Buying guides

By budget, style and wrist size. Every watch in every guide shows its measured lug-to-lug and the wrists it fits.

• The best watches under $500The best watches under $500, each with its real lug-to-lug and the wrist sizes it fits: Seiko, Orient, Casio, Citizen, Timex and more.
• The best watches under $1,000The best watches under $1,000 with their real lug-to-lug and the wrist sizes they fit: Hamilton, Tissot, Seiko Prospex, Lorier, Orient and more.
• The best watches under $2,000The best watches under $2,000 with lug-to-lug and wrist fit: Christopher Ward, Sinn, King Seiko, Doxa, Farer, Hamilton and more.
• The best dive watchesThe best dive watches from $85 to $10,000, each with its real lug-to-lug and the wrist sizes it fits. Rolex, Tudor, Omega, Seiko, Citizen and more.
• The best field watchesThe best field watches with their real lug-to-lug and wrist fit: Hamilton Khaki Field, Seiko Alpinist, Timex Expedition, Rolex Explorer and more.
• The best GMT watchesThe best GMT watches for travel with their real lug-to-lug and wrist fit: Rolex GMT-Master II, Tudor Black Bay GMT, Seiko, Christopher Ward and more.
• The best dress watchesThe best dress watches with real lug-to-lug and thickness: Cartier Tank, Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso, Nomos Tangente, King Seiko, Orient Bambino and more.
• The best microbrand watchesThe best microbrand watches with real lug-to-lug and wrist fit: Baltic, Lorier, Christopher Ward, Farer, Halios, Traska, Islander and more.
• The best watches for small wristsWatches that fit a 6 to 6.5-inch wrist, chosen by lug-to-lug rather than case size: Rolex Explorer 36, Tudor Black Bay 54, Cartier Santos, Hamilton and more.
• The thinnest watches we've measuredThe thinnest watches in Watch Almanac, ranked by case thickness in millimeters, with lug-to-lug and wrist fit for each.
• The thinnest automatic watchesThe thinnest self-winding watches we've measured, ranked by case thickness, with lug-to-lug and wrist fit for each.