The Watchlist: up to £500

Made in Detroit in a factory where GM once designed cars. This one is 41mm with a green face/brown strap, but other combos are available.

£401; shinola.com

For as little as £300, you can wear the same watch as Red Bull's F1 crew. More features than a Swiss Army knife.

£300; edifice-watches.co.uk

Can't afford a Ferrari Hublot Big Bang? Then get your fix of prancing horse with this red-on-black three-dial chronograph.

£395; thewatchhut.co.uk

With its 64x54mm stainless steel and gunmetal case, you need a big wrist to wear this thing. It shows two time zones and doubles as a beer mat.

£309; diesel.com/watches

Victorinox Swiss Army has more right than anyone to deliver watches of military mood, including this restyled quartz.

£399; victorinox.com

It's the 25th anniversary of the kinetic watch: celebrate with the dressy Perpetual - the calendar is correct until February 28, 2100.

£439; seikowatches.com

A 48mm all-black chunk of a chronograph, with diamond-pattern rubber strap, rotating bezel, Miyota movement and red accents. For beefy wrists only.

£495; twsteel.com

Pauses for two seconds every 58 secs, like a Swiss railway clock. In the missed beats, the train begins to pull away, so when the minute strikes it's already moving.

£450; mondaine.com