Brutally Ranking Affordable Watch Brands

Tissot and Hamilton to Top Tier and Spinnaker to Would Buy tier. There is no way Spinnaker is at the same tier with those brands. They use NH35 for god sake.

Great videos!

So he lied on the thumbnail to get the clicks... 😔

Bulova and Tissot are both so close to pure class category. Citizen is my personal favorite, so the Citizen Group watches I’m biased towards. Eco-Drives over Seiko 5 Automatics for me. Steeldive would rival Seiko if they cleaned up the logo.

Top video.
I'd put hamilton and seiko in the top tier.
Hamilton offers awsome value for money.
Great video👍

lmao you had me on the thumbnail, watched it all and generally agree with most of them.

What do you think of Bering?.... cannot find many review anywhere and yet they seem a step up from Skagen, being minimalist, but using sapphire, titanium, and have a solar range?

Thanks you I was looking for something that’s good/great but affordable

As a Seiko fanatic, I'd put them in god-tier class behind Casio and ahead of Orient. I love these 3 brands so much as they put out really good-looking, value-for-money watches and it's really easy to build a collection with them, though mine is still small (Seiko 5 SNK23, Seiko SNKE49, Casio Duro 44mm, Orient Bambino Gen2 V2, Timex Weekender and the Tissot PRX Quartz). I will be letting go of my Weekender soon to make way for a Hamilton Khaki Field.

Why doesn't anybody add Movado on there brand rating videos?

where's the wise?

I am missing Mido, Certina, Christopher Ward and some German brands on this list.

Interesting and fun video,thank you

Love from India
Sir kindly suggest one !!

Seiko king red spb287j1.
Oris big crown .

Or else in this range

During my last 55 years, I had around 18 various well-known brands of watches mostly from Swiss, Japan and Germany. As I can't wear them frequently I gave them mostly away to my Family members. Guess what ? Now I have a G-shock and Fossil Pathfinder both with solar drive meaning I don't have to border with changing Batteries for at least 10 years, winding etc. Always keep time . At my age (75 years old) you look for convenience and most Watches do break and sometimes you can't get the spare parts even from well-known brands.

where is OMEGA? i have a 2020 planet ocean with calibre 8900 very solid and beautiful watch

Wow you're way off about Alpina. First of all they are not in the "affordable tier" with the rest of these. Second, they are extremely well made watches.

Very fair i absolutely agree... Finally i saw a real tier list video

God tier gshocks in the Avoid tier??? Don’t waste your time with this bullshit this guy’s a clown

Who else clicked because they saw GShock in the bottom tier?

I generally agree with this ranking, save regarding Swatch. If you want a Swatch that can stand a normal day-to-day use, you need to take one from the "Irony" series (rather expansive, an Orient would be better then). The plastic ones can have their Strap pin broken after two days (So it happened for me) while the glass is a scratch magnet of the first magnitude (a nail suffices). So I would file the brand a bit lower.

Whats the G shop that you found for small wrist?

I enjoy wearing my burgundy red face Kamasu! A purchase inspired by one of your videos. Keep up doing this great content for us affordable watch collectors.

Hello, i am from India and many of these brands arent available in my country but the ones which are available you place them correct for example - timex, casio, cutizen, orient, tissot, gshock, seiko and every fashion brands. I have a Timex Skeleton watch with miyota 8315 moment and 1 casio duro batman edition which are priced 2x but they are still worth. I am jelous of you people who gets a casio mdv 107 at 49bucks whereas we indians have to pay 99bucks for the same.

I buy watches on budget and this is the only list that matters for me.
Learnt about some new brands today. Thank You.

Well done!

I have a Fossil defender (field type watch) it looks pretty nice but that’s where it ends! 😂

Timex are WAY overpriced these days!

The color is the wrong way around. Green is good. Red should be for the trash. You do realise that Casio and G-Shock are the same brand right? I give this Tier list a "D-tier" rating based on those two points alone.

I find Sekonda quite ok. I have a 1562 - two tone dive style Sekonda that attracts a surprisingly lot of attention when 'Im wearing it.

Hello, in my opinion, the value of the watches we use depends on us. The quality of the watch we wear on our wrist, its price, the feelings we have when buying that watch make us feel good. This thing that makes us feel good may not mean anything to someone else. For example, my Hamilton Khaki watch that I wear on a day when I wear sportswear does not attract attention, while my Quartz Fossil Military watch, which I bought much cheaper, attracts attention and can start a dialogue.
For example, none of my Seiko, Tissot, Hamilton, TagHeuer watches received a positive comment like my Armani watch, in fact, it did not attract any attention. I think our watches, which we do not value because they are fashion brands, are enjoyable watches.

Great video, I really enjoyed your more relaxed delivery. As much as I like your scripted reviews, they can be a bit too heavy with the metaphors and scripted punchlines. This came off more sincere and authentic.

You forgot certina a Swiss company with a long history I have a certain pH 2oo m diver lovely 60s diver reissue comes on a mesh bracelet and nato strap for 680 euro fantastic value

Nice to see affordable brands being ranked also, not only the Patek, Rolex, AP...Personally I'd switch Tissot and Orient, but I'm not very familiar with Orient (only handled 1 or 2 Orients). But Tissot are top tier for me. Love the video!

Recently had to return three 'Depth Charge' GMT watches that I bought during the blackfriday sale, I was so excited to own them but when they arrived I was so disappointed with the quality, visually they looked good but all three had the same problems, the bezel rotation were not smooth at all, they were clunky and had so much back-play. But what really made me decide to return them is the GMT hour hand always lagged/fell behind and could get overlapped by the main hour hand, all three watches did this and I even started to doubt maybe if it's normal for a GMT watch 😂 since they were my first GMTs (and I'd change: Put Seiko in the Top Tier and Swap G-shock and Casio and I'm glad you included 'Accurist' in this list)

Hard to disagree really overall great rating, great review!! I’m a seiko fan and as much as I’d like it in top tier now a days with the price it’s hard considering how great orient watches are for the price, orient is the new seiko

For a sub $200 category, Orient is way ahead of Seiko or Tissot. I've Kamasu teal version 1. Better movement, sapphire crystal, 200m wr, better than any Seiko 5 current line-up.

I appreciate and respect your tier list. The only thing I’d change is to put Bulova in pure class. Their top tier watches are phenomenal— their Jetstar for example is a to-die for watch, and their Sinatra is wicked nice. One more thing, the Invicta 1953 and Invicta Pro Diver SW200 I think would put Invicta in would buy, if they only made those watches. I agree with you that their bulky watches ruin it for them. Lastly, Glycine watches are hell-a-nice, and I would put them in would buy category. Once again, great tier list!

I like Alpina startimer pilot and seastrong heritage models.

Another great video! Straight to the point 👍🏼👍🏼

You have you move Alpina up, you can't have them in the same group as Invicta and Sekonda. I would also like to see Certina and Mido on the board.

Genial. Você resumiu num único vídeo curto centenas de vídeos de análise. Parabéns

Great video "K"

Love the rankings. I think my only change would be to move GShock up to the top tier. Big wrist folks like myself really appreciate those glorious pieces!

Thanks for another insightful video. I do have a question. You justifiably put fashion brands like MVMT and Armani in the 'avoid' category. I'm wondering, however, where you might rank Vincero. On the surface it's an 'avoid' brand. But when you look at some of their automatic offerings the specs look pretty good on paper. The Vincero Argo dive watch, for example, has a Myota 9000-series movement, sapphire glass, industry-standard stainless steel, etc. It seems that Vincero is upping its game, certainly compared to MVMT, Daniel Wellington, etc.

Fair list. Totally agree with this one. Good job mate 🫰🏻

That Victorinox was beautiful 👍

This is a great video Kieron, I agree with everything here. I'm so glad you put Casio in Top Tier, I do love a Casio! I thought you were going to put Timex in avoid to wind your mate up!! 😂

Invicta belongs on the… Never by the garbage category