20 Great Looking Watches Under $200

Q: Why wear a watch when I’ve always got my phone on me?
A: If we start dying the day we are born, then would it not behoove us to appreciate our fleeting existence instead of passing from one distraction to the next? A mobile phone is a stunning achievement in technology, but it does little to further the human experience. They are effective devices for communicating, but they’re also a gateway to addicting, wasteful distractions. But wearing a wristwatch is a constant, visible reminder that your life is not unlimited. Each flick of the second hand is a tangible signal of your eventual demise. We are all dying men, and our perishing only accelerates when we fall oblivious to the inexorable period at the end of our sentence. A wristwatch is a stylish reminder that we are always running out of paper and ink.
So, dead man, here’s 20 watches under $200 that might catch your eyes… before they close forever.

Skagen “Holst” SKW60605 Multi-Function – $84.62 ($145)

Well that’s an extremely nice price for this slim, Danish designed piece of wrist candy. Japanese quartz. Subdials give you the day and date. Layered dial helps add some nice depth to its looks. Full review here. UPDATE: Price went up on these overnight. Might be a good idea to sit tight for awhile. They should drop, if not at Amazon, at Nordstrom or somewhere else.

Blue Chevron Dial Timex T2P4519J – $33.81

Better looking in person than it looks on Amazon. This one does have the loud “tick” that some Timex’s suffer from. So, if you’re susceptible to going mad over the “tick…Tick…TICK” some Timex weekenders can make, then best to skip this one.  Nice chevron pattern on the inner dial. 40mm Brass case. Indigo back-light.

Orient Bambino Original or Vintage Look – $182 w/ Dappered30 ($260)

Obligatory mention of these two. You can often find the original model on Amazon for the low to mid $100s. The vintage look models are a bit tougher to come by, and often sell out on the Orient USA website. Domed crystal on both. In-house automatic movement. 40.5mm case diameter which looks good on most wrists. A new classic. In person review with the vintage look can be found here, while the review of the original design can be found here.visualizzare più orologi imitazioni e replica watch

Win it: The New Christopher Ward Trident Pro 600

If you believe in the saying, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” then at first you might not understand why Christopher Ward redesigned their flagship Trident dive watch collection.
And then once you see the new Trident Pro 600, and you pick it up, and you put it on… you understand.
There was nothing wrong with the previous Tridents. But the new design changes and upgraded durability are an absolute improvement, all while this new Trident stays true to the dive watch genre, as well as Christopher Ward’s goal of making “the cheapest most expensive watches in the world.”

The 42mm on an average sized wrist. Also available in 38mm.

First, this thing is rock solid. Many of us who frequent this particular website (y’know, the one with the word “affordable” in its tag line) are going to hesitate on spending close to a grand on a wrist watch. But the C60 feels noticeably better than watches in the mid triple digits range.
There’s a purposeful weight to it, while not being brick heavy. The rotating bezel doesn’t so much “click” as it does satisfyingly “snap” from one minute to the next. The anti-reflective crystal does a great job knocking down glare. There’s no wobble to the stem and the crown easily screws down into the case. Even the rubber strap feels to be a terrific balance between softness and durability.

 Water resistance has doubled to 600m. 

Compared to the previous Tridents, the water resistance has been doubled to 600m. That’s a tight ship. They’ve used the recently developed SuperLuminova – SLN T C1 (translation: magic glow in the dark stuff) for additional luminosity. The bezels on the automatics are now made from fracture-resistant zirconia ceramic, which makes for a high gloss finish. Perhaps the only drawback to the design of the watch is that the zirconia ceramic bezel seems to attract fingerprints/oil from your skin. But you have to be looking for it to notice it. So try not to use it to time how fast you can eat a KFC double down, okay? The automatic movements are still dependable, hacking, hand-windable Swiss made power plants.
The design tweaks are dead-on. You still get the spade hour hand, trident counter-balanced second hand, and guilloche wave pattern on the dial. But it’s the switch from using circular indices, to all “baton” (fancy word for “stick”) indices that really cleans up the look. Makes it look sleeker. And that change has allowed for the date window to move to the more traditional 3 o’clock position, de-cluttering the face.
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