Great watches are expensive, there’s no getting around it. If you want a prestigious name and a Swiss automatic movement, even without any kind of crazy complication, you’re looking at an investment. But that doesn’t mean that you can’t get “good” at a steal. If all you’re after is a good-looking accessory that happens to tell the time, there’s no need to break the bank.
Under the loupe of a collector of course, there will be some telltale signs that they’re not what you’d call “luxury watches”. First, there’s the secondhand which,