7 of the best watches under £60

I recently read about Rafa Nadal’s Richard Mille watch, the RM 27-02. One of the thinnest and lightest watches ever produced, it carries a mind-boggling price tag of $690,000. That is, in a word, bonkers.

We see these stratospheric price tags creeping in the realms of horology more and more, and with the added digits come added features, special designs implementing the most innovative of 21st-century technology and incrusted diamonds and gems. But they aren’t for all. Some people don’t require the wizardry and glib gadgetry. They want a watch that simply tells the time, with hands, no gimmicks, on a modest yet elegant clock face, without having to spend the Earth to acquire it. Is that too much to ask?

Timex think not, and for less than £60 you can have any of these 7 classic, simple and tasteful timepieces…

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