$3,000.00-$4,000.00

Unless gold and brown are not at all your thing but you still want a more dressy watch, the silver-on-black colorway of this IWC Portofino might be a better fit. This is still a top-tier watch for its price range, even if you ignore its stunning and muted excellent looks. Its stainless steel case, silver indices and hands, Swiss-made automatic movement, subtle date window, and scratch-resistant sapphire crystal all contribute to this. The red 60-second indication at 12 o'clock is the watch's unsung hero.

This watch was created to honor one of the most iconic planes ever produced, Britain's Spitfire Type 300, and was named after an aviation manufacturing business from the 1930s. Aside from its very stunning retro style, this watch boasts a slew of other advantages. A laser-engraved ceramic unidirectional rotating bezel, a scratch-resistant sapphire crystal, cream-colored indices and numerals, and a dependable Swiss automatic movement are just a few of the features. This is a favorite of mine since it is one of the greatest vintage clocks available.

Ball watches are at their finest when they are the most basic. The 43mm Engineer Master II Skindiver features a ceramic dive bezel, twelve large tritium gas tubes for the hour markers (plus two tiny ones for the hands), and steel or rubber straps. Although it lacks the bezel-embedded gas tubes of some of the newer models, it has the best night-time visibility of any watch.

Dive watches are round in shape. That is something we are all aware of. Nobody told Bell & Ross, who added a rotating dive bezel to their instantly recognizable square BR03 shape, amped up the luminova, and went with a tried-and-true high-contrast-plus-bright-orange color scheme. What's more, guess what? It is quite effective. It has a 300m water resistance rating, is 42mm wide (and fits snugly owing to the short lugs), and is available in rubber or fabric. At this price, a ceramic casing is an added plus.

Despite its maritime name and long history, the Superocean Heritage is rarely mentioned in diving watch discussions. Partly due to the existence of the more recent Superocean, and partly due to the fact that Breitling is far more focused on flight than diving. However, the Heritage is, in our opinion, more attractive than its current sister and is still capable of getting wet. It's water-resistant to 200 meters and employs the calibre B20, which is the "in-house" automatic Breitling buys from Tudor, thus it's similar to the Pelagos in terms of specs.