First Watch -$350 Budget

Hey guys, I’m a sophomore just getting into watches and looking to pick up my first piece. Budget’s around $350. Wrist is ~6.9" around, 3" across, so nothing too chunky.

Open to anything clean and reliable. Appreciate any recs thanks in advance!

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Casio A158/168 or Timex Weekender. I prefer the first for something truly timeless but if you really need analog go Timex.

 

75 bucks is less than the price of lunch these days, what watch do you expect to get with that? Even $750 and we are barely getting started talking

 

If 75 is your price range for a watch, you should NOT be buying a watch.

 

My opinion would be to wait and save up even an additional $100-$200. That would open up your options a fair bit, especially if you don’t have an issue with lightly used. Good classic picks in that range would be the 38mm Orient Bambino, Citizen Tsuyosa, or any Seiko 5.

 

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