16 BEST Entry Level Luxury Watches: Rolex, Omega, Cartier & SO MANY MORE!
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13 BEST Entry Level Watches: Rolex, Omega, Cartier, Longines & SO MANY MORE! Here are the BEST and my FAVOURITE ENTRY LEVEL WATCHES (LUXURY WATCHES) for me it has to be the Rolex Submariner, Omega Railmaster, Cartier Tank, Hamilton Khaki Field, Tudor Black Bay (fixed bezel 31mm, 36mm, 39mm, 41mm), Breitling SuperOcean, and so so many more.
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0:00-0:16 - Intro
0:17-1:39 - Defining "Entry Level Luxury"
1:40-2:17 - Tissot
2:18-2:52 - Seiko
2:53-3:39 - Hamilton
3:40-4:21 - Longines
4:22-4:57 - Nomos
4:58-5:34 - Tudor
5:35-7:30 - Cartier
7:31-7:50 - IWC
7:51-8:02 - Breitling
8:03-8:43 - Grand Seiko
8:44-9:34 - Omega
9:35-10:25 - Rolex
10:26-10:48 - Jaeger-LeCoultre
10:49-11:34 - Vacheron Constantin
11:35-11:48 - A Lange and Sohne
11:49-12:35 - Patek Philippe
12:36-12:50 - Outro
12:51-13:01 - Thank you patrons!!! - Навчання та стиль
Do Oris you monster.
Yo I spilled my water laughing at this. 😂
Lol
😭😭😭 im fr wheezing
Great choices. Especially the Longines.
Ahh thank you so much!
Thanks for mentioning the Tissot Gentleman. Actually there are more than a few Tissot models that exude the luxury vibe without totally destroying the budget. Those vintage inspired chronographs are stunning. Your content and presentation are both brilliantly done! 🥃
Love my gentlemen and it gets A lot of my wrist time !
Fantastic trip through the entry into each brand / level and what to expect. You mentioned a part 2, maybe covering a nice Tag, Oris, etc, many more out there 😊
Oris rocks big time
You know, Oris is noticably missing from this list! I need to make a Part 2 to fix this!
God damn it, every time i watch watch youtubers i end up buying a watch
Sinn 104. It's simply wunderbar!
OMG, Britt, another great video!
While you're Jonesing on the Hamiltons, don't miss out on the Khaki Field Titanium, which comes in 38 or 42 mm (I know you'd love the 38). My friend got one a few weeks ago and he claims that it lost just 2 seconds in an entire week!
As always, thanks for the excellent content! 👋😃⌚👍
Wearing my railmaster denim while watching video. This is a must see watch in the metal. Nice to get a shout out-thanks Britt
Christopher Ward would be a great addition to this list. Great video! The vibes are like a warm blanket on a cold winter day
I bought the Seiko sports GMT recently and I absolutely love it, took it on holiday, never took it off, swam with it in the sea, lounged by the pool then went out for dinner in it, suited all occasions, and despite taking other dressier watches I never felt like wearing them, the Seiko just worked perfectly.
Britt, just wanna say I've started watching through your episodes, and you're fantastic! Your natural ease in front of the camera is delightful, along with your passion and enthusiasm. And, not to make you self conscious of it, but your use of the coffee cup is low key brilliant. It gives you this two-friends-hanging-out energy that works beautifully. Awesome! Cheers:)
You’re forgiven by this Omega Fan! Great video!
It is so strange that almost no one gives credit to Mido. Im so into their watches. Awesome quality and design for a lets say reasonable price.
A couple of brands mentioned I wouldn't say entry-level, like IWC with the Spitfire. That watch goes around 1700GBP on chrono even used. There are some quartz breitlings and older automatic Tags in entry-level pricerange for half the price of an IWC. I don't say they are better options, but they're more like entry level watches if someone is fine with used stuff. Im mostly fine with them because there are a lot of watches you can't buy brand new, like Seiko Landmasters from the 90's which were only sold in Japan at the time.
Awesome video by the way, very helpful for beginners like me✌️
A full railmaster video would be awesome. Such an overlooked watch from mainstream UA-cam
You can talk about carpet; I’ll still watch. Love your videos, Britt.
Nicely done. Just added a Squale 1521 as entry point to my existing collection. Just under $1K but great vintage diver look, nice finish including rotating bezel click click sound. Most importantly in my eyes, I was captivated by the founder Charles Von Buren dedication to develop the best pro diving tool in the early 70, working with free diver legends like Jacques Mayol and Enzo Maiorca.
I love your videos, Britt. Really funny and informative at the same time. You inspired me to get my grail, Explorer 124270
Britt!! You have me pondering about what is entry level to me. I think I understand your reasoning for those watches above 5,000, being the specific models are entry level vice the brands. It took a couple of cups of coffee to realize what you presented. I do love a thought provoking video. Thanks and Long Live the Cult(s) and 4:30 Date windows!!
LONG LIVE THE CULTS!! And the Lord told me he doesn't like the 4:30 date window. ;) Bahaha! Sending you giant hugs from Gringa HQ!!
"You really can't argue with the PRX"
Well I can
The powermatic 80 uses plastic parts and is not repairable or serviceable. It's essentially a disposable watch. It's either a new movement or the bin. This is one of the few times I'd say get the quartz rather than the auto. You're still buggered if it fails but you've lost a lot less money
and it's ugly
yeah agree i have the tissot prx tiffany for 300 euros and its a great watch with a Beautiful dial. If i wanna buy an tissot automatic then the gentleman. Sadly, the gentleman increase in price by like 30 % the last 6 months
Great video! I would love to see a watch brand ranking based on their entry models, which ones are good value for price and which ones are overpriced.
Loved watching this. Today by coincidence I bought a Hamilton Khaki Field Blue Dial titanium. It’s 42mm but only 11.5mm thick. Looks amazing on my 7’ wrist. Thanks for all the content and humour 😊.
I bought new Breitling SuperOcean 3 months ago and I never go out without it and it is extremely accurate being Chronometer.
Missed out Christopher Ward, but also Bremont 👍🏻
Interesting selection. Suggestion: do this same video but focus on independents, smaller brands, and/ or micros. Thinking along the lines of Minase, Chronoswiss, Horage, CW, Cuervo y Sobrinos, etc.....
if we define luxury as something that is beyond strict necessity, then any watch is a luxury item. To my budget, a modest Seiko pressage is a high end watch.
Nice vid Britt. Tag heuer, midas and Oris are also really perfect entry level watches.
u got me back into watches ty
The heritage line from Tissot is so underrated
As much as I love the Spirit Zulu Time... because I have one... I think a better entry to Longines is the new mechanical Conquest at $2000. I haven't seen one in person, but it's stunning in pictures. And that brown dial version...
I was seriously expecting her to say Conquest. I like the looks of the Zulu Time too, but all of the Longines designs right now look good.
Hi brother, I owned the Longines Zulu Time too. Love it.
Great vid Britt but please do a part 2 with other brands like Certina, Mido, DOXA etc
Another fun video! what is the song at the start of the speed round?
Great video, love your selections - thanks for sharing !
I go the vintage route and have a great watchmaker service them. I love the depreciation and skip the inflation.
I have a few suggestions that perhaps you overlooked. Baltic, Traska, Wise, Christopher Ward, Seiko Alpanist, Oris and of course I am a huge Breguet fan
Well Britt, you might be surprised but this video is where you catch your unique perfect tone in content creation, just lovely! Greetings from Istanbul
Some great choices there from you.
Sinn deserves a mention with the 556 , but, as you say how longs the list.
Love your channel. You realize watches are fun. A lot of watch videos make it sound as if Rolex could end world hunger. Congrats on sneaking up on 100k subscribers
🤣💕 oh BLESS! I take a lot of heat for how much I like Rolex! But I really do try my best to remember it’s ONLY WATCHES!!! They are meant to be fun!
Love the video! Just great!
I would mention Certina and Oris
Certina all seem very similarly priced 🤷🏻
I shouldn't say this because I want them all myself, but second hand/vintage.
You mentioned Hamilton, I used to have a Piping Rock quartz reissue.
Longines, I like the sector dial watch, might be still under 2Gs? I'm wearing a Thorn tuxedo dial right now, like one that Longines did, but Omega invented the tuxedo dial, not a Longines original design. I'm glad you pronounced Omega as Omega and not Omeeega, they should give you a free watch for that ☺
A pretty comprehensive buyer's guide.
Thanx Gring!
What whaaat! thank you so much! i'm so glad you enjoyed!
@@BrittPearceWatches if I were Sinatra, I might call you ring a Gring gring..
I like the new Longines Hydroconquest GMT 39mm, seriously considering getting one
It's sooo good!
Except it’s 41mm.
TIMEX Expedition would have been a great addition to a “Entry Level” video: Titanium + 200m WR + a great looking watch at a very responsible entry level price!
I NEED TO LOOK INTO THIS!
Wouldnt call Timex ”luxury”.
@@kossan5023 … definition of luxury is relative! 😉
@@BrittPearceWatches Please look at Certina and Mido.
I would have called it most accessible offering versus entry level. Just because most people think cheap when they hear entry level. Pretty much outside of Casio, Seiko, Citizen any of the big boy watches don’t really offer entry level. A 3K Breitling is still a damn fine luxury watch. But I see where you’re coming from etc. The Omega Railmaster is a great entry point into Omega. I have one, and it is fantastic. Beautiful, refined, and wets the appetite for Omega.
Don’t denigrate your opinions! You are humble and create fun content!
Great video. Love that Spring Drive Grand Seiko. I mean I really really love it! I think my entry level to the brand though would be their quartz GMT.
Mad respect for adding the Railmaster! Btw, I forget you due time constraints but you didnt include Zenith or Oris.
This video is SOOO AWESOME!!
for Longines.... I would recommend the conquest/Hydro conquest lines too...
What a nice selection of watches 😎🙌🏻.
What whaaat! The Dr Fernando seal of approval!
Like Seiko 5, PRX has no screw down crown despite 100m water resistant. If one were to wind it daily, will the water resistant be compromised? So it is not considered suitable as a daily swimming watch. Unlike Casio which has no winding required.
I like how you’re not necessarily reinventing the wheel, but I can for sure say that your videos are so entertaining and makes your channel feel like a community. Low amounts of clickbait and a diverse amount of topics and prices discussed 👌🏻👌🏻
Loved this video ❤
*For most buyers of the expensive marques, I don’t believe “entry level” applies in the way it likely does for the Casio Timex customers. For many wearers of a Rolex, Omega and similar, getting one is the final level. The Rolex OP wearer stays there, s/he doesn’t trade up or add to a collection with more expensive, greater complication models the way enthusiasts & WIS nerds (such as myself) often and continuously do.*
A Lange is my personal favourite brand out of everything 👏👏👏
Great video as always :) one of my favorite watch brands you missed was F.P. Journe! Loved it regardless
Which Journe do you think is entry level? It’s a tricky one.
I like your list! I have the PRX Quartz, Overseas Black dial, Modded seiko Batman. Great minds think alike
Well done Britt, I didn’t think you would hit all the good ones, all the ones i would pick but you did 😊
congratulations on your video. The production is excellent and the content very interesting.
Thank you for giving the Railmaster a shout out. It is criminally underrated. I bought my Denim dial grey market from Japan and for $3150 CAD, you can’t name a better watch for what it is and price.
Awesome job 💐🤠
Great video. To know what is luxury you have to start from the opposite of luxury - necessity.
Great video!
This is a tough topic to address because "entry level" offerings can compromise expectations, especially when complications are concerned.
Britt, I just saw the add you did with Christopher Ward! 10/10, very good stuff.
Ahhh the adverts are LIVE?! That’s great news!!! I was so glad when it was all approved! Honestly. Absolutely love working with CW. Such a pleasure! They gave me a choice for a cash payment or a watch. Of course I got a CW Twelve 36mm! Can’t wait for it to come!
@watchgringa that's so cool! Every wristwatch UA-camr I've seen who has worked with CW has had great things to say about the company, which I love to hear. We buy watches because they give us a certain feeling, and Christopher Ward seems to understand that.
Really want to get a Tudor prince date day with a blue dial recently, people around me all say I should get a Rolex day-date instead. I already have a 118138 and I really do need a more everyday watch. Is a prince date day a good watch to get?
favourite Brit video to date......so much useful intel that is actually actionable because we aren't all buying a Rolex
I wanted the most watch for my money in the luxury segment and decided that a top-end Tissot was better than a bottom-end Longines. The watch I chose was the Tissot Seastar 2000 and if you happen to check out the specs, it's basically an Omega Planet Ocean for 1/8th the price. It literally out-specs every single dive watch below the specs of the Planet Ocean including the Mido Ocean Star, Tudor Black Bay. Rado Captain Cook, Hamilton Khaki Diver, Longines Hydroconquest, Glashutte Original SeaQ, TAG-Heuer Aquaracer, Breitling Ocean Master, Oris Aquis, Omega Seamaster and Rolex Submariner despite costing way less.
If I hadn't bought it, I would be regretting it today. Fortunately, I knew that at the time and didn't hesitate. I would recommend checking it out to anyone but do keep in mind that it's big at 46mm (rivalling the Bulova Lunar Pilot and Invicta Grand Diver) but if you have flat, slab-shaped wrists like mine, it's absolutely perfect and a must-have.
cool sweater!
I wanted the most watch for my money in the luxury segment and decided that a top-end Tissot was better than a bottom-end Longines. The watch I chose was the Tissot Seastar 2000 and if you happen to check out the specs, it's basically an Omega Planet Ocean for 1/8th the price. It literally out-specs every single dive watch below the specs of the Planet Ocean including the Mido Ocean Star, Rado Captain Cook, Hamilton Khaki Diver, Glashutte Original SeaQ, TAG-Heuer Aquaracer, Breitling Superocean, Oris Aquis, Omega Seamaster and Rolex Submariner despite costing way less.
Love the Railmaster, under the radar and robust
Presage was my first ever automatic srpb44j1 margarita absolutely gorgeous and still have it
What a CHOICE!!! So class!
I don't know why Tag Heuer gets no love. To me they are "The" entry luxury brand. That is how I feel. I think they are better than many brands that don't receive the same hate.
There's only like 3 YT that dislike tag and due to their large following they get their followers to dislike it too.
Do you have a TAG Heuer?
@fadmap9676 but I use to see it on the watch forums as well in a very large part when I use to go on there. I did not understand it other than a very typical social dynamic that happens in any hobby where somebody wants to say the thing they can afford and others can't is best and if others can afford it, they don't like it as much.
@watchpapi I do. I love my Tag Heuer. I have a Day Date Carrera. For the price, it is amazing and a great value in my opinion.
@@planetdee3587 That’s awesome, and if you love it, who cares what a bunch of UA-camrs / Forum dwellers think!?
TAG fell out of favour with Watch nerds in the 90s and early 2000s, I think largely because they started to produce a number of quartz ranges, at very approachable prices, which in some people’s minds “cheapened” the brand. Heuer was a bit of a darling amongst enthusiasts, who thought the buy out and subsequent brand direction to lower pricing was a bit of a sell out.
It has been hard for them to recover from that, especially as they then went hard after the smart watch market with their Connected (I think it’s called) range.
Doesn’t mean they don’t have some fantastic offerings and I remember being at school and thinking they were the bees knees, it’s all just optics and how the parent group wants to position the brand in and amongst the other brands in the stable.
Missed Tag! It was my first luxury watch (aquaracer) and would love to see you talk more about Tag :)
I was thinking the same thing! My first automatic was a Tag Carrera. Wearing right now, actually…
I'm reminded that one man's bread is another man's poison. Once a watch creeps up past, say, 1500 (pounds or dollars), I can't consider them "entry level". Mentally, I live on the value sigmoid curve and know I'm only getting minute incremental gains (in looks, function etc) for lots more dollars and honestly, for me, a lot less enjoyment! I'd worry all the time about any high end item (watch, pen, car etc). I'm very happy sporting my entry level Hamilton Khaki Field!
Hey Gringa, I have read that Rolex 32×× movement have some amplitude issues in 1.5years time, is that true
Hmm I'll need to look into it ^_^
I love my Tissot Gentleman but my crown got very hard to turn after 4 months, sent in for a warranty repair and they did nothing. Back in it goes 🤷🏻♂️
Britt!!! How could you forget to mention Oris? 😄 But thank you for mentioning the Omega Railmaster! My favourite watch in my collection! 😍
Oris and Ball should be mentioned alongside Longines as medium-high end brands.
Was surprised not to see Oris on this list.
Hi Britney would do be able to do more review on the Tudor black bay 36mm in details please.
I second the below comment...CW is a great starter!
You're sooo right!
I love my daily wear PRK Powermatic80 40mm light blue dial!!!!
Breguet Classique ?
Could it be considered ?
Love your website.
Something to think about! I mean, of course I want ALS, Patek, VC, Breguet...and Rolex, however, you gotta start somewhere! Thank you for posting.
Right?! And in this addiction you always want moooore >=]
@watchgringa yes!! Please keep us updated on your next acquisition. I know I'm interested, and I'm no trend-setter, so there has to be other viewers who want to keep up!!
You forgot AP
@@tyarnold4088 I did - thanks! There's a Royal Oak I need!
Underrated pick for entry level but Glycine! the Airpilot is an excellent quartz chronograph for the money
Great information. Just wondering why anyone would argue with a watch?
Great video. I owned the Longines Zulu Time and Seiko SSK003. So, my taste is not bad.
Anyone like citizen watches? Just got my first watch for Christmas and I absolutely love it ( I picked it) it's the Citizen BH5001-56H. For me it's comfy, clean and simple I can't wait to get more watches to the collection 😄
Um…. My “starter” wartch is a GS SBGA443. Is it only downhill from here 😅
No, no, onwards and upwards ☝🏽☝🏽☝🏽
i tally gree with you about tudor 1926 i was in edmonton 2 months ago and picked up tudor 1926 41mm white dial with royal blue hours and hands markers i wear it every day and i love it
Oris Big Crown Pointer Date is a great option, too!
If they didn’t sell out almost immediately, studio underdog would definitely be on my list.
I feel like you could do an entire series of videos just to cover the watches that commenters say you missed. 🤣
Great video, Brittany. 👍😎
Great video Brittany, thank you. Oh that Patek 6119R. And the VC Overseas. And the PRX. Yep you picked some good ones 🙂👍. No jingle for Pope Tier Patrons? Oh: heart shaped bubbles, yeah that's pretty good, they should be happy.
“One day when I win the lottery” is my spirit animal moment 🤣
CONFIDENCE. ;) hahaha
Omega Speedmaster man on the moon is a great entry level watch. You can build your collection from there
@brittpearce what are your thoughts on Oris?
Brit I’m a fan because you give original thoughts and perspectives that said I was hoping you would have excluded some of the easy usual suspects and introduced us to up and coming micro brands I look forward to your efforts on this side of the industry
Ahh I am sorry!
I love your love for the OP
I love it’s minimalism & no date complication
My dream watch is the Green OP 36 or 41.
I’m also a fan of Nomos Glashutte in case I never get the call for the OP I’ll go Nomos
Your correct, entry level means entry level price point for the brand that gets you into one of their watches. I have the Seiko 5 GMT, and the Seamaster, both are fantastic watches.
Ahhh, I get in this argument with people sooo often! Whenever I call my OP "entry level" (.... which it is), my comment section is "ROLEX ISN'T ENTRY LEVEL" bahaha.
@@BrittPearceWatches lol it’s because people have misconceptions about what entry level means. To those people it means cheap, or lesser quality. Your OP is beautiful, great quality, and not cheap. In terms of price point it is entry level for Rolex.