The First Automatic Watch Every Gentleman Should Own

Two references under one million shillings that punch far above their weight.

There is a moment, usually in your late twenties, when a quartz watch stops being enough. Not because it fails — quartz keeps better time than any automatic — but because it does not ask anything of you.

Your first automatic should. It should need winding when you have not worn it. It should tick when you put it to your ear. It should remind you, every morning when you set it, that time is something you participate in.

Two references we recommend, both under one million shillings: the Seiko 5, and the Edifice EFK-110D. Each is a true automatic, and each will outlive the decade. With care, each will outlive several.