Tim's Favorite $5,000 Watches - The Best Luxury Watches From Longines, Tudor, Oris and More

$5,000 watches represent a sweet spot in the market. It's enough money to get a watch with a quality brand name, differentiated features, design, and even meaningful movement specifications. But $5,000 is also a price point where middle class, blue collar, and even wealthy watch collectors who seek value can find acceptable options without breaking a budget. Tonight's show features watches from Tudor, Longines, Oris, and more at or below the $5,000 price point; these are the best $5,000 watches in 2024. The Tudor Black Bay 58 is a growing family of vintage inspired dive watches that take liberties with the details. Tudor's Black Bay Fifty Eight Ag925 M79010SG offers watch buyers a rare opportunity to own a modern wristwatch in sterling silver. Common in the pocket watch era but scarce in the wristwatch era, sterling silver is an accessible precious metal that yields pleasing patina with time. Tudor combined the sterling with a dial and bezel of taupe color; the result is a unique offering among luxury dive watches. With a retail price of $4,650, the Black Bay Fifty Eight Ag925 offers precious metal cachet for stainless steel money. The Black Bay Fifty Eight Bronze M79012M debuted in 2021; it was and remains a Tudor boutique exclusive offering. At 39mm in bronze, this Black Bay is far more manageable to wear than the massive 43mm Black Bay Bronze that preceded it. With a Tudor automatic caliber MT5400, the Black Bay Fifty Eight Bronze retains key features of the full siz