The Best $5,000 Watches

Tudor BB 925: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvLxj4UxWAM&t=35s Tim Mosso knows that not all luxury watch buyers have $50,000 ready to commit to a single watch. And even when a collector does have that much money, value still matters. Tonight, Tim discusses the best watches available for $5,000 or less in the 2025 marketplace. Top brands including Longines, Mido, Otsuka Lotec and more feature in this discussion of the best luxury watches for $5,000 or less. Watchmaker Jiro Katayama of Otsuka Lotec started as an industrial designer - a path similar to Armand Billard (Sartory-Billard), Benoit Mintiens (Ressence), and Morten Linde (Linde Werdelin. From his shop in Otsuka, Tokyo, Katayama has been building "low tech" (get it?) mechanical watches since 2008. The Otsuka Lotec NO.6, originally launched in 2015, had already become a quiet sensation prior to being updated and named GPHG Challenge Prize winner for 2024. Only available in Japan - and then mostly by lottery - the Otsuka Lotec No.6 has become so coveted abroad that examples sell for up to five figures in U.S. dollars when they become available outside of Japan. Inspired by gauges and meters, the Otsuka Lotec No.6 looks remarkably original, sophisticated, and refined for a product that sells new for less than $3,000 U.S. The Longines Master Collection can be considered a budget alternative to Jaeger LeCoultre's - far more expensive - Master Collection. Back in 2022, Longines launched the Longines Master 190th Anniversar