this list.  My favorite being the Meister Singer, just for the uniqueness, I love the blue face and the single hand style.  The Ball watch is great, and I would hope to own one some day.

The Smith and Bradley, I think, is one tough looking watch.  It looks tank-like.  And both the Tag and the B&M watches are classy luxury watches at really good prices.  

I think you would be happy with any of these watches. 

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The 5 Best Men's Watches under 1000 in 2017

The best men's watches under 1000 in 2017 is another do again.  I originally wrote the 5 best men's watches under 1000 dollars about 2 years ago, and I figure it is about tome to revisit it, along with a lot of the 5 best posts.  Things change, even in the world of watches, and my knowledge of watches and opinion on watches has definitely changed over the last couple of years.

So far, I hope you have enjoyed this blog.  If you have any comments or suggestions, I welcome them in the comment section.  For one reason or another, this blog does not get a whole lot of commenting on it.  I am assuming there really isn't a whole lot of room for discussion.

So, let go ahead and get on with the best men's watches under $1000...

The 5 Best Men's Watches for Under 1000 Dollars

Weiss

Standard Issue Field Watch
Model:
Case: 42 mm/Stainless steel
Band Width: 20 mm, Canvase
Movement: Weiss Caliber 1001 Mechanical
Features: HH, MM, SS
Battery: N/A
Water resistance: 100M/330 ft

The Weiss Standard Issue Field Watch made the original 5 best men's watches for under 1000 dollars.  It is a wonderful American made watch.  It is one of the most American made watches around.  Weiss makes their own everything! movements and all.

I think that the fact that you can buy this phone for under 1000 dollars is really awesome.  If I didn't have a new favorite in this price point, this one would have continued to be my favorite watch for under 1000 dollars.

 As far as I am concerned, there is no way I would take a watch like that off a list like this.  I will not redo a review I have already written about the watch, so just go over to The 5 best Men's Watches for under 1000 dollars and ready what I wrote there if you want to know more.  But seriously this is a fantastic watch that I think would be extremely satisfying to own.

Autodromo

Stradale
Model:
Case: 40 mm, Stainless Steel
Band width: 18 mm, Leather
Movement: Miyota 9015 Automatic
Functions: HH, MM, SS, Date
Battery: N/A
Water resistance: 50M/165 ft

I have no idea why I have not found Autodromo before.  I love these watches.  They make some of the coolest looking watches I have seen in some time.

From what I know, Autodromo was started some time around 2009 in Brooklyn, New York.  They took their design ques from old Italian sports cars.  And they have been done extremely well.  I am super excited by this company.  They are even using automatic movements now.

The Stadale is a 40mm Stainless steel watch, it has a crown at the 3 o'clock position and a thin, smooth and rounded bezel.  It has a large face covered by a sapphire lens.  The face is black with white Arabic numerals, and a date window located at the 3 o'clock position.

The minute hand is read and the hour hand is gray, and as a whole, the dial looks a lot like a gauge on a sports car.  And with the red leather band, it really accentuates the overall look of the watch.

The movement is a Miyota automatic 9015.  It has a 42 hour power reserve, and has hacking seconds.  It is a nice movement that has been produced for quite a few years now.  I really can't say enough about this entire watch.  It can be had for about 875 on the Autodromo website, and I could not help myself but put it on this list.  It might be my favorite watch on this list.

Citizen

Promaster Navihawk
Model: CC9030-00E
Case: 47 mm, Stainless steel
Movement: Mechanical self winding movement
Functions: HH, MM, SS, Date, Chronograph
Battery: N/A
Water resistance: 200M/660 ft

Citizen has some watches that, well they are just insane with what they are capable of doing.  I have criticized them for being too busy sometimes.  But I am not feeling the same way I used to.  Citizens are busy, but I have learned to respect them and really appreciate what exactly you are buying when you get yourself a Citizen.

The Promaster Navihawk is no exception.  This watch is crazy.  It has a 47mm diameter stainless steel case, with a crown located at the 3 o'clock position. It also has function buttons at the 2, 4, 8 & 10 o'clock positions.  There are 3 sub dials for the chronograph.  It has a date window located at the 4:30 position.  It also has a leather band with a buckle style clasp.

The watch has more, it has Eco-Drive.  It has GPS time keeping.  It has time adjustment for 40 different time zones.  It has a power reserve indicator and it has an alarm.

It is a really cool looking watch, and it has a whole lot of functionality going on with it as well.  It is a watch that would serve you well if you were a traveler, and one you should never have to worry about.  The Eco-Drive will keep the watch running as long as it gets light.  Don't throw a Citizen in a drawer...  Ever.

Junghans

Max Bill Automatic
Model: 027/3500.00
Case: 40 mm, Stainless steel
Band: 20mm, Leather
Movement: ETA 2824-2 Automatic
Functions: HH, MM, SS
Battery: N/A
Water resistance: Splash resistant

Junghans is actually a old time German watch maker.  They have been in business since the 1920's, and they have had some serious success over the years.  A lot of that credit has to be given to Max Bill. He created watches and clocks for Junghans for years and years, and he had a wonderful eye for the Dutch modern (Mid Century Modern) look.

The Max Bill Automatic is Junghans Homage to Their very best designer that they have ever had.  It has a 40mm stainless steel case,  with the crown located at the 3 o'clock position.  It has an extremely thin bezel and a large plexiglass lens.  It has an outer ring or Arabic numerals to mark the 5 minutes, and it has a set of inner Arabic numerals to mark the hours.  There is a date window located at the 3 o'clock position and the hands of the watch are thin, with a very elegant look to them.

The watch comes with a modified ETA automatic movement and if finished off with a black leather band, with a stainless steel buckle style clasp.

This watch is near the top of the budget.  It is available on the Junghans website for 965 dollars.  But, if you shop around a little, I believe you will be able to find it for around 700-800 dollars, which is a much more reasonable price.

Magrette

Leoncino
Model:
Case: 42 mm, Stainless steel
Band:
Movement: Myota 9015 self winding w/hacking second
Functions: HH, MM, SS
Battery: N/A
Water resistance: 200M/600 ft

I put a Magrette in this position last time.  In fact, I put a Leoncino in this spot before.  These are really cool, retro looking dive watches, and they have been doing these for quite a while now.

This Leoncino has a 42mm stainless steel case, with a crown located at the 3 o'clock position.  It has a retro shape to the case.  It has a tapered bezel.  The hours are marked with Arabic numerals at the 3, 6, 9 and 12 o'clock positions.  It uses tick marks on the remaining hours.

This watch took some design ques from the watches of the mid 60's.  And they did a good job with it.  The watch is really nice and it is one of the cheaper watches on the best men's watches for under 1000.  They sell this watch on their website for about 625 dollars, plus shipping.  I personally think it is a nice buy at that price.

Wrap Up

I loved putting the best men's watches under 1000 dollars together this time.  I think every single watch on this list may be my favorite now.  The Autodromo is really cool looking, the Weiss is a wonderful example of where the American watchmakers have gone in a fairly short time, The Junghans is a lovely retro watch made in Germany.  The Citizen is a big box full of bells and whistles, and the Magrette is another nice retro watch from a company that is making some nice time pieces.

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The 5 Best Men's Watches for under 500 Dollars in 2017

At one time, the idea of spending 500 dollars on a watch seemed a little bit ridiculous to me.  Now, while that is still a lot of money to spend on myself, I am less put off by the idea.  A watch is more than just a personal time piece.  It is a piece of jewelry, it is small machine on the wrist.  It is something that can be given to our children, or our children's children as heirlooms.  But it is so much more than just a watch.

In today's market, 500 dollars will not buy you what it could have bought you, say 25 or 30 years ago.  But it can still get you something to be proud of, and something people will notice, if they have any idea what they are looking at.

This is the second time I have written the 5 best men's watches for under 500 dollars, and I hope to bring you some interesting and new options with this post.

So, let us see what I was able to come up with for this installment of the best men's watches for under...

The 5 Best Men's Watches for Under 500 Dollars

Jack Mason

Nautical Automatic 42mm
Model: JM-N103-001
Case: 42 mm, Stainless steel
Band width: Leather
Movement: Mechanical Self winding
Functions: HH, MM, SS, Date
Battery:N/A
Water resistance: 100 M/330 ft

Here is a new one to the best men's watches under blog!  Jack Mason watches, they are made here, in America.  In Texas actually.  Jack Mason is a small group of individuals that started designing and building watches only a few years ago.  They have come a long way in a short time, at least in my mind.  They have some well designed, and built watches.  They feel solid and have some weight to them.  I could be wrong, but I believe they use Miyota movements.

I found them some time in the past year, when I started looking at watches that are made here in
America.  It is not a requirement for me to buy American, but I think we, as Americans have gotten too far away from what we can do here ourselves, and have become too reliant on cheap, unreliable items.

The Jack Mason watches are fairly big though.  The Nautica Automatic measures 42mm, and the case is made of stainless steel.  The crown is located at the 3 o'clock position, and it has a thin bezel.  The dial face of the watch is white, and it has Arabic numerals located at the 3, 6, 9 & 12 o'clock positions. It utilizes tick marks to indicate the remaining hours, and a smaller block pattern to mark the minutes.  There is a small outer ring with Arabic numerals at the 5 minute marks to indicate minutes.

The band of the watch is leather, with a buckle style clasp to round out this package.

The watch is really nice looking, and it was able to achieve a nice, maritime feel to it.  I love that it is automatic instead of quartz, and it even squeezes under the 500 dollar mark.  Coming in at about 495 dollars.  You can by Jack Mason on their website, or it is also available at Nordstrom, and Saks Fith Avenue.

I like what this company is doing and hope to see more from them in the future.

Citizen

Blue Angels World Chronograph AT
Model: AT8020-03L

Case: 43 mm, Stainless steel

Band width: Leather

Movement: Eco-Drive H800 Atomic

Functions: HH, MM, SS, Date, Chronograph

Battery: N/A

Water resistance: 200m/666ft

Citizen is not new to the best men's watches blog.  In fact, I couldn't even tell you how many times I have written about a Citizen watch now.  But I can tell you that I have not talked about this one on this blog before.  It is the Blue Angels World Chronograph AT.  It is a seriously decked out watch.  And it is one that can be had for well under 500 dollars.  In fact I have seen it for as low as 300 dollars.  And Quite honestly, it may be a best buy on this list, as far as I am concerned.  And that is coming from a person who is generally not blown away with Citizen.  I think this watch is the real deal, and should be considered if you are looking for a watch for under 500 dollars.

This watch is loaded, it has a 43mm diam stainless steel case, with the crown located at the 3 o'clock position.  It has the chronograph function buttons located at the 2 & 4 o'clock positions.  It has a blue dial face and tick marks indicating the hours.  It has a date window located at the 3 o'clock position and it has 3 sub-dials for the chronograph function.  It also has a power indicator located below the date window.

The watch band is blue leather and has a buckle style clasp to finish this watch off. The movement is an Eco-drive Atomic.  Meaning it is a solar powered watch and it is a solar powered atomic watch.  It has 26 different time zones, and it would be a world traveler watch, no problem.

The blue is nice, and I am not really one to veer from the classics.  But this looks really good.  And all of this for under 500 dollars seems to me to be a bit of a steal.  I would own one, no doubt about that.

Hamilton

Khaki Officer Field Watch
Model: H69419363

Case: 38 mm, Stainless steel

Band width: 20 mm, Canvas

Movement: ETA 2804-2

Functions: HH, MM, SS, Date

Battery:N/A

Water resistance:

I am pretty sure I have covered the Hamilton Field watches before here.  They are great looking watches.  Not really heavy on the bells and whistles, but they do the job and they look good doing it.

Hamilton started as an American company back in the late 1800's, in the 1970's it was purchased by the Omega/Tissot holdings company, and then in 1984, the merger between SSIH and ASUAG put Hamilton as a subsidiary of Swatch.

Today, they are still a subsidiary of Swatch, and can be told by the ETA movements.  They are still well made watches, and are still watches that have a history and have a value.

The Field watch is a 38mm stainless steel, hand wind, mechanical movement field watch.  That is pretty cool in my book.  It has a sapphire lens and a black dial face.  It has Arabic numerals marking the hours, and an inner ring of Arabic numerals marking the hours in a 24 hour style.  There is a date window located at the 3 o'clock position, as well as the crown for the watch.  The band is canvas and has a stainless steel buckle style clasp on it.

The watch is nicely made.  Even though it is no longer an American made watch, it still has a strong American look to it, and it is a watch I would not mind owning.  If you look, you can find this watch for under 300 dollars, and I think at that price point is is a wonderful buy.

Shinola

Runwell 41mm
Model: S0100019
Case: 41 mm, Stainless steel
Band width: Leather
Movement: Swiss Argonite 1069 Quartz
Functions: HH, MM, SS
Battery:
Water resistance:

I have been waiting patiently to get Shinola on another one of my men's best lists.  I own a Runwell,
and I love my Runwell.  I would have no problem recommending a Shinola to anyone.  I am kinda stretching the line a little bit on this watch, but oh well.

If you go on the Shinola website, you will be paying more than 500 dollars for this watch.  In fact, they sell it for 550 dollars.  But, if you do some diligent searching, you will be able to find this watch for under 500 dollars.  Probably around 480 dollars to be more accurate.

The Runwell is one of the first designs by Shinola, it has a 41mm stainless steel case, with a round bezel and the crown located at the 3 o'clock position.  It has a sapphire lens, and a large white dial face, with large, black Arabic numerals marking the hours.  It has small ticks for the minutes, and a sub dial for the seconds.  The band of the watch is black leather, with white stitching, and it has a buckle style clasp.

Shinola got in trouble awhile back for putting the label "Made in Detroit" on their watch.  Personally, I had no issue with this.  The watches are assembled in detroit, with parts coming from all over the world.  Namely Switzerland and America.  Companies do things like this all the time, and nothing is said.  Built in Detroit works just fine though.

Tsovet

Black Quartz Chronograp 

Model: JPT-CC38

Case: 38 mm, Stainless steel

Band width: Leather

Movement: Miyota OS11

Functions: HH, MM, SS, Date, Chronograph

Battery: N/A

Water Resistance:

Tsovet is another American company that falls into the same basic category as Jack Mason, and Shinola.  They are creating wonderful looking watches and using Japanese or Swiss movements.  Tsovet is located in California, and have been in business for several years now.  Their designs are really starting to solidify in my opinion.  And more so, this watch design is one of my favorites.  Not just from Tsovet, but all around.  It has a total McM look to it, totally retro, and I love this look.

The watch isn't huge, which I also like a lot.  It measures 38mm and is made of stainless steel.  It has a large diameter crown located at the 3 o'clock position and has the chronograph buttons located at the 2 & 4 o'clock positions.  The dial face is black with stamped white markings.  It uses Arabic numerals at the 2, 4, 8, & 10 o'clock positions, with long, narrow tick marks for the remaining hours.  It has a date window located at the 3 o'clock position, and it has sub dials located at the 12 & 6 o'clock positions.  The band of the watch is leather, and it has a buckle style clasp.

I like this watch a lot, and you should be able to find the watch for someplace between 350 and 400 dollars.  Well within the budget and a wonderful choice for the price.

Wrap up

I really enjoyed putting this list together.  These watches are great, and I would love to own them all at some point.  I hope that you find the best men's watches under blog useful, and would love to hear your comments and suggestions.  Thank you.

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