Watch Deal Alert: MVMT Field II for 40% Off

Some field watches have a history dating far back to 20th century wars. Others hang on the spikes and pitons of great adventurers and mountain climbers. Some jist look cool. The MVMT Field II Field watches promise that we can escape from the cubicle maze and set off on an epic adventure.  FOR TODAY ONLY, the MVMT Field II is on sale on Amazon for an amazing 40% off bringing the price in at just under $90.

The MVMT Field II watch (Amazon photo)

The beauty of this watch is more than skin deep. It has stainless steel construction, a mineral crystal, and 100-meter water resistance. Inside a reliable Japanese  Miyota 2415 quartz movement provides accurate time and date functionality.

Dimensionally, the MVMT Field II comes in at 41mm in diameter and 11.5mm thick with a robust 22mm wide nylon textile  strap. The Field II is a very attractive field watch and a great California-designed  offering from a Movado Group brand.

If you are interested, jump on this Amazon deal today (October 12, 2026) before it is gone. You can see it here via my affiliate link to Amazon. 

Vintage Inspired Watches - The Olev's Quartz Small Seconds Classic

The Look of A Classic Watch for Under $50

Everyone loves classic vintage watches. But, sometimes, service can be expensive when performance begins to lag or a watch stops entirely. That's when vintage-inspired modern watches can step up.  Even upstart brands bring vintage looks forward.

Olev's Classic Dress Watch with Small Hands (Amazon Photo)

The Olev's Vintage Leather Dress Classic (above) brings a small-seconds subdial to your wrist for well under $50. It leaves behind the tiny proportions of old watches with a 41mm diameter case that is 10mm thick. But, Arabic numerals ground the design with a vintage font. The watch also offers stainless steel construction, a genuine leather strap, and 30-meter water resistance.

If you'd like to check out this great offering from Olev's, use my Amazon affiliate link here to help support this blog.

Timex Under $60: Timex Men's Southview 41mm Watch

After a few problematic purchases in the extremely cheap watch department, it's nice to point out modestly priced watches from well known manufacturers like Timex. The Men's Timex Southview 41mm watch is an affordable offering from a maker that many of us rely on.

The Southview is a quartz watch that strikes a design balance between modern, minimalist, and traditional. With Roman numerals as markers it gives the wearer a bit of formality for church or the office. But, with a sparse dial and the lack of a date window, the watch hits the mark for minimalism. The openness of each Roman numeral and the lack of cross bars on those numerals provides a modern touch. Finally, the brown leather strap comfortably admits this watch to the business casual club. It's a big paragraph to say, "Balance."

The Southview has contemporary dimensions with a 41mm diameter case that is just 8.5mm thick. The genuine leather watch strap is 20mm wide. If this sense of balance appeals to you,  check out the Timex Southview here using my Amazon affiliate link.

TGIF: $10 Watch Lessons Learned

My most recent $10 Tuesday watch order was quite a disappointment. After several decent watches, the Alinker 36mm Square Dial watch was a very low quality and fragile timepiece. While I can be quite tolerant, the watch threw a spring bar from the clasp the very first time I tried to put it on. It'll be going back soon. It's not surprising to encounter some of the issues I posted about in the drawbacks of cheap watches. It might be more surprising that we encountered so few of the issues.

Alinker Square Dial Watch

This leaves me in a bit of a quandary.  I think we've exhausted the plausible $10 watch purchases on Amazon. It's time to move onto watches in the $20, $30, and dare I say $40 price ranges. The Ten Dollar Tuesday watch experiment hasn't been a total waste. Watches from Civo, Nibosi, Nuovo, EOJOMIN Gediyar, and Time100 all turned out to be pretty decent. One lesson that I've learned is that the quality of Chinese-brand watches is improving quickly. You can see most of the watches here on my Amazon affiliate store front.

Nibosi "Diamond" watch

Are there any good rules of thumb to follow when looking for a $10 watch? A Ten Dollar "on sale" watch from a company that usually sells $20 or $30 watches is a better bet than a watch that was always intended to be $10 or less. The Civo and Nibosi watches were the best of my purchases and both were originally intended to sell for $20 or $30.

You'll still see $10 watches on here from time to time, but I'm going to look for other low budget choices for watch enthusiasts.

Ten Dollar Tuesday: Avaner Skull Watch and Bracelet

It's Ten Dollar Tuesday and it's October.  If the prospect of an inexpensive Chinese watch isn't scary enough, let's get a spooky one! This Avaner Men's Quartz Skull watch with bracelet might fit the bill perfectly. It has Japanese quartz movement, a 46mm diameter case, a generously-sized leather strap, and comes with an accompanying bracelet with a skull charm.

Avaner Skull Watch and Bracelet Combo (Amazon Photo)

For an October / Halloween watch, $10 is a great deal. The main drawback to me is that the skeletonized hands may be a little difficult to reach.  But, truthfully, this watch is all about the skull. I suspect timekeeping is a secondary consideration. If you are interested in scaring up this timepiece, please feel free to use my Amazon affiliate link here.  

I've had plenty of skull watches in my collection over the years. Some have had brand names like Ed Hardy attached. They always look cool. But, my Ed Hardy has condensation under the crystal and I'm pretty sure it cost about $20. If you're looking for a laughing skull this Halloween, you might not be taking too much of a risk. Just know that it is just a fun watch and not heirloom.

The Quartz Alternative: Tissot PRX.

The Tissot PRX is one of the most popular watch designs of recent years. It features an integrated bracelet and angular case that looks great. As an automatic watch, the Tissot PRX is powered by the state of the art Powermatic 80 movement which provides a reliable 80-hour power reserve. Not surprisingly, the automatic Tissot PRX typically costs at least $900. Fortunately, the Tissot PRX quartz model can be found for half that price.

Tissot PRX Quartz - Amazon photo

With the quartz Tissot PRX, you get the same great case, dial, and bracelet design as the automatic, but you don't have to fuss with watch winders.

The quartz PRX has all stainless steel construction, a sapphire crystal, and a 40mm diameter case that is 12mm thick. The result is a striking and robust timepiece with 100-meter water resistance.

Tissot PRX Quartz - Amazon photo

If you'd like to check out a quartz Tissot PRX, use my Amazon affiliate link here. 

To read more about similar watch designs from other brands, see my post "Are all the watch companies being PRX?"

Ten Dollar Tuesday: Alinker 36mm Square Dial Watch

If you'd like to save $129,990 over the price of a Patek Philippe Nautilus, read on. Amazon has the far less famous quartz Alinker 36mm Square Dial Men's Business Watch. It's a square watch with a date window and a striking resemblance to a Swiss watch none of us can afford.

According to the Amazon ad copy, the watch is made from stainless steel. A review says it is made from high quality plastic. Since this caused confusion and the watch cost less than $8, I just hit "buy it now." It's the kind of sacrifice this blog makes regularly for the sake of humanity.

My expectations for the Alinker Square Watch aren't high, but the low price tag will allow me to redirect $129,990 to investments and retirement. The watch is 36mm in diameter and only 8mm thick. It also has a quartz movement which will allow it to run for two or three years longer than an actual Patek Philippe Nautilus which only runs for 35 to 48 hours before tedious manual intervention is required.

I'll have the Alinker soon and we'll see how it does.

[This one came in earlier today October 6, 2026, and it is really cheap and cheesy. 

The case is about 37mm in diameter amd 10mm thick. It is very lightweight and flimsy feeling. The bezel finish is scraped on the pavement rough. The watch fit, but  the spring bar on the clasp popped off with light handling.

I'd highly recommend looking at a Nibosi instead for $20 to $30.

On the plus side, Taiwan is probably safe for a while longer.]

I had high hopes, but I've removed the link on this one. I'd stay far away from it.