Five New Watches Under $6,000 That Punch Far Above Their Weight

Originally published by Jack Forster on Hodinkee.

It's no secret that the world of watches has experienced more than its fair share of turmoil recently. The major luxury groups continue to struggle to turn around the decline in watch sales in recent years, and watch enthusiasts sometimes wonder whether or not the people in charge of making new watches are so worried about balance sheets that it's distracting them from watchmaking. Many enthusiasts take refuge in (or increasingly these days, start out in) vintage watch collecting; this has many charms, but also many caveats, including hidden service costs, fragility, and the vintage market's nerve wracking habit of sometimes validating doubtful provenance with such high auction prices no one wants to call foul.