The 5 Best Men's Watches for Under 20,000 Dollars

20,000 dollars on a men's watch.  It is beyond what most of us would consider reasonable.  But, there are a lot of people out there in the world, who would consider spending 20,000 dollars, if the watch was a perfect piece of timekeeping, and jewelry.  If you are one of those individuals, I hope to give you exactly what you are looking for, on this list.  If this is not something within your budget, I would still suggest that you call pull up a chair and lets see what 20,000 dollars worth of watch truly looks like.

The 5 Best Men's Watches for Under 20,000 Dollars

U-Boat

Chimera Sideview Gold
Model: 7225
Case: 46mm, Rose Gold and Stainless steel
Band: Alligator
Movement:
Functions: HH, MM, SS, Date, Chronograph
Battery:
Water resistance: 100M/330ft

U-Boat is a new company here on the best men's watches under blog.  At this point, that's not something that happens every day.  And, in usual fashion I want to give a brief history on the company.  Only trouble is I have been a little hard pressed to find much about this company.  Here is what I have though.

U-Boat was not an official company until around 2000, but the designs of the watch came from a much longer time ago.  Ilvo Fontana, who was an engineer was an Italian engineer, was commissioned by the Italian navy to create highly visible, accurate and durable watches for the navy in 1942, but once his designs were completed, the project was scrapped for unknown reasons.

Then, Italo Fontana, Ilvo's grandson, came into the old designs, and the idea began to percolate.  Wish some slight tweeks to the design, Italo began designing his own watches, the U-Boat company began. In 2002 Mounir Moufarrige Joined France Luxury group, which owned U-Boat, and really began to scale the company towards a flourishing luxury product company.

The Chimera Sideview Gold is a common example of the U-Boat watches.  It is large, it has a 46mm, gold and stainless steel case, with the crown located at the 9 o'clock position.  It is a chronograph, and has the chronograph function buttons at the 10 & 8 o'clock positions.  The crown has a functional guard, all in gold.  The lens and back of the watch is sapphire crystal, and the bezel is screwed down with five screws.  The dial face is black, with Arabic numerals located at the 2, 4, 8, 10 & 12 o'clock positions.  The other hours are marked with double indexes.  All the hour markers are gray in color.  There are three sub dials, one the 12 o'clock, one at the 3 o'clock and one at the 6 o'clock position.  The band is alligator with a buckle style clasp.

Well, I am stumped, I am not sure if U-boat builds their own in house movements (I highly doubt it) or if they use some sort of modified ETA (I am almost sure). But the specs for the movement was available.  It is a 25 Jewel automatic movement.  It has a 48 hour power reserve and it runs at 28,800 bph.

I see this watch through the online retailers for around 19,200 dollars.  It is a pretty neat looking watch for the price, and U-Boat has definitely improved their product quality over the years, and are now making a very nice watch.



Rolex
Cellini Date Rose Gold
Model: 50515
Case: 39mm, Rose gold
Band: Leather
Movement: Calibre 3165 Automatic
Functions: HH, MM, SS
Battery: N/A
Water resistance: 50M/165ft

I have definitely changed my position on Rolex.  Originally, before I started the best men's watches for under blog, I assumed Rolex was a whole lot of hype.  I was totally wrong, there is an immense amount of substance behind the popularity of the grandfather of all watchmakers.  This watch, the Cellini is a perfect example of top notch watchmaking.

The Cellini Date Gold has a 39mm diameter case, made of rose gold.  It has a double bezel, the inner being domed and the outer being fluted.  It has a sapphire crystal lens, and a crown located at the 3 o'clock position also made of rose gold.  The dial face is a pearled white, with the Rolex crown occupying the 12 o'clock position, and the other hour markers defined by index marks.  The outer ring of the dial face also sports a fluted design.  There is a sub dial located at the 3 o'clock position, for the date, and the hands are all manufactured of rose gold as well.  The band for the watch is alligator, with a gold buckle style clasp.

The movement for the Cellini is a Rolex 3165 automatic with date.  It has 31 jewels, it also has a 48 hour power reserve, and operates at 28,800 bph.  The movement is chronometer certified, and has a small date hand located at the 3 o'clock position.

Common online pricing varies from about 12,600 to around 14,500 dollars.  I am not positive about the fluctuations, I assume the less expensive models may be last years version of the watch. 

It is a beautiful watch.  If I were to own a Rolex, this could very well be the one I would want (not that it will be happening in the near future)  But the watch has class and style not seen every day.



Omega
Seamaster Planet Ocean
Model: 232.63.46.21.01.001
Case: 45.5mm 18K, Red Gold
Band: Leather
Movement: Omega 8501 Automatic
Functions: HH, MM, SS,Date
Battery: N/A
Water resistance: 600M/

Again, I cannot stress enough that Omega watches are my favorite.  It might even skew my judgement when I am making my lists.  I almost will always see what Omega has to offer in a price range I am searching.  And, it might be that there are more Omega watches on the best men's watches under blog, than any other brand.  That being said, I really like the Seamaster Planet Ocean watch.  It is high end watchmaking at the most highest level.  The materials and looks and, on top of that, it is a highly functional dive watch.

The Seamaster Planet Ocean is a fairly large faced watch, measuring 45.5mm, the case is made of 18k red gold.  It has a large, red gold crown located at the 3 o'clock position and a helium release valve at the 10 o'clock position.  The functional dive bezel is of unique construction, being black ceramic and gold imbued.  Omega calls it Ceragold.  The dial face is black, with white Arabic numerals at the 6, 9, and 12 o'clock positions.  The watch has indexes on the remaining hour markers.  The dial also has a date window located at the 3 o'clock position.  The hands of the watch are gold with luminescence imbued for viewing in dark.  The band of the watch is leather, with a buckle style clasp.

The Seamaster Planet Ocean uses an Omega automatic 8501 movement.  It has 39 jewels and a 60 hour power reserve.  It is a certified chronometer movement. 

This watch can usually be found on the online retailers for about 20,000 dollars.  Sometimes a little more and sometimes a little less.  I have seen it for as much as 21,000 dollars,  so you will have to shop around for a deal.voir plus copie montre et Rolex Daytona II