Editors’ Picks We Each Had $100 To Spend On A Watch. Here’s What We Got.

A watch for under $100? There are plenty of choices, but I was determined to get a good one – the best one. I’ll be honest, my mind went places like the Seiko 5, or an automatic number from Orient, but as cool as it is to get a mechanical watch at that price point I knew I would be left disappointed when it comes to accuracy (this is no slight on my colleagues who made those choices … or is it?). Ultimately I got the 500-pound gorilla off my back and picked up my first G-Shock – the classic DW5600E. Look, I know that having a Casio and a Casio G-Shock on this list technically breaks the rules – but I think we can agree they operate in different universes. This is the model that’s as close to the OG G-Shock as you can find on the market today. I’ve long thought about buying one, but just never got around to it until this little opportunity came along. I’ll admit, the price sort of shocked me. This is what it costs to pick up what many consider to be their favorite watch of all time? It costs just short of $70 on Casio’s website, and I picked mine up for about $45 on Amazon. It’s a piece that’s been put under all manner of stress tests and survived. It’s even been certified by NASA for travel to space. All that at less than – forget $100 – $50?? This one may someday go to the Moon –  for now, I am over the moon. 

–Danny Milton 

G-Shock DW5600E, Amazon, $44.99.