Your intro explained perfectly that I'm at the right video! I'm not a watch nerd nor ever plan to a collector - but a great quality minimal aesthetics is what I'm looking for.

I always like your presentations. Good information spoken clearly. A great channel for the new collector.

Very nice selection, Dave. I was really surprised by the Kalvin Klein watch - a fashion brand making a pretty decent watch. Cool. Oh and I just LOVE Mondaine. Great video!

I'd have a Vostok Amfibia Neptune GMT (white dial) as my budget one watch collection. It costs under a 150 dollars, and it is one of the most versatile watches out there.

That Cadisen has the nicest aesthetic, closely followed by the Tissot

Nice selection there, Dave. My first thoughts on the one watch collection would be Sieko SNKL83 or SNKL23. Wear it on a leather strap at the office and a bracelet as a casual wearer and a Nato for the beater. I mean, it's black dail and a little shiny case you can't miss.

I was meandering through my local Wal-Mart and spied a generic in-house brand (George? maybe) minimalist watch. High-polished stainless case, quartz movement, plain black face, 38mm diameter, chrome hands and hour markers. It was mounted on a terrible brown "leather" band, with 22mm lugs. Price? $9.99. I bought two. I mounted one on a red/white/blue NATO strap and the other on a black alligator band. Now I don't even need to bother swapping the band to go from casual to formal, and they've both kept perfect time. The unbranded face keeps the watch snobs guessing and gives the impression of something exclusive. Winning!

One of the best inexpensive watches you can buy: Casio Edifice EFV-100D-7AVCR White Dial with Black Accents. Stainless Steel. Excellent Casio Quartz Movement. Date Complication. The bracelet has solid links, hollow endlinks, but is remarkable for the price. The down side is the Chinese origin of the watch. Right now, some may not be up on this idea. That said, for the money, it is incredible value. Usually around $60-$75 USD.

One of my favorite "minimalist" watches is the Timex Metropolitan 40. I prefer minimalist watches without a second hand, only hour and minute (and no date). As for a one-watch collection, perhaps the Casio MDV106-1A diver. Not a huge diver fan, but it looks great in any environment, is very well made and reliable, and a heck of a good price. It's hard to imagine it won't make the list as it's so widely loved.

For a small wrist size like mine, the Citizen 'Stiletto' AR3010 65E fits me better but for under USD200. I got mine just around USD150 during sale

I think the Cadisen c1032 is the perfect everyday watch, pair it with a $10 leather nato from Eache for casual wear and dress it up with a $10 suede strap from Eache. The watch has a 5bar rating so you can take it for a swim, sapphire crystal so you don't have to worry about scratches, the case is all polished so it's easy to polish with a bit of Cape cod and it has a seiko nh36 movement, wich is simply amazing. Get a $10 Casio F-91W for your dirty jobs.

1 watch collection? I'd suggest the Pagani Design Submariner for around $65, it has NH35a movement, sapphire crystal, 100m WR, 90-click bezel, display caseback and a fairly decent bracelet.

1 watch collection under 200$: *Timex Expedition® Metal Combo* - the one and only! It's watch & tool all in 1! It looks good on a strap and on bracelet.

Hi Dave. A bit late for this video, but maybe you’ll do another at some point, so I thought I’d throw a watch in the ring that nobody has put in the comments. I’ve heard negative comments about the build quality of the Braun (see Ben’s Watch Club channel amongst others), so my alternative is the Bering Max Renè, model 15540. Really nice 2 hand minimalist watch that should be more reliable than the Braun. I just picked up one today with the white dial and yellow strap and interested to see how I get on with it.

These are great suggestions for gifts for people who like the fashion watches. Thank you Dave 😊👍 Best one watch Seiko SNZK, SKX & SARB (I know it is outside of the range - Platinum level); Tissel Explorer & Vintage Sub; Tiger Concept 5513p; G-Shock

A number of years ago I bought a Braun sports watch. The style was so simple and understated it looked so good. The direct comparison with most of my cycling buddies was of course the Casio G Shock which for looks & style just could not compare to the Braun, everybody just loved its simplicity. Alas! After that the comparison ends. The G Shocks for all their complicated dials were rugged reliable and durable. The Braun on the other hand eat batteries; you’d be lucky to get 6 months out of it. Somewhere between a year and eighteen months the minute hand gave up the ghost and flopped down to the 6 o’clock position and that was that. It was a terrible pity for such a cool looking watch and coming from such a reliable brand as Braun. The old saying that all that glitters is not gold applies here in spades, such a pity.

I have two CK ETA movement watches and love them. They wear amazingly well, great size and great case finish. It does have the low end of the ETA 2824-2 movement, meaning it was not regulated better than +20 sec. 'Pound for pound' can't do better.

One watch collection? Sounds like a field day for Casio - the Duro, Edifice or Royale come to mind.

Nice video Dave. But for a one watch video under $100 i would always recommend the Casio G shocks. I have a DW5600 but the GW5610 is an amazing choice. You have a watch that can handle anyting and looks cool for any occasion. Not as a dress watch of course but still 😊😊😊👍👍. Have a good weekend

Thanks for this! I've been going down the watch-rabbit hole and came across a lot of MVMT bashing. I guess I can see why from a watch geek point of view, but I just keep coming back to MVMT because that's the watch I like the look of. I don't care about the movement and other stuff, don't even care it won't last for 50 years. Just want a watch that tells the time, looks good. So thanks for putting the light on brands like MVMT being a decent pick for people like me. I'll look into these watches too.

Lol shocked (pleasantly) when my name popped up recommending the Sistem 51. Always good when you feel like you can make a contribution.

Great list. I'd add the Orient Defender as an absolute top watch at that price.... One watch collection? Orient Kamasu black dial

A good affordable one watch collection option would be the Seiko SNKL41. The white dial is very easy to pair with a wide variety of straps and outfits. Add a good bracelet, different colours of leather strap, a good perlon strap or even some nato straps. Its 38mm diameter is a sweet spot for most wrist sizes and the 18mm lugs make it easier to find straps and bracelets. The 7S26 movement may be an entry level movement but it has been a reliable one for many years. The hardlex crystal is definitely not on the level of sapphire, but I have yet to scratch mine despite the almost daily use and abuse. It is also water resistant to 50 meters. A good watch to consider. Thank you.

Starking is making some nice minimalist watches .. on Aliexpress .. who are having an anniversary sale right now. Not fantastic specs but good look for a great price. TM0915 & TM0917.

Nice video bro!

I ended up purchasing the mondain watch, thank you for the recommendation. I'm very glad with the purchase. I'm very angry MVMT ripped me off. I'm not super into the "watch scene", so I didn't know any better.

I love my DOXA dress watch. I use it for 10 years, and still work. In this list, I love tissot.

In the bronze one-watch category, I nominate the Timex Expedition Metal Field quartz, 40mm diameter, just 9mm case height. I have the gray dial, but you can also pick green or cream. $55 retail, with indiglo, 50M WR, date 20mm lug width. Field watch, but clean enough design to be versatile. For the silver category, I nominate the Casio WaveCeptor WVA-M630D, gold dial, solar quartz, Multi-Band 6 radio updates, 42mm diameter (wears smaller), 11mm high, easily adjustable metal bracelet. Analog hands, digital display with multiple functions. Retails above $120, but available new under $100. Clean design, tremendous value as every-day watch.

Really enjoy your channel Dave. Great variation of watch reviews and always presented well! 👍🏻

One watch collection, for me would be the Seiko SNZG13/15 field watch. Does it all

Another great watch to add to your minimalist list: the Casio LTP-E148. Cracking watch. 👌🏼👍🏼

I recently stepped across a Seiko Solar SUP855P1, a very beautiful minimalistic watch, no seconds hand, Roman numerals, black dial with a little sunburst in it, a very slim profile, hardlex crystal, and a black reflective case... At a little less than 120 USD. Unfortunately mine arrived damaged so I had to return it, but will definitely look forward to acquire one.

For one watch collection, my pick in under 60$ is Casio Edifice efv-100d

The Bambino is an incredibly underrated line of exquisite and elegant watches. Stuhrling is definitely a better choice than DW or MVMT.

In my collection, if I had to cut back to one watch I would either go with my Seiko SNK793 or my Pagani Design PD-2720. Both easily in the bronze tier.

What about Starking? With double sapphire, hi-beat movement, date, and applied markers for $50 - $70?? AM0184 or others is a deal.

The Frederique Constant hybrid smart watches are on a huge sale from Jomashop right now if you're into that type of watch.

My recommendation for one watch collection will be Seiko SPC131P1 or SPC133 or SPC129P1 a chronograph and perpetual calendar, 10mm thick so can be worn as a dress watch and will hide nicely under a cuff all for less than $200

That Calvin Klein watch is pretty amazing. I came close to buying one but the size stopped me. It made me want to research affordable Swiss watches, though, which led to me eventually buying a Hamilton Khaki Field Auto, a Tissot Le Locle, a Glycine Airman, and a Glycine Combat Sub. Whoops... A one watch collection... a polarizing choice, but the Invicta Pro Diver fits the bill. It's a functional 200m automatic dive watch that's shiny enough to wear to work. I got one for $46 on Prime Day but they're probably around $80 now.

Great list Dave👍🏼 I saw Oleg’s review of the CK...I just can’t pull the trigger on it!🤪🙏🏻🤣 I have a vast collection of watches from Casio, Tissot, Omega & Tudor. But if I asked my 21 year old daughter to name a brand? “DW!” Obviously I haven’t raised her well. 😔 🤣

Hi Dave. I had to think long and hard about a ‘One Watch Collection’. In fact I didn’t think I was going to be able to come up with a contender. Then I looked at the Invicta Speedway Pro 9223 on my wrist today and thought “That’s it”! A Daytona-esque (some would say homage and they are possibly correct) design but it has a great gloss waffle dial with a small wave effect near the rotor pin, which is more subtle than it sounds and really plays with the light beautifully. A chronograph with the perfect Daytona dimensions, 3 sub-dials surrounded by stainless steel, beautifully applied stainless steel baton indices with lume, perfectly proportioned lume’d baton hands and crisp white printed minute / second markers around the dial all surrounded by a polished Stainless Steel bezel with tachemetrè on a brushed & polished case. It comes on a good but not great bracelet, has triple screw down crown & pushers and sports 200m WR! All for $70! I wear mine on very nice but not very pricey vintage style leather strap. This watch can be worn with shorts and a T, or to a black tie event and look equally at home. www.jomashop.com/invicta-9223.html. Check it out and see if you are as bewitched as I am! It did take me a couple of months to REALLY appreciate this piece. Thanks and I hope you and your loved ones are staying healthy and sane. ✌🏼️

Good and enthusiasatic video as always Dave - very nice picks in the category.

One watch collection is a watch that offer comfortable to wear everyday, suits every occasion such as office or labour works, cassual or formal, in door or out door, good looking, but solid build, it must be accurate time keeper, but maintenance free and everyone can afford to have.. ..... The answers is Citizen eco drive aw1430-86a. New trend looks with 43mm, large numeral display dial for easy to read the time with any angle of the watches, 100m water resistant, accurate as +/-5sec per month or +/- 1minutes a year. And only for a little as $150.

Fantastic videos and recommendations. Love your watch channel and all of your great reviews and information. Here's where I stand, and why your channel is so practical and useful: I do not get my jollies by possessing expensive stuff when I can get quality "generic" or non-big name items at much lower and reasonable costs. That includes watches. For example, if someone were to, say, offer me the choice of an authentic, new $10,000 Rolex or other high end watch for $5000, OR a free $400 watch I like, but with the condition that I could not flip or sell the $10,000 watch; I would take the $400 watch and cheer. That's what meets my cost to benefit ratio.

The only one I'd add is the Citizen au1080, very minimalist, solar, sapphire, 38mm, white or black dial, around $100. My 'one watch' rec might be the Citizen stiletto ar3070-55e.

With the Mondaine, you finally have a reason to always be late.

When I found this video on the phone It literally said “10 Best Minimalist Watch Under $200 - Daniel Wellington...” I almost freaked out lol 😂

A nice selection of minimalist watches there Dave. I really like a minimalist looking dial myself. Quite a lot of my collection so far is fairly minimalist. One of my favourite probably being my Reef Tiger RGA8238. I just love the minimalist dial combined with the domed sapphire crystal. I'm just a sucker for that combination.

the Seiko SUR009 makes a great one watch collection. Its on the dressy side like a sarb033 but its still versatile and can be dressed down on different straps. Also the orient commuter series is a great balance of pretty much everything you could want in a watch

The new Timex Marlin is SO nice! They've just released a really alluring green dial version that I think would be suited for a video on your channel. What do you think? I'll buy the watch, send it to you, you review it and send it back?

Casio efv -110d... One watch collection

Many years ago I bought a Calvin Klein watch from a well known jewellery store. Eight months later the battery died so I brought it back to the same jeweller, after the guy replaced the battery he told me that inside the watch was filthy and it needed a service. To this day I don't know if he was trying to con me or not.never got it serviced and it's been in the back of a drawer ever since

Just picked up the Carnival Nomos Tangente homage for under $50 (in the last Aliexpress sale). I believe it might have a seagull automatic movement - it is automatic however.

Any Seiko 5 will do

The Calvin Klein watch is worth it to strip for it's movement and build a better watch.

Knowing someone that works at ETA, I can confirm that 2021 is the last year CK will be using ETA mvmts. Afterwards it is probably going to be some Chinese stuff as all the other fashion watches. Therefore right now, you can have nice deals on CK watches.

Edifice efv 100 Maybe bliger explorer..

ANY SKAGEN, ORIENT MAESTRO AND CASIO SAPHIRE COME TO MY MIND

Talking about plated brass - I'm planning to take one of those watches apart, take out crown, movement, dial and straps and put the case into hydrochloric acid to dissolve chrome and nickel and have an actual brass watch. Has anyone of you ever tried that?

the CK i think is a great deal, the watch looks great swiss movement swiss made, i dont cara about the name on the dial, anyways two of my favorite cologne, the only thing is that is made for big wrist, i got 7.5 wrist so still look good for a dress watch, almost forgot, it's sapphire but no AR

"This watch is modeled after the train station clocks in Switzerland".... :-)) Didn't know that. We (used to) have the same ones in Belgium and in lots of other European countries. Very nice watch. Thanks for another informative review Cheers

Some ideas for next month Timex harborside, timex southview multifunction, timex easy reader, seiko snkl23, Casio duro, citizen at2141-52l, loreo dive watch

this cadison looks realy nice

Another great video Dave. One watch collection Seiko SARB033!!

I love indiglo. 🥰

The new Cadisen C8176g (aka Cadisen Royal Oak) should be in your list next month.

I bought a Casio Edifice efv-530d for less than $100. For less than $200 , I would pick a Tissot Heritage quartz watch.

Do you thinks Seiko 5 SNK809 is still worth it right now at $80?

Great review! Was surprised you didn’t list Citizen #NH8350 40 mm automatic (Miyota 21 jewel). A stunning minimalist dress watch in various face colors, textures, etc. Currently at $109 on Amazon. Note: hand-winding but no hacking. Can be back-hacked.

Are you wearing your jacket indoors to save on heat to buy more watches? That's something I would do...

Sad that the dinner plate sizes dominate so much, especially in this design. Junghans solves it with the short lug-to-lug on some models. Shouldn’t be that difficult to get a lug-to-lug under 47mm. Next list suggestion: Best watches under(for example) 250$, with a lug-to-lug between 40 and at the very maximum 47 👍😊

For a One watch collection I'd go with a black or blue dial Submariner style or dive watch ... you can always swap out straps for different looks ... bronze tier I'd look at the Pagani Design or Parnis homage ... San Martin also makes a nice Submariner homage for a higher price. Uber cheap would be a simple dial Vostok Amphibia (no scuba dude, or submarine or paratrooper etc.) or the Casio Duro (hey Bill Gates wears one). Plenty of brands and looks and price points in this style.

Where do you buy a Bruan for $72? The cheapest I saw is $250 on amazon, where? Used?

With Stuhrling, some watches are Swiss made, some are not. Include this distinction in your specs; I own a Stuhrling (Swiss) and am happy with it.

Seiko SNK793. I have it. It works well with everything.

One watch collection - my pick would be Casio Sapphire. So sad it’s not launched in India. But amazing specs !

Maybe the Alpha Explorer for next month? It's a 36mm Rolex Explorer Homage with Sapphire, 50m WR and a Seagull 2824 clone (which have been getting better over the years and basically match the original nowadays). I know homage watches are looked down upon but for about 100$ it makes a very good "one watch collection"

Excluding a Pagani Design submariner homage, I love my Tissot V8 swissmatic T106.407.11.051.00

WTH! That CK almost made me spit out my morning coffee. ETA automatic with sapphire for 140 bucks :D WHAT

For a one watch collection I think you'd want something that isn't too fussy and has the ability to be dressed up or dressed down. I'd suggest something like a Citizen Eco-Drive BU4013-07H.

Best one watch collection under $100: Casio edifice efv -100d (40mm) or efv-110d (35mm)

pls make underrated casio watches

I'm in the market for a watch and this video was super informative and helpful. Thanks, Dave.

Orient Kamasu

Gracias. Nice review

Bulova is my favorite affordable brand.

Interesting video, subscribed, Regards, Giorgia Mondani.

I SERIOUSLY advise against the Braun. These days the build quality is terrible, absolute garbage.

Parnis Expedition is an amazing looking homage of Rolex Explorer for £50 on Ali

Thanks for the video! Could you give me a lug-to-lug measurement for that Cadisen please, the 1st watch in the video? If I could only have one watch it would probably be a Casio Oceanus OCW-S100. It's the watch I've been afraid to buy because I fear I won't be able to take if off again, thus rendering the rest of my modest collection useless, lol

I recommend victorinox Inox for the next video . I love watching your videos..keep it up ..

Please do affordable green dial watch. Under 200.

First "one watch" I thought would be the Lorier Falcon, but it probably Platinum tier.

In the world of wristwatches, there are two overarching watch styles that cleave the category in two. And they’re separated by their movement type - the mechanism by which these watches keep time. The first and most popular is quartz, which works by feeding an electrical current through a quartz crystal via a watch battery and uses the vibrations of that crystal to keep time.

My first and only Sta-HURRR-ling Original is currently sitting in its box, broken.

Nordgreen watches could be on consideration 😉👍

the swatch group dropped CK, thats probably why the watch is on clearance price. CK clearing stock

I think what irks watch enthusiasts about MVMT, Daniel Wellington and Vincero are the price they charge for the quality/ specs that you get (because we research and understand these things) and the misleading advertising about their quality for price ... i.e. we would be ok with those watches at Aliexpress prices and lack of 'best value for money' advertising.

Please include the Seiko Solar SNE166 in an upcoming review. It has been around for a while but received little attention due to the ultra-CRAPPY quality of online promotional photos. But make no mistake, it looks extremely nice in person w/two-tone metals, AP-inspired bezel, and glinty applied indices which lean closer to GS territory than base Seiko. No joke. It SLAYS the Seiko 5 "baby nautilus" which is hideously overpriced anyway. Also, despite being a bit of an automatic/hand-wound snob, having a solar option in the collection is a nice way to shake things up. Check it out man! Was an impulse buy the other day but turned out to be a nice surprise.

Casio should be included in the list. Especially, small seconds.