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Best Affordable Dive Watches Under $1000

Best Affordable Dive Watches Priced Under $1,000

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A good dive watch is a virtual necessity whenever you find yourself getting wet. Whether you’re actually going diving, or simply want to lounge in the backyard pool, a good dive watch should be able to keep pace.

Not all dive watches are made equally, and not all dive watches need to be overbuilt deep-divers, either. As I curated the watches for this liset, I organized them based on water resistance ratings and then ranked them by price within their respective categories. This list will grow and evolve over time as new and notable divers get released.

Jones New York Quartz Ladies Watch

Brand Feature: Jones New York

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A month or so back, CWT sent me four watches from their exclusive brand, Jones New York. JNY is a brand of inexpensive quartz timepieces with a focus on fashion and style. As such, watches themselves are fairly standard quartz timepieces: they are powered by Japanese-sourced quartz movements and are made of standard materials.

I put them behind my lens and started snapping. As you can see, they’re very photogenic and I got some really excellent shots. Check them out below, with Melissa’s opinion on them.

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Casio Watches: The Affordable Brand You Should Pay More Attention To

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Casio watches have a colorful history in the technology space. A Japanese electronic powerhouse, Casio makes their presence known in our daily lives through calculators, musical instruments, and most popularly, wrist watches. Growth Fueled by Innovation Established in 1946 by Tadio Kashio, he first enhanced life by creating a yubiwa pipe (right), which …

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Best Mechanical Watches for Men

Best Mechanical Watches For Men Priced Under $1,500

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A common question we get on our Facebook and YouTube channels is “what are the best mechanical/automatic watches under $X”. The $X changes, but the sentiment in the question does not. It’s a good question, too, as there’s never been a broader selection of mechanically-powered watches than what’s available today.

In this list, I’ve called out my favorite automatic or mechanical watches priced under $1,500. A notable caveat: if the watch is an automatic, the movement must be able to be hand-wound like a non-automatic mechanical movement.