My list: 1. Orient Kamasu 2 - brilliant diver 2. Seagull 1963- mechanical chronograph 3. Timex Waterbury GMT: a beautiful quartz GMT 4. Seiko Dresskx - a do it all automatic 5. Casio Lineage - a do it all solar/radio/quartz
Shoutout to the g-shock gm2100-1a for double the price too. Metal case makes it so versatile and the strap looks surprisingly good for the price (imo at least). I got it for $150 on amazon and have no regrets! Absolute beater and can actually be dressed up thanks to the bezel!
@@BryceKicks curious on your thoughts for a nice automatic watch I can wear to work (think button down shirt and some slacks) any orients that stand out to you?
Orient golden eye 2 is solid. Punches way above its price bracket with Hacking, hand winding and sapphire glass. Has an open-heart design as well so u can see the inner workings. In addition to having a sun burst dial. Got mine for £170.
Great list, not sure how much I agree with the Tissot though. Also if you do end up going for one of the Timex Reissues go for one of the "gen 2" ones with the different bracelet to the one shown in this video. Trust me you will enjoy the watch a lot more.
@@BryceKicksthe new orient line of diver syles offer even more value! Another brand that has a similiar vintage-pilot style is Zeppelin. They have models at just about $200. Superb-looking watch. The only downside is they use mineral crystal (k-1) instead of sapphire although the k-1 is said to be more scratch-resistant than regular mineral crystal.
I really don’t think it is. There are so many orient fans (rightly so) and I see these types of comments every time there’s a list that includes an Orient
The Bambino, kamasu and mako always get alot of attention but orient got alot of great underdogs like the perpetual yearly calendar one, the Tri star and the world map one
Speaking for best affordable mechanical watches my choices would be: 1. Seiko 5kx or Orient Mako/Ray ll as Divewatches 2. The Seagull 1963 as an mechanical Chronograph for ruthly 200 $ 3. Orient Tristar as an versatile all day dress watch
Q reissue is a really good choice considering it comes in a lot of colour variants. Seiko SNK621/SNK623 were also great at this price points especially for those with smaller wrists.
Hate battery operated watches so getting cheap autos for me is a must and cheers i think ill go with your advice and get orient , my mates have them and say how great they are so youve just tipped it in too" buy" mode lol
I picked up the Bambino 4 with the rose gold hands/indices and man I love that thing! I did swap the shade band for a coffee stained alligator band and it’s great dressed up, or with jeans and a t-shirt.
I second that. I got a Duro as a beater and ended up liking it WAY more than I expected. I had to get it off the stock strap. I LOVE it on a Nato. I have 4 different Nato straps for it and they all look fantastic. Might be the best bang for your buck watch out there. PS: I even learned on UA-cam how to change the battery myself. It was surprisingly easy. I wish Casio made a solar Duro. I’d pay extra. That would be great. I think I got mine on Black Friday a few years back for $49.
I personally own the seiko LM, all time favourite vintage watch. But anything Tissot or seiko is reliable and affordable. You can go even more affordable if you buy pre owned as these brands are pretty reliable🙌
I think you can get a Tissot Gentleman in Quartz for $300’ish. For an extra $100 bucks, that watch looks like a MILLION bucks. It is a HUGE step up from the Tissot shown here. I have the Automatic and I love it, but if I couldn’t afford more than $350’ish… I’d definitely get the Quartz. You won’t find a better looking watch for that price. Pure class, very versatile. Great ONE watch collection. All you need.
This is an excellent list, my friend! So of course I subbed immediately 😎👌🏾 Greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱 P.S. The Orient is my absolute favorite. What reference number is it?
Rate this, you obviously know a bit about watches. I’d also recommend anyone to look into Casio. So many cool and fashionable watches that will last long and also cheap
I just picked up the G Shock GA-B2100 in all black yesterday. I love it. I'm considering getting just a basic GA-2100 and getting a mod case and bracelet for it.
Maybe a little bit more expensive but I wear my blood red orient sports kamasu diver every day. Inhouse automatic, saphire, 200m WR, date and day complications and screw down, signed crown. 350 usd in EU. Highly recommend.
My favorite is aw1240-57e for 180$. It looks really stylish and unique, is solar powered, made of titanium with sapphire glass and 100m water protection. Overall extremely cheap, light and durable with no maintenance.
I would add orient kanno/ray/kamasu to that list, casio duro too. Red star Sea-gull 1963 is a mechanical chronograph that's cheaper than $200, I got mine for $130. Lastly I would mention Vostok amphibia were it not for the current situation.
I would suggest a Scurfa Diver one, a titan Grandmaster and a tissot moonphase for a 3-watch collection. Scurfa and Tissot are quartz and the titan one is an automatic. All Swiss movement (I guess) and should cost one less than 1000 USD.
Finally, a list that's attainable! Perfect picks buddy.
Glad you like the vid
What do you mean finally? There are dozens if not hundreds of videos specifically for this budget on UA-cam
You live in a first world country, what do you expect anything to be unattainable?
Finnally a fashion youtuber who doesn't promote/suggest fashion watches great video!
I appreciate that
Bambino is just whole another level. Just luv it.
yeah its a good one
I loved it too.. 😍❤
it's ridiculously big you need to be the mountain or the whale to wear that watch and look good, if they made it on 30 mm max34 would be awesome
Solid list that didn’t mention any junk fashion watch brands
🙏🏻
Lol
Orient Bambino with that red crystal dial is also such a great piece !
its a good one
How much?
I have 2 around $185
For me it is still the Casio Duro in black/gold with the swordfish on the dial and the back. Great value for the money.
Good choice!
An Orient bambino small seconds - - For an automatic it's surprisingly accurate. Gains only approximately 5 seconds a day.. And looks vintage..
great watch!
Have 2 and I love them!!
My list:
1. Orient Kamasu 2 - brilliant diver
2. Seagull 1963- mechanical chronograph
3. Timex Waterbury GMT: a beautiful quartz GMT
4. Seiko Dresskx - a do it all automatic
5. Casio Lineage - a do it all solar/radio/quartz
good list!
@@BryceKicks thanks!
I personally prefer the orient kamasu 1
Great list.
How can I get my hands on Seagull?
Got the Seiko solar tank. Love every minute of it, literally
haha good one
100% agree with your choices
thanks
My list: Seiko Urchin (Tool Watch), Seiko Neo classic perpetual calender (Brown strap dress watch), Citizen silver dial sapphire BU070-04a (Black strap Dress watch), Citizen Blue dial BU 4020-01l (weekender), Casio GShock ga-2000 (Beach to bar watch) and casio ae1400wh (Travel watch)
great list
The Casio MTP1302, with the Tiffany dial, would be a great addition. Btw I have that Casio 2100 and absolutely love it! Great list.
Good choice
Good choice. I also like Casio EFR-S108d Tiffany blue
recently got into watches and i really like your recommendations here. fits my style. thanks for the video!
Glad you like them!
Shoutout to the g-shock gm2100-1a for double the price too. Metal case makes it so versatile and the strap looks surprisingly good for the price (imo at least). I got it for $150 on amazon and have no regrets! Absolute beater and can actually be dressed up thanks to the bezel!
I recently purchased a Garmin ⌚ The instinct 2S solar for $180! That watch is a beast
nice pickup!
Amazing list!!! I would add the Casio CA53W and Casio A158WA-1DF to the list.
Good choice!
@@BryceKicks curious on your thoughts for a nice automatic watch I can wear to work (think button down shirt and some slacks) any orients that stand out to you?
My go to's for up to $200 are Movado's ESQ watches. Love them and they bring childhood memories.
ill check it out
Love the casio-oaks.
My choice would be the Orient Ray 2 - one of the best affordable divers
good pick
Man im just resoting my dads old citizen, the memories with that thing in them are worth 10x more than any rolex.
100% agree
Orient golden eye 2 is solid. Punches way above its price bracket with Hacking, hand winding and sapphire glass. Has an open-heart design as well so u can see the inner workings. In addition to having a sun burst dial. Got mine for £170.
thanks ill check it out
I’ve got a BUNCH of affordable Casio’s that I love to rotate through. More on the way, too! 📦🤩
Great list. I would add the Casio F91w. The most affordable watch in my opinion!!
Good choice
This is actually a good list. Most "Top 5" videos I've seen are trash, but this one's good 👌
thanks
This is a great starter collection, all great watches!
Agreed. Thanks
I have the seiko snxs 79k
And i personally after month of wearing can say that the watch is absolutely marvelous
awesome
Same bro😮💨 17 btw
Great list, not sure how much I agree with the Tissot though. Also if you do end up going for one of the Timex Reissues go for one of the "gen 2" ones with the different bracelet to the one shown in this video. Trust me you will enjoy the watch a lot more.
Good call!
Black G-SHOCK always the best.
Solid tier bro 😎👍🏼
thank you
Orient is so underrated
agreed
Love my teal kamasu
@@BryceKicksthe new orient line of diver syles offer even more value! Another brand that has a similiar vintage-pilot style is Zeppelin. They have models at just about $200. Superb-looking watch. The only downside is they use mineral crystal (k-1) instead of sapphire although the k-1 is said to be more scratch-resistant than regular mineral crystal.
I really don’t think it is. There are so many orient fans (rightly so) and I see these types of comments every time there’s a list that includes an Orient
The Bambino, kamasu and mako always get alot of attention but orient got alot of great underdogs like the perpetual yearly calendar one, the Tri star and the world map one
Speaking for best affordable mechanical watches my choices would be:
1. Seiko 5kx or Orient Mako/Ray ll as Divewatches
2. The Seagull 1963 as an mechanical Chronograph for ruthly 200 $
3. Orient Tristar as an versatile all day dress watch
great picks
My favorite is the Seiko 5 SNKL23 2017 model
nice
Q reissue is a really good choice considering it comes in a lot of colour variants.
Seiko SNK621/SNK623 were also great at this price points especially for those with smaller wrists.
Thanks for sharing!
Hate battery operated watches so getting cheap autos for me is a must and cheers i think ill go with your advice and get orient , my mates have them and say how great they are so youve just tipped it in too" buy" mode lol
I picked up the Bambino 4 with the rose gold hands/indices and man I love that thing! I did swap the shade band for a coffee stained alligator band and it’s great dressed up, or with jeans and a t-shirt.
solid choices. I love the colors on the first tissot quartz watch, but wish it had a smaller dial.
Thanks for watching
Love your list, especially Seiko & Orient 😍
Thanks for watching!
Maybe the best under $200 list I’ve ever seen. Bravo
appreciate it
The best list I found out today, glad!
Thanks
Thats the first time ive seen that tank and im in love
its great!
Nice picks! No even me as a Watchgeek will have something to complain about
thanks for watching
Casio Duro a great affordable watch under 100
Will check it out
I second that. I got a Duro as a beater and ended up liking it WAY more than I expected.
I had to get it off the stock strap. I LOVE it on a Nato. I have 4 different Nato straps for it and they all look fantastic.
Might be the best bang for your buck watch out there.
PS: I even learned on UA-cam how to change the battery myself. It was surprisingly easy.
I wish Casio made a solar Duro. I’d pay extra. That would be great.
I think I got mine on Black Friday a few years back for $49.
I ordered mine on Amazon Black Friday deal for 54 dollars.
You just got a new sub! Brilliant list!
thank you!
Love this list for the poor guy starting out! Subscribed 👍🏼
enjoy!
I personally own the seiko LM, all time favourite vintage watch. But anything Tissot or seiko is reliable and affordable. You can go even more affordable if you buy pre owned as these brands are pretty reliable🙌
nice ill check it out
Tissot T-Race Cycling ... Love it on my wrist
nice
Amazing line up, got a few of these myself. Well done 👏
thank you
I think you can get a Tissot Gentleman in Quartz for $300’ish.
For an extra $100 bucks, that watch looks like a MILLION bucks. It is a HUGE step up from the Tissot shown here.
I have the Automatic and I love it, but if I couldn’t afford more than $350’ish… I’d definitely get the Quartz.
You won’t find a better looking watch for that price.
Pure class, very versatile.
Great ONE watch collection.
All you need.
good to know, thanks
If you like larger sized watches 42-50mm Aragon is the best value brand I’ve found…great specs great pricing
excellent list. any suggestions for watches with lesser lug to lug length of 38mm ?? my wrist is 6.1" only :(
tissot PRX 35mm
Does that timex rip your arm hairs out? Serious question. I found those styles do that.
Definitely been there, curios to know too.
funny you mention that, from time to time yes.
@@BryceKicks yeah it drives me nuts 😂 thanks 👊
Thank you for your recommendations
Links please
This is an excellent list, my friend! So of course I subbed immediately 😎👌🏾
Greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱
P.S. The Orient is my absolute favorite. What reference number is it?
Thanks for the sub!
Tissot mens Gent XL great watch, best site to buy online?
You’ve got good taste brotha. I own # 1,2&3.
Appreciate it
p1 short, respect and loved all of them.... really liked your taste
thanks
Rate this, you obviously know a bit about watches. I’d also recommend anyone to look into Casio. So many cool and fashionable watches that will last long and also cheap
Thanks for watching
Love the video, what wrist size do you have?
im not sure, but i generally have a small wrist
Affordable Watches in my Collection, Casio Duro $79, Orient Bambino 7 black dial $179, Boderry Seaturtle Titanium $127, San Martin Original SN0118-G $218, Timex Worn & Wound Limited Edition WW75 V2 Teal dial $200, and my favorite Phoibos Wave Master GMT Orange dial $279 with coupon 😎
nice!
Invicta Pro Divers are nice ones, fell
In love with them, they start at 50$ and upwards
Only the Automatic one though the quarts is crap.
I just picked up the G Shock GA-B2100 in all black yesterday. I love it. I'm considering getting just a basic GA-2100 and getting a mod case and bracelet for it.
great pickup
I just got a gshock wr20bar black and bronze and I like it more as time is passing
nice 👍🏻
Seagull 1963 👌 my cheapest but I love it 💯
Nice list bro fr. Keep uploading you’ll gain more foot traffic.
That's the plan!
Absolute cracking list mate, but it in the second hand/ used market £200 can go a long way. Can you make that list?
thanks for watching, great idea
I love my GA2100 its white but im planning to get a black or brown band
sweet 🔥
Maybe a little bit more expensive but I wear my blood red orient sports kamasu diver every day. Inhouse automatic, saphire, 200m WR, date and day complications and screw down, signed crown.
350 usd in EU.
Highly recommend.
nice
Steeldive 1970 “Captain Willard” is the best bang for buck watch on the market.
What is your wrist size? That gshock fits you well!
not sure
Orient bambino is soooo elegant,
It gives the same vibe as a IWC Portuguieser or a Zeppelin
yeah i agree, love the band
My favorite is aw1240-57e for 180$.
It looks really stylish and unique, is solar powered, made of titanium with sapphire glass and 100m water protection.
Overall extremely cheap, light and durable with no maintenance.
nice ill check it out
Great collection there pal
Thank you kindly
Timex Q Pepsi Dial is it worth getting? your honest opinion.
id go seiko 5 gmt instead
I got 3 out of those 5. Great picks
nice!
My favorite budget watch brand is american exchange good looking cost around 30$ and they hawe some quality like guess for example
I’ll check it out
Timex Q reissue should be on number 1. Its a timeless classic.
its a good one
I love Seikos man
the best
5. Tissot Gent XL
4. Timex Q Reissue
2. Orient bambino
1. G-shock GA2100
you missed 3 lol
the atlantic (swiss trusted brand) timeroy sometimes goes on sale for under 200 bucks
ill check it out
Would you recommend the Timex for a 18.5 cm wrist?
Can I suggest you try the Gosasa Men's 'Dragon Collection' Luxury Carved Dial Automatic Mechanical Waterproof Gold Watch. It is amazing
ill check it out
Excellent choices
Thanks!
Great picks of watches 👍🏿
thanks
bambino looks so awesome
its a good one
Number 3 is my favorite out of these watches.
nice
@@BryceKicks Thanks, Bryson!
Citizen NH8385-11EE, automatic 46mm, 10bar water resistant
That translucent G shock GA2100, wouldnt that go yellow in after a few wears? I want to buy it but worried about the yellowing
mine has yellowed just a bit
good list!
Thanks!
It’s ain’t what call affordable but the OP 39 Rhodium dial is freaking great
Under $200 isn’t affordable for a watch?
That one is actually my favorite Rolex.
Q Timex reissue (but the GMT)
Casio Lineage (with indices, not numbers)
Orient Mako II
Good choices
I would add orient kanno/ray/kamasu to that list, casio duro too.
Red star Sea-gull 1963 is a mechanical chronograph that's cheaper than $200, I got mine for $130.
Lastly I would mention Vostok amphibia were it not for the current situation.
Cool
What's your wrist size?
Great choices man
thanks
You should try the lip t18 Churchill
will do
Casioak!
the goat
Dope picks
thanks
Casio Ae168 & ae1200..... Perfecto
Good suggestion
Awesome list
Thanks!
Amazon had Orient Mako II for 50 percent off! Run out for the Mako III!
Is the timex q reissue worth the money?
its pretty affordable so i would say so
I would suggest a Scurfa Diver one, a titan Grandmaster and a tissot moonphase for a 3-watch collection. Scurfa and Tissot are quartz and the titan one is an automatic. All Swiss movement (I guess) and should cost one less than 1000 USD.
nice!
haha im just happy theres no MTMT and Denial Wellington in there 🤣🤣
haha
One automatic. That sux. Casio are for work. Beaters. But quartz you should be replacing with automatic as you tear them up and break them.