We know you want more watches…. click here: linktr.ee/watchfinder

How about affordable alternatives to the affordable alternatives? That’s where I live!

3 Expensive Alternatives To More Expensive Watches. :)

The Longines is just gorgeous.

If I am not mistaken, it was Longines, who patented the first Chronograph, it was Longines Hour Angle watch, that Lindbergh used, when he made the first flight across the Atlantic .... and it was Longines stop watches that timed Olympic sports events from the beginning of modern games. The Longines watchmaking history goes way back to 1832, nigh on 20 years before Patek Philippe came to existence. There are obviously few differences between movement finishes e.g. Patek watchmakers spend considerably longer time, scallopping and hand polishing movements, which in many instances, are Swatch (Lemania) made movements. Patek throughout their history, have been known to buy complete movements from other watchmakers ... so to me, that devalues the brand, when compared with luxury brands like Breguet, Jaeger LeCoultre, or Girard Perregaux. Longines brand has been around for a long time and unlike Patek Philippe, they have never got bust .... so that must count for something.

My financial situation is such that these "cheap" alternative would be the ones I would need an affordable alternative for.

I dream of the day we get to see these guys review a Casio (classic G-Shock, or the F91-w for example) or a cheaper Seiko. Would be interesting to see what they have to point out or how it would look. Maybe on an April 1?

For those who are claiming these watches aren’t affordable , they aren’t cheap but for quality watches they’re affordable.

Affordable? Maybe attainable, but I don't know if I've ever thought to call £1500 "affordable."

When you said affordable I was thinking around the £250 mark!

i cant stop watching these videos, they are all so brilliant

Make more Longines videos please!

Of course the 3 inspirations are incredible, but I do really love that Longines for the affordable options!

Oris Aquis, Nomos Power Reserve and Longines Big Eye are my favorite alternatives to higher priced sea, land and air inspired watches.

My first watch purchase was a Seiko Sarb017. I see a lot of people speaking bad about seiko in the comments but I worked hard for that watch and I loved it. So much so that I'm gonna buy it again since someone stole it. I like watching your ch. because it makes me shoot for a dream and to work towards it. One day I'll own a IWC I guarantee it! But for now the knowledge you give and the beauty that you show makes me appreciate watches like I didn't before. Thanks for that.

That Longines Heritage is dope! Do a review on fashion watches, i.e. Nixon, G-Shock, etc. I just want to hear what you have to say. Please and thank you. You guys are the best!

Absolutely amazing video as usual! Love the oris diver

Personally, I think the seiko flightmaster is a great alternative to a navitimer. I'm a broke student so the $8000+ price bracket is way out of my range right now, and the seiko gives a similar feel, for an easily attainable price

Longines make some great watches and with its history, a great watch brand.

Longines is so underrated!!!

Affordable? I still need to sell my kidneys for these. 😅

Longines Hydroconquest - a great watch for a decent price.

the montblanc looks even better than the IWC

A basic Seiko would beat them all. Sadly according to your prices it is considered as an alternative to the alternative to the alternative to the alternative to expensive watches

Longines Legend Diver in mesh bracelet one of the best value dive watches out there

That moment when it hits you that a Patek costs as much as a bmw @4:05

That Longines is beautiful!

Or you could buy a Seiko 6139 and get a column wheel automatic chronograph with more historical significance than any modern Longines for around $300-$500.

In the field of dive watches it is easy to go to Rolex or Omega, as you mentioned mostly very costly. Next to the beautiful Oris 65 the Tudor Fifty Eight is a great alternative. I feel that people who buy a watch like Oris or Tudor dont always go for the money aspect, these people did their homework and looked a little futher. Thank you for an other great example of how a video must be made.

I feel the Breitling Superocean GMT is a great alternative to the Submariner. 500m waterproof and three time zone gmt with date. It’s perfect!

As a contrast to the budget diver, the Oris. I personally think that as a young high school equivalent student, you don't really have even 1500£. But something as the Seiko Prospex divers (i have a SRPA21K1) are, to me, really something

My personal alternative to the Rolex Submariner is the Tag Heuer Aqua Racer 500M WAK2110.BA0830. I've owned it for a little over 3.5 years. I bought this watch before I knew anything about watches. The movement isn't anything to write home about but I love the way it wears and how it looks. Especially the horizontal textured lines on the black dial. No regrets. Love your channel!

That longines chronograph is beautiful! Thank you for featuring these affordable alternatives!

A Tag Heuer Aquaracer instead of the Submariner, Bell&Ross Aeronavale instead of IWC and Baume&Mercier Clifton instead of Patek...this are the first that come to mind.

There IS no alternative to an expensive watch. (but there are great watches in their own price bracket that are affordable - Sinn, Seiko, Ball and others)

I was never interested in Longines watches, until I watched this video. As always, thanks for all the great videos.

Alternative to PP5960 is the Maurice Lacroix Master Annual Calender Flyback Chronograph. What it lack is day, day-night indicator and power reserve indiactor. But it has a nice Big date though. Fraction of the price of PP5960.

The Bulova Moonwatch is a solid, cheap alternative to the Omega Speedmaster in my opinion

Yeah almost all the alternatives look more unique than the former.

That Longines looked the best out of all 6 watches! Stunning colors of Hands! My affordable alternatives would only be from Japanese watchmakers like Seiko or Citizen. Seiko makes every kind and type of watch with amazing finish and quality+durability.

The best thing about this channel is the high def closeups, that Patek is just incredible to look at.

When will you cover the Seiko 5?

"...treated with more dignity than your average member of the Royal family." Brilliant. I was surprised by the Mont Blanc. Surely the alternative to the IWC would have been a Stowa Flieger Classic Chrono? It has the same heritage... both companies were commissioned by the Third Reich to produce these watches. The Mont Blanc might be the more interesting watch... a different take on the theme, but if you want something that is close, and has the history associated, then I don't think you should overlook the Stowa.

Please make more videos like this. Im pretty sure a lot of rich collectors enjoy this channel but Im confident the larger portion of subscribers cannot afford Pateks and A.Langes. Its really nice to discover decent alternatives that we might be able to afford. Anyway, thanks for the video!!!

I never quite understood the "greatness" of IWC...I never thought of IWC as being up there with Rolex and definitely not anywhere near Patek. To me they are something that is a bit hyped and around the level of Omega for prestige.

That Patek is amazing 🙂

50k for a patek is CHEAP THATS A GREAT DEAL

That Longines Heritage is simply gorgeous ! Unfortunately I can’t and probably will never be able to afford the Patek Philippe Complications, but going to purchase the “more affordable alternative”. Still gonna cost me an arm and a leg 😀

I have recently gotten a Carl vin Zeyten Gernsbach from Vienna. Dual balance, in house movement calibre 224, self winding, reserve power 60hrs. It is German make. It is an attractive watch. Hope you will review it one day. It surprised me!

The Longines' gold hands and indices let it down IMO, I do love these conversation starter type vids tho. Good Work.

Tissot is good and has literally has about a 100 years more experience in watch making than rolex

I actually would settle down for a Nomos Glasshutte Ahoi, not too expensive nor indecently cheap, just worth it in my opinion

I love my Sea-Gull M171S. It is such a good watch for the money. Sapphire crystal, in-house movement, beautiful design. And, heritage that goes back half a century.

Another alternative from a storied Swiss brand that goes under most radars: Fortis. They have some cracking watches at this price.

3175 euros for the montblanc with a basic ETA mouvement when you can find a Tudor with inhouse mouvement for about 200 euros more.. It's totally overpriced for a Montblanc.

I have owned the Longines Column Wheel watch since 2012 and recommend it highly for guys with a small wrist. It looks awesome and feels like relatively high quality. The strap is not that big/wide though and the clasp feels like plastic.

Very nice alternatives for the original luxury timepieces. You have avoided the usual cheap versions of the originals and have chosen great horological examples of affordable watches. Thanks for sharing!

All of these are great watches, but I was expecting really affordable options. Longines and Montblanc are not really “affordable” lol

I recently bought Seiko SSB265P1 and very happy with it sure coz i earned it

I'll consider seiko sbdc line up for divers and sary/sarx for casual to dress watch

After playing with many cost effective watches, I only have two favourites now. A Tissot T-Touch with a black face in stainless and a Seiko Premier with a white face and gold hands. These two are my daily wearables for work and in the shop. The Tissot can even tell you when you are completely walking the wrong way in Paris.

Great piece. Really nice longines

Nice video!! But can you make an alternatives version for these alternative for the poorer people lol

I think the Christopher Ward c60 Trident makes a great alternative to the Rolex Sub. You get a ceramic bezel, a sapphire crystal, excellent finishing and the same movement as the Oris all for under $1500 and it's available in a COSC version also.

I will never deride or deny the amazingly beauty of the more expensive time pieces but there's something truly special about having a high quality time piece at a more affordable price. I personally would feel uncomfortable having such a high priced watch on my wrist and would find that it would spend hardly any time at all being enjoyed the way that it is meant to be, adorned on my wrist, and instead left at home to protect it from harm where as the more reasonably priced time piece will be enjoyed so much the more for the lack of fear that could felt wearing it.

Ok now I need the alternatives to the alternatives.

£1500 affordable ? 😂😂

Longines is the best value luxury watch. They have the same quality as Omega or very near and some of the very very best heritage. much better than an Oris or Rado, Tag etc

Annual calendar on the Patek is showing my birthday, nice

Why are these videos so good!? No but seriously, love the work you guys are putting out, definitely the best watch channel on youtube (to me at least).

Not exactly affordable alternatives, obviously living indifferent worlds

The price of the alternative and a link to buy them would be helpful.

£1500 is 7500pln, and an awarage person in Poland earns 3500pln a month. So a "affordable" watch is around 6 months of savings.

Sinn, Nomos , and Mido are my relatively affordable alternatives brands with high quality time pieces

This is the “ Let them eat cake” version of the watch world!🤪

My favourite alternative to Patek etc. are Certina Watches. Simply beutiful pieces under 1k$, swiss made ofc. ;). Greetings from Switzerland, love the vids !

I didn't ever expect to see one of my own watches featured in a Watchfinder video, but I have that same exact Oris reference with the leather strap.

With watches I’d strongly suggest saving up for years to buy your heart’s desire rather than purchasing watches that cost a quarter of the purchase price as they will never satisfy in the long run and you’ll just build up a collection of lesser priced watches that could add up to the big purchase anyway in terms of servicing, straps and repair. Try to offload these cheaper watches and you’ll take a haircut. If you want a decent beater watch go quartz and stick with Tissot and their market segment. If you bought the Rolex Sub you’d be able to sell it at 90% plus for example. Mid range watches are a false economy in my view but just my 2c.

That MontBlanc is gorgeous!!

The watch I own that might fit in this category is the Oris big crown pro pilot. In my opinion the watch is pure quality for an incredible price. The grey sunburst dial looks great, a high quality fabric strap, and an in house manual wind movement with a ten day power reserve. I owned an Omega dark side for about the same amount of time as this Oris and the fabric strap of the Omega deteriorated at a much faster rate and the replacement for the Omega strap is like $500. I don't know what strap replacement cost for the Oris is but I don't need to know because it still looks brand new after 4 years. The clasp on the pro pilot is also very original and cool looking with great function, just overall great watch. I know an in house movement is not the end all be all but the less expensive watches you show on this video are using stock third party movements except for maybe the Oris diver. I honestly don't know if the movement in this watch is in house or not. But why not get a manufacture movement for a pretty low price. Love your videos.

Love the Longines. What's your take on Festina chronographs? That's my brand

IWC , quite ugly to be honest , Stowa has nice fliegers tbh

0:49 It's a fake Rolex Submariner

The attraction of an expensive watch is the fact that it is expensive. It's pure psychology when it comes to the watch market but we like to buy into it because it makes us feel good and successful.

I believe the Stowa Flieger fits better as a replacement for the IWC as Stowa was one of the original companies manufacturing the Flieger watched during world war.

That Montblac is gorgeous :O But holy moly have you seen the Montblanc 1858 Geosphere? Do want.

I'd buy a Tudor over that Oris anyday.

I did almost the oposite. I bought a Longines watch which cost the same as a Rolex airking. Onestly, i had to buy a Breguet, which would sertanly fits me.

Regardless of money, I found all three of the less expensive watches to be more attractive. Certainly as everyday wears, cost aside. I’m not much for dive watches- that Oris is an exception along with a compressor here and there. Great watch, far more engaging than the Rolex. As for the second set, I have a soft spot for fleigers. That IWC is certainly on my list, but that MB was a beauty. The last thing I need is another Fleiger.... I’ll be reading up on that shortly. The last pair, neither fit my style. Longines presents such an obvious value, SWATCH Group watches are a no brainer. The watch in this video has me interested in checking out their current offerings. Well done video, reasonable comparisons.

When most of us saw the title of tfhe video we thought more like 300-500 MAX affordable.

This Longines has a great look!

I recently purchased a Longines Avigator Titanium Big Eye Blue Dial. Aesthetics and value, an incredible timepiece.

A Seiko divers would of been a great affordable alternative to the deapsea. The look very similar and both with last decades and still be timeless fashion wise

Stowa Verus or Klassik Flieger over that Mont Blanc. Ps- We know Richemont bought you, don't rub it in our faces. Plis.

Alternatives to an expensive watch - just buy Casio.

I really love the dual shots where the second hands are synchronized. Art.

one of the older Atlantic Worldmasters with 52 jewels was about 300-400$ a year or two ago. i got one that belonged to my great-grandfather and i really love it, a true classic!

STEINHART will be good enough of a diver for me, for a third of the price of an Oris

Rolex = poser

I would like to see a comparison between a audemars piguet royal oak (chronograph) and a maurice lacroix aikon (chronograph)