Thanks for this one, Bill. I like seeing stuff in this price range, although I know it sort of limits what you can talk about in regard to super "interesting" examples.

Great video as always Bill. The watches you showed are some prime examples of the deals that can be found if you look hard enough and if your wallet is big enough. Thanks again Bill.

So glad to see that Daniel Roth... Idk about anyone else but that case design and Breguet like dial just does it for me.

I ❤ Longines & FC for making affordable complications. 👏

Happy is the man who bought an F.P.Journe Chronomètre à Résonance before someone strapped the prices into an ejector-seat and pulled the trigger! It's a truly magnificent watch, one which will surely become a real classic in watchmaking history . But for many of us it would now be stretching the watch-collection-budget up towards breaking point to get one - alas!

Great video again! I only recently discovered your channel and find your well informed and balanced views truly informative and enjoyable. I am not much of a collector like real watch collectors but I have a collection of spaces watches (the mandatory Speedmaster Professional, Fortis Official Cosmonaut, Seiko Pogue and some old Soviet watches) and dive watches. I am a recreational (not serious) diver but don't use my watches for diving (I always use the digital G Shock Frogman for that) but just like dive watches. My office watch is a Muhl Glaschutte teutonia sport ii ks on strap which exists somewhere between dress watch and tool watch in not really being either. My personal opinion is that they key is to collect watches you really like or which you have a connection with. I am not an inverse snob and love many expensive watches (though my own watches top out at the Speedmaster Professional and Tudor Pelagos which many watch people would see as not much above entry level) but I also take great pleasure from my cheap Vostok Amphibia. One of the nice things about watches is it doesn't have to be that expensive if you find your own niche and look at watches just as watches or as an extension of another hobby. Great work with all your videos!

Thx Bill, your picks are to the point _ as usual. I often considered the Perpetual Tourbillon but never pulled the trigger. Lower end tourbillons are often large and the one by Seagull used in the Perpetual takes up about 30% of the watch, giving it right way. Which then begs the question, if the quest for buying a tourbillon is to own a piece of high end jewelry, then does such a compromise makes sense?

I still can not believe how good Seiko 5s are... i inhereted one from my grandad from 1969 and it still keeps perfect time.

I bought the SK809 a few months ago. My first automatic. Now I'm hooked. Waiting for my San Martin diver now. Next, probably a chronograph. Help. I can't stop.

For the inexpensive sports selection, Jomashop has skx models available for $299. JDM versions, in house seiko. Cult classic👍👍

Thank you very much Bill. Awesome video! Kind regards from Mexico

Thanks Bill for the great video, i think Nomos is an awesome watch for an office and everyday watch, I have the Club Campus and very happy with it. I think also Sinn should be on the list, their 104 line is one of the best value for money sports watches, over-engineered, and very clean design. I think also Fortis makes great diver and pilots watches, and they are very well priced as well. The IWC perpetual calendars are dirt cheap at the moment, the Davinci line under 5k and the golden PC pilot is for around 5k on chrono24. I also wish to get a Remontoir watch but there is no way with the current prices :D

Nice one, Bill. I always recommend Junghans Max Bill or Georg Jensen by Koppel as an alternative to Nomos. I see them as the original design as opposed to Nomos. -And I guess there's something that triggers my horological rage/pretentiousness from the sleek marketing machine by Nomos.. lol.

Some really nice GMT/World Time/Dual Time options Bill. Enjoyed this one. 👍

I believe an office watch MUST have a date. I always need to know the date at work. And for the low end office watch, I’d be looking at Seiko and Tissot before the dateless Nomos. Just my two cents…….

Hello Bill, Interesting picks great video Thanks!

Bill, I'd put Yema on the list. They have interesting quality compared to other dive watches. It is my favorite dive watch under $2000 I'm saving money for one of the watches in this video btw and I think you can guess it correctly.

Hey Bill, the FC perpetual calendar is available in steel, at least here.

Great Video Bill, i was waiting for this one, i have only one from your list, the frederique constant im happy to see you apreciate it, i think is a very good brand and im very happy with it, after your video im thinking about to finally get a seiko just not sure wich one yet.

I have that green Seiko 5 and it's great for the price, not sure I'd call it a sports watch though because for me a sports watch needs to be able to go swimming. I love that Hamilton traveler GMT... I wish I could find an example around here that I could try on... 200m WR, say whaaaaat!!

Hi Bill! GM here again. Great vid. I was wondering how a regulator watch would fit into the categories of level of watch collector. I would assume it's for expert watch collectors since you were looking for one. Any literature on levels of watch collecting too?

Hi Bill, another video with awesome recommendations! I have bought the exact Longines annual calendar (blue dial leather strap) recently for my nephew as a college graduation gift. It is a very nice watch indeed, and there are not that many annual calendars in the market. The best price I got was $1695, not as good as you had found ($1400). Was what you found a brand new one? Cheers!

Nice content, out of the beaten path

I believe...

Hey Bill, what do you think of the Habring Erwin (the dead seconds)?

Hey Bill! Where would you place a used Seamaster 36MM used with an automatic movement?

Not ashamed to be called a beginner- if I see a NOMOS, Ward or Longines in the wild I know the person is a watch geek 😂

For the minute repeater category, I read about a German brand Nivrel offering pieces at around $10K. www.nivrel.com/en/edition-replique/repetition-classique_50_1022. What do you think? Thanks.

Just curious, what do you call Invicta and Diesel collectors? 😂

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What Seiko white dial was on your wrist Bill?