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Ah, the humble dress watch. A purposely simple watch that doesn’t favour versatility and toughness, but rather elegance, style and an understated appearance that is capable of blurring into the background.

Here we wanted to shed some light on some of the most interesting dress watches available today for less than £3,000. Now that’s a noticeable chunk of change, but spend it wisely and you could easily end up with a stunning dress watch that could serve you well for a lifetime. And hey, if you want to wear the watches in a regular rotation with your other pieces, why not?
Both modern and vintage offer some incredible options, many of these can be bought for different reasons. Let's take a look at some of our top picks…

The Must De Cartier Tank - £1,000 - £1,500 (pre-owned)

An obvious place to start is with Cartier. The Tank was created in 1917 and is one of the most iconic pieces of design ever let alone in the watch world. Cartier is arguably one of the first brands that birthed the dress watch and its core aesthetic hasn't really changed that much since.

You might be surprised to learn then that you can get into the Cartier world for a subjectively small amount of money. The example we see above is a Must De Cartier Tank with Breguet numerals.

Back in the 70s, Cartier was struggling. The quartz crisis had meant that mechanical watches weren’t popular as this new technology was on the scene; Cartier needed to react. This necessity birthed the ‘Must De Cartier’ range. Watches (among other things) that on the surface seem to be the same as their mechanical, precious metal counterparts but really they were silver cases with gold plating and were quartz powered. This change lowered the price point resulting in a huge commercial success for the brand. Not only that, but it also allowed Cartier to move away from the silver dial and roman numerals that defined them to have a little more fun with colourful dials, different numerals etc.

Nowadays these Tank models can be found between £1,000 - £1,500 in good condition. There are two sizes available and unless you have an extremely small wrist, the ‘mens’ size will be the one to go for (it's 23.5mm x 30.5mm, even for a rectangular watch this is rather small).

If you’d rather something a little bigger, the modern Tank Must watches recently released are brilliant choices available within budget. You might think that this sort of money on a quartz watch is crazy, but after wearing the Must De Cartier for some months now I can confirm you actually come to love the fact it's quartz.

And yes if you hadn’t realised already, I love the Tank so much that the Must De Cartier is actually my personal watch.

NOMOS Tangente 167 - £1,840

From one timeless design language to another: Bauhaus. The term Bauhaus actually refers to a design school based in Germany designing all things from kettles, chairs, lamps and architecture. When it comes to watches, it is synonymous with a stripped back, pure, direct approach to design.

NOMOS is one of the leading examples who execute Bauhaus design extremely well, whilst also adding their own touch. Simple doesn’t mean easy, and stripped back doesn’t mean lacking.

You’d be hard-pressed to find a watch that offers a complete package as much as the Tangente. With their unparalleled focus on simply telling the time this watch is as pure as they get. The in house movements inside these watches are fantastic performers with a level of finishing unheard of at this price point.

Vintage Omega Seamaster Time only - (pre-owned) approx £1,500 - £2,000

One market that is growing virtually every day within the industry with many popular models spiking in price over a short space of time is vintage. One example of a watch that is the opposite of this is vintage Seamaster models from Omega. Modern watch fans might be confused to see the Seamaster name being used on an elegant, dressy watch but the name has been used by Omega on an almost endless amount of variations before becoming widely known as their diving watch.