Watches that are considered to be in the middle price range group are usually priced anywhere from three hundred dollars and up to two maybe even three thousand dollars. Most of the watches in this category are made of stainless steel, very rarely made of gold and never made of platinum. However it is possible to find a watch company that manufactures fourteen or eighteen karat yellow, white or red (also known as rose or pink) gold watches with in the price range of two to three thousand dollars. Also some watch companies even manufacture watches that are decorated with precious stone like diamonds, sapphires or rubies with in the two to three thousand dollars price range. Middle price range watches have movements that are a little bit more primitive and rarely have any complications. However it is very possible to find a watch in this price range with a good self-winding automatic movement. It should be noted that most of the watches in the middle price range category come with basic quartz movements (battery-powered movements) .
There are a lot of watch companies that manufacture beautifully designed and very high quality watches with in the middle price range category. Some watch brands are from Switzerland, Germany, Japan, Italy and even from the USA. Most notable middle price range watch brands that are from Switzerland are: Maurice Lacroix, Oris, Movado, Tissot, Fortis, Tag Heuer, Longines, Rado, Edox, Swiss Army, Frederique Constant and Raymond Weil. Famous middle price range watch brands from Germany are: Tutima, Muhle Glashutte, Nivrel, Sinn, Nomos Glashutte and Limes. Couple of well known middle price range watch brands from Italy are: Brera Orologi, Officina Del Tempo, Momo Design and U-Boat. Some very famous middle price range watch brands from Japan are: Seiko, Citizen and Oceanus. Finally, couple of famous American middle price range watch brands are: Hamilton, Accutron, Ball, Bathys, Invicta, Luminox and Bulova. It should be noted that even though most of the watches that are manufactured by the listed above watch companies are priced anywhere from three hundred dollars and up to two maybe even three thousand dollars, some of their watch models might cost significantly more.
All listed above watch companies are very different from each other in many ways and they do manufacture wristwatches that are unique to their own brand and even to their own country. Some watch brands might be manufacturing watches that are more high-tech like Seiko, Momo Design, Citizen or Oceanus and some more classic and more of a traditional watch making like Muhle Glashutte or Maurice Lacroix. Brands like U-Boat, Movado, Officina Del Tempo, Brera Orologi and Rado manufacture watches that are more fashionable with very modern and unique designs. Brands like Frederique Constant , Longines, Edox, Sinn and Limes manufacture watches that are slick and more business like. More casual watch brands that manufacture sporty, tough and chunky watches for various outdoor activities are: Accutron, Tissot, Ball, Fortis, Invicta, Tag Heuer, Luminox and Swiss Army.
However one thing in common that most of those brands have is that almost all of their watch movements are manufactured by a third party. Except for a very few certain brands most of the watch movements are manufactured by the ETA SA company. ETA SA is a Swiss manufacturer of quartz and mechanical watch movements. It should be noted though, that ETA SA does not manufacture watch movements only for middle price range watch brands but they do manufacture movements even for high level luxury watch brands like Glycine, Corum, IWC and Breitling. Nomos Glashutte is probably the only watch company that manufactures watches with their own “in-house” self-winding automatic movements at a very descent and affordable price. Obviously it makes watches from these watch brand very collectible and scarce.
Another good thing about purchasing middle price range watches is that customers can purchase them online through authorized watch dealers. While luxury watch brands do not let authorized dealers to sell their watches online it is not so with middle price range watch brands. Most of the watch brands listed above allow their watches to be sold online and of course in stores too. However usually authorized watch dealers sell watches online with a lower price than authorized dealers in stores do. It is very important to be buying watches from authorized dealers only, since only authorized dealers are allowed to give legitimate manufacturer warranty.
Middle price range watches can be a great start for someone who wants to get quality watches at a descent price. All of the listed above watch brands sell most of their watches with in the price range of anywhere from three hundred dollars and up to two and even three thousand dollars. Since most of mentioned above watch brands have watches with very high quality ETA watch movements it is probably more important to focus on a watch design and the price tag than on the movement. Of course it always depends on the person. Because for some people what’s inside of the watch (watch movement) is more important than how it looks on the outside (watch design). However, both types of people can find the watch that they like from middle price range watch brands mentioned above.
