Watches 2015: the best watches you can buy between £1000 and £2000

One of three German watch brands in this category (all fitted with Swiss auto movements, mind), Junghans watches are all about the looks: pure mid-century functional modernism.

£1,500; junghans.de

Once a maker of precision ships’ instruments, this former East German brand was revived by Hans Jürgen Mühle in 1994 and covers all the bases. But it’s the chunky diving watches we like best – this will see you down to 300m.

£1,950; muehle-glashuette.de

MeisterSinger’s designers have decluttered the actual hands, keeping it to just one indicating the hours – in theory persuading us to slow down and chill out, being freed of the minutes’ and seconds’ frantic progress.

£1,590; meistersinger.de

Once upon a time, Tag was the entry-level brand for kids wanting in on the Swiss thing. And 2015 will be known as the year things returned to this state. This GMT is a case in point: cool, crisp and highly versatile in the style stakes.

£1,550; tagheuer.co.uk

People talk about desert-island watches – well, this is literally the one you want on a desert island. Not only is it solar-powered, but it’ll update to the precise local and home time by talking to GPS satellites, whichever time zone you pitch up in.

£1,495; seiko.co.uk

Back in 1965, Oris was getting in on the newfangled amateur diver’s market. Its typically slick effort is now getting overdue recognition thanks to 2015’s 50th-anniversary revival, with its gorgeous domed dial now in scratchproof crystal.

£1,150; oris.ch