The Watchlist: up to £1K

Not much to pay for what's billed as ‘the world's most advanced chronograph'. Times to 1/1,000th sec, accurate to 10 seconds a year.

£549; bulova.com

A 43mm automatic named after the Carrera Panamericana race, with Fifties styling harking back to the event's heyday.

£1,000; frederique-constant.com

Fortis is 100 this year, and its history is rife with proper pilots' watches like this highly legible, stainless steel automatic.

£980; fortis-watches.com

A COSC-certified chronometer for under a grand. Reveals its automatic movement through the sapphire caseback.

£750; tissot.ch

A limited-edition chronograph from Sauber's partnership with Certina. It also has a second time zone.

£550; certina.com

A real-deal black-ops piece from the firm responsible for serious diving watches. Water-resistant to 200m, with military strap.

£795; glycine-watch.ch

Best known for watches so macho they should sweat, Luminox has also created a watch that could be worn by a military gent.

£655; luminox.com

Carbon dial with stainless steel bracelet or leather/rubber strap. Unusually for this price, it has a Swiss automatic movement.

£850; christopherward.co.uk