There's some other pretty remarkable watches you can get for 40$. Go up a bit and there's all sorts of various colorways for gshocks. The instant classic "casio

There's some other pretty remarkable watches you can get for 40$. Go up a bit and there's all sorts of various colorways for gshocks. The instant classic "casioak" can be had for 100$ https://www.casio.com/products/watches/g-shock/ga2100-1a1 https://www.casio.com/products/watches/g-shock/ga2100-1a1 The "100 and under" range is getting massively popular in the mechanical watch space as well. Vostok is a cult favorite and happens to fall in this range, then there's a whole range of homages (watches that are "inspired" by, typically nearly identical copies of in appearance, luxury watches such as omega or rolex) such as loreo, guanqing, and pagani. The youtube channel "just one more watch" covers the budget watch category extensively. Here's a "under 100$" video by him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOsVmor5Qwc&t=1275s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOsVmor5Qwc&t=1275s I have no affiliation, I just am mildly obsessed with watches and wish more people were too lol