The Watchlist: up to £2000

The best of Longines is normally found in its Heritage collection, such as this one, dearchived for the 60th anniversary of the Conquest line. Many will find its 35mm case refreshingly discreet.

£1,030; longines.com

The online UK brand's lofty aspirations have hit a new high. Inside the conservatively styled 43mm case is an in-house automatic movement.

£1,500; christopherward.co.uk

Rolex's little brother Tudor is back in the UK, offering hardy watches with a vintage twist. One of those is the revived late-Sixties Ranger, a satin-finished stainless-steel 41mm automatic.

£1,940; tudorwatch.com

This watch is a welcome revival of a piece made for Czech pilots in 1939. The 40mm update is larger than its forebear and has an automatic movement, but otherwise it's a faithful reboot.

£1,200; eterna.com

Glycine, one of the great pilots' watch brands, is 100 years in the business this year. This 43mm pilot-ready auto chrono has a steel case, a NATO strap and is water-resistant to 100m.

£1,495; glycine-watch.ch

This race-inspired auto has 15 of the brand's signature micro gas tubes (glowing 100 times more brightly than luminous paint) and a 43mm stainless-steel black-DLC-coated case.

£1,130; ballwatch.com