Proposal watch I: Buying an economical watch 2026

It is one of the nightmares of future wives:What should I give my boyfriend as a proposal watch?Many have never noticed the object since they themselves check the time on their cell phone or on so many other gadgets that give just that, the time. What's more, they are not even clear about the budget they should allocate to this gift beyond their own limits because, not knowing the “little world”, they do not know if it is a lot or a little. Responding to a request that you have been making to us for some time, we are going to try to help you with some reports that, as a list of advice and also ofOrder Watch Buying GuideIt allows you, in a few steps, to avoid the most common men's engagement watches such as Lotus, Viceroy or Breil.

Tips for choosing an engagement watch

1. Know the boyfriend's tastes. If you usually dress classic, informal or directly sporty, so that the engagement watch - which the groom will wear on the wedding day - is not just an accessory like the morning suit or something he will wear only that day: the engagement watch is supposed to last as long as the marriage itself, which - in principle - is for life, so it would be good if he liked it as well as the person who gave it.
2. Within each stylechoose a timeless design, far from the fashion of the moment (extreme shapes or colors) that would leave the watch “demodé” in a few years. This is why classic designs - and by this I don't just mean clothing ones - have a better chance of staying on the wrist throughout a lifetime.
3. Operation:mechanical or quartz?Each type of machinery has its advantages, and this point would be related to the first. It will depend on how fond the future husband is of watches. If you are a watch lover, without a doubt, you should most likely opt for a mechanical watch.
4. The budget. You may not know it, but there are watches from 50 euros (and less) to... Infinity and beyond. Yes, yes, with an unlimited budget you could spend hundreds of thousands of euros. But since if you were in that case you wouldn't be reading this, let's say you can find agood order watchcheap(remember, we are looking for economical but also “for life”) starting at 400-500 euros and even below that price.

Once we have assumed these points and made the pertinent decisions, we will begin the search for the object among a not inconsiderable catalog of possibilities of millions and millions of objects. The volume we know we are facing is such that we wanted to create a sort of Compas Guide to men's engagement watches with pieces up to a budget of €1,000. In future installments we will raise the bar for the loosest budgets.

Buying Guide for Cheap Order Watches

All the prices that we put here are as of February 2016 and approximated by the huge offer that you can find online of cheap order watches - always cheap based on the standard of quality and durability typical of such an object. We chose the network because it is, after all, where you are going to watch it first, right?

Order watches for less than €500 dress

Daniel Wellington, quartz for less than €150
Orient Bambinoautomatic (mechanical) for less than €200
Seiko Neo Classic Kinetic. A quartz that does not need a battery. About €300
Certina Podium Square. Quartz. Scraping €500

Order sports watches for less than €500:

Casio Edifice. Quartz. From €70
Mondaine. The Swiss railway clock. From €100
Luminox. Military, From €150
Junkers, from €200

Order watches between €500 and €1000 dress:

Mido Multifort. From €600
Frederique Constant Slimline line. Quartz. About €700
hamiltonJazzmasterautomatic.About €700
Junghans Max Bill, about €800

Sports watches ordering between €500 and €1000:

Victorinox INOXJust above €500
Glycine Airman World Traveler. Quartz. From €700
Tissot T-Touch Expert. From €800
Fortis Fliegerclose to €1000

Coming soon: order watches between €1000 and €3000

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