Five automatic watches under $300 with sapphire crystals and real vintage character: a 36mm explorer, a WWII A-11, a WW1 trench watch, a 24h field watch and a 1930s-style dress watch.

Five affordable microbrand watches with real watchmaking ideas: two micro-rotor dress watches, a regulator dial, a complete-calendar pilot and a 200m bronze-bezel diver. Full specs and prices.

Compare the best hand-wound manual watches under $200 by movement (ST1700 vs ST3600), thickness, case size, and power reserve. 5 picks, prices checked.

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