The 10 Best Pilot's Watches under $500 in 2020 - July Watch of the Month Club
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- Опубліковано 12 лип 2020
- Many of these can be found on my Amazon Store, or from the links below (all Amazon links are affiliate links)
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1. AVI-8
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2. LACO Augsburg
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3. Orient Flight
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4. Seiko SNA411
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5. Jack Mason
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Amazon has it for cheaper, but it may be the older version with a mineral crystal:
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6. Tissel $337
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Also check their Korean store, which may have better prices:
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7. Hamilton Quartz Khaki Pilot Pioneer Chronograph
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8. San Martin with Selita $408
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9. Citizen Skyhawk
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10. Steinhart $475
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Love compilations like this. A quick snapshot of whats great out there. I know it takes quite a bit of time to produce so thank you!
So much interesting detail I had to hit replay in order to get the comparisons sorted out in my head. The watch that I found most appealing was the Laco, that just oozes nostalgia, but backs it up with the quality assurance that comes with the company Manufacturing history. A first grade presentation. Phil.
Another great video Dave! My favorite is the Seiko SNA411!! Have had that watch for over 2 years and I love it!
An excellent collection, love your content
💯Very informative Dave! Thanks a lot for this kind of videos. 🙏
While at the border of your $500 platinum limit, I would also recommend the Helson Observer or Squadron (I own a Squadron) and they're spec monsters with ETA2824 movements. Absolutely love my Squadron, it's light, comfortable and has great lume as well.
Great video and some excellent choices! Thanks!
Always look forward to your picks. Nice options. I've had that Orient on the list for awhile. Laco as well.
(Psst, Bob, check out Helson watches for your channel!)
The Laco would be my pick, for sure. Great video with a bunch of great selections.
The San Martin is a Patek 5522A homage
Long Island Watch makes a nice pilot watch with sapphire, AR coating, amazing lume, Seiko NH hand winding/hacking movement, 42x12mm, nice thick leather band, unbranded dial, screw down crown, 100m water resistance, and all for $199 shipped. I also love the 40mm Geckota pilot watch, but more expensive.
Definitely! Long Island offers alot for the money.
GREAT CHANNEL LOVE THE DISPLAY OF NUMBERS OF WATCHES THE NAME’S OF WATCHES ON THE SCREEN RIGHT TO THE POINT VIDEOS NOT TO LONG KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK
I couldn't quite remember which vlog I seen the Jack Mason, and just found it. I bought the quartz JM-A101 and it definitely has the best stock straps . Also the Lume is the best of any watch I own. It's the perfect size, and absolutely adore these watches. Now that I have this, I definitely want an automatic and since my daughter lives in Texas, and their showroom isn't to far from her, a trip their when they reopen is on my list of things to do. Thank you for introducing me to the brand
Pirate watches..that would be interesting 😁. Great video as always, Dave!
Nice and informative review of budget Pilot's. I prefer mechanical my self and some look great at that price range. Seiko and Citizen are nice but those bracelet clasps....I mean, saw a Steinhart B type on Milanese with an amazing clasp, Helson and Zelos are micro brands but the finishing of their product is outstanding. Bracelets/clasps with extension and micro adjustment, solid sturdy. It's really bad for the high end Japanese watches to present to the market, especially now days, those tin can clasps. Some of their professional models cost from 1.5k to 4k ! Thank you for the review, keep up the good work showing folks budget solutions.
Love the Laco Augsburg 39 type-A Blaue Stunde (blue hour). Very affordable with real heritage, only drawback for me is the 18mm lug width.
That Augsburg... Mmmmmm... This is the one for me! Love it!
I have a San Martin type A Flieger on the way, I hope it will look half as good...
Dave, this cost me roughly $300, just recently.4R35,solid bracelet.Had never seen one before,but loved it at first sight.
I'm buying that Laco soon!
Dave, two honorable mentions: first, the Svalbard Flieger EJ21 with an SII NH35, 316L case, flat sapphire, 42mm with 24mm lugs, is a sleeper at under 200 US. And while it's maybe not a pilot's watch, the Timex Expedition Field Chronograph is a true budget watch that has a minute track like a Type B Flieger as well as hands with subdials that remind one of a Cessna cockpit. ;-}
Like the AVI, with what looks like a dark army green dial!
Finally..pilot watches
Citizen has it all, awesome watch. All of these seem like great choices
I will pick Laco over the rest just for its historical value by being one of the original 5 flieger watch maker as well as the most affordable one.
Long Island watches flieger is pretty good for $200
Another great video
Great video...thanks!
Hamilton Air Race is a nice automatic for around $300. Kind of has the Sinn 556a look for less and comes in 38mm and 42mm, I've got the 38mm and it is pretty nice.
Love my German made Aristo 47mm with a beautiful blue sunburst dial and a Sellita SW200 movement. Under $500
The Gold and Platinum tiers are just awesome watches.
I myself have shortlisted those two for purchase of my next watch (Avi-8 Flyboy Engineer vs. Laco Aachen 39mm, same as Augsburg but with a B-type dial).
But now I just can't decide. The Flyboy has a gorgeous bracelet and a great aviation style design, the Laco boards heavy heritage, and you can see the movement at the back. The free engraving is also a nice addition. The Laco accessories store is also plenty of ideas. Too bad the Laco glass doesn't have any anti-reflective coating as standard (50€ option), while the Flyboy has it by default...
Which one would you pick and why?
Great reviews BTW.
I like your style. Subscribed.
Next time, we want rally /racing 🏁 type of watches. They're my favorite category. Good luck 🤞
Hi, the San Martin is based on the Zenith Pilot Type 20 bronze
I love the Avi-8 with the Zero at the 12 to give it a Altimeter look. Altimeter start at 0 and then the 1 would be 100 feet, 2 would be 200 feet ect... which definitely gives you that aviation look
Thanks for pointing that out John! I didn't realize that's what they were going for, but found it so interesting I highlighted it out on the full review I just released!
@@JusttheWatch I seen the shout out 😁. Very cool watch. This has been in my must have lists. Great review 👍
@@JusttheWatch I looked at the Jack Mason watches and just bought a Pursuit quartz. My daughter lives in Texas and thought it was cool they have a company that sells affordable watches. I got mine on clearance from &189 down to $113 with 2 day shipping. Would love to see a review on these from you. I let them know I never heard of the brand until I seen it from you.
Flyboy av-8 love the green but may want blue dial... tough choice....Lacco as well very nice.. I'd also go for Tissel! Very nice selection! Though would be nice to see more 100m water resistance as I like to get wet at times.
( find myself more attracted to quartz for its durability and accuracy.)
Dekla would be another great choice around $500. Negative is not an original wwii brand. Positive is that it has a Swiss ETA movement and can be customized in almost every way.
Nice review, I would have added for around 250.00 a San Martin, lugyou pilot style watch a Zenith homage with a sapphire CRYSTAL 300M high polished case.thick leather strap w ok th a seagall st2130 or st5000
Love Laco, they could charge so much more with their heritage buy theyre still very affordable!
I'd go for the Seiko, Citizen and Avi-8.......so all in all great video, head turned successfully, I always thought of a true pilots watch being a flieger
The Dan Henry 1972 is fun if you’re a Top Gun fan!
couldn't agree more my man .. lovely looking watch similar to the one tom cruise wore .. the porsche design !
Black version naturally. Comes with a free beachball and tanning oil.
Lejour still makes it with the original Valjoux movement. $1600.....the Porsche Design is hard to find below $3k in good nick.
The San Martin reminds me of an omega for the 40s to 60s
The Tissel is available from their Korean web site for$209 delivered. It's a bargain! The A style dial is available, too
Look at the Dekla watches...
Commenters below suggested 5 or 6 different watches that the San Martin might be based on. Hard to say, since it's really just a generic three-hand military of a type ordered in millions by the US and UK armies.
Many manufacturers made similar watches during WWII.
But mostly in chromed steel, rather than bronze, and more likely 34 or 35mm than 42.
I'd like to recommend a column wheeled auto chronograph called the Ticino BF-109, B-Uhr styled and runs a 7750 clone. Sniped it for $200 but buy it now is $260, love the12 hour chronograph, hate the thickness and it does take knocks occasionally.
That looks really cool!
Steeldive SD1940…..$80…..full stainless steel….well tool watch brushed case…..39mm, flat sapphire crystal w/ ARC….Seiko NH35a….C3 super lume, solid endlinks and solid bracelet….200m water resistant……best flieger in the market hand down….better than any of those watches you listed…..my favorite until I moved up to at least my Hamilton Kahki king automatic ……and my other $1,000+ SWISS and German made flieger…..
Saw a review for Escapement Time - Seiko NH35, 42mm $90US or with ETA2824 $290US. The other channel was positive with unboxing looks like full review will be good.
I would Add the Seiko SNK809 it’s small, light and tough. The Laco and San Martin are the two I liked the most on your list. All tho not sure about paying the price for the San Martin. Great video!
If you don't going with a Chinese movement you can get the San Martin one for about $150 cheaper.
Just the Watch That makes the San Martin a lot more appealing, I really like the bronze case.
The green San Martin looks like a Patek Philippe Calatrava Pilot Travel Time? But without the extra hands and pushers.
San Martin bronze and green for me...hands down! (Sorry about that.)
That watch winder drives me nuts. Gravity pulls down (vertical). For the rotor to benefit most, the watch should spin 90 degrees from vertical. That thing of yours looks to be only 20 degrees from vertical. Maybe a deck of cards under the backside. Now you can try reducing the rotation count setting.
It's the cheapest one I could find on Alixpress. Doesn't even have a rotation count setting...
Try the Time Escapement Flieger. Its under $100 and its quality is 3x of that.
Have you reviewed FullGear watches?
I have the Laco type B,my most expensive watch at £430 with the Miyota non hacking 8215 (boo,hiss).But my type A which I picked up a couple of weeks ago,is the Steeldive with 200 meters of water resistance,screw down crown and sapphire crystal with the NH35 movement.All that for ninety bucks.So I'm no longer in the market for a pilot watch.............................
Is Steinhart a good company? Also a pilot but I’m looking at their homage GMT Master II.
I love the Laco, amd want it so badly, but the specs I saw specify it does NOT hack, and just can't get myself to buy it for that reason. It's just too important of a historical pilot watch feature to go without.
"If you're a pilot who needs a lot of water resistance in his watch, you might not be the best pilot." LOL. Finally a reviewer who mentioned that. Always enjoy your videos.
Stole that one from someone who commented on one of my other pilot watch videos awhile back.
@@JusttheWatch Humility and honesty too. You're a class act, bro.
San Martin is homage to Oris Big Crown Bronze Pointer Date.
That San Martin pilots watch looks like an homage to the Stowa Marine more than a traditional pilots watch.
laco the best
Laco Augsberg comes in 39mm or 42mm which would you recommend for 7" wrist.
I think they both would work equally well, it really comes down to whether you like smaller more comfortable watches, or watches with a little more wrist presence. Another consideration is the 39mm comes on an 18mm strap, which is a little harder to replace if you wanted to try different straps out.
Favorite from the list is #8, the bronze San Martin 💚
hello Dave, don't you want to make a new video on the same topic with new watches available on the market?
Ref the Jack Mason on Amazon and it states Sapphire crystal in the specs! Great vid as usual :-)
Nice!!❤
San Martin looks like Zenith.
Might want to check out Steeldive, too...
Vandaag watches
You might also consider adding the Islander Aviation Watch - ISL-45 from longislandwatch.com. It's incredibly well made for just $199.00
My least favorite design of watch, but interested to see if I get my head turned with the choices, I'll comment if I do.........let's see
the steinhart flieger 47 isnt $475, more like $1475, the smaller cousin flieger 44 is $475
I'll stick to my 39mm San Martin bronze type B Flieger! 200M screw-down crown its a bargain and they are cheaper than these at around $180
I think that one made it I to the under $200 flieger list I did last year!
@@JusttheWatch Link buddy?
Oops!, can't add pic.😂
it should be under $200 as your program is about affordable watches brother
Great options. I've also made a video on my channel about "the Best Pilot watches just under $1000". Just some different options, but this one is also a great list.
Citizen nighthawk for me , I just paid £137 for a new one with 6 year guarantee from an authorised dealer
Would not recommend Jack Mason... gob forbid you depend on their customer service...
What kind of fool thumbs this guy down. Post constructive criticism instead.
I bought the tisell because this video.. DONT BUY IT the crown sits off center the quality is low makes lots of noise and the strap is shit
The San Martin is a Patek 5522A homage
Thanks! And... There goes any hope of ever owning the original...