> I've never seen any particularly compelling sub-$1000 mechanical watches I guess it depends on what you mean by ‘compelling.’ Ævig, Lew & Huey, Nivrel, Hamil

> I've never seen any particularly compelling sub-$1000 mechanical watches I guess it depends on what you mean by ‘compelling.’ Ævig, Lew & Huey, Nivrel, Hamilton, Christopher Ward, Melbourne and many, many more have some very attractive options for under $1,000. You do have a point about the word ‘luxury’ though — I should have just stuck with ‘mechanical’ or ‘automatic.’