12 Absolutely Banging Proper Watches Under $400

WIRED asked watch experts to recommend their favourite mechanical watches priced below $400, a range where quartz models usually dominate. Their picks show that buyers can find a broad mix of styles and useful features at this price, from dress watches to dive watches and chronographs.

The recommendations include the $300 Caravelle Sea Hunter, with 200-metre water resistance, and the $295 Orient Bambino Version 7, a 38 mm automatic dress watch. Other examples are the $375 Brew Metric Lite Retro, the hand-wound Timex Marlin 1965 Reissue at $259, and the Sea-Gull 1963, based on a pilot’s watch made for the Chinese Air Force. The article text ends before giving the Sea-Gull’s price or the full list.