The Watchlist: up to £1000

Built in Detroit in General Motors's old design studio, Shinola's latest offering is a rubber-strapped 47mm chronograph coated in sandblasted black PVD.

£720; shinola.com

Aluminium only works in watch cases when it's hardened, which is what Hamilton has done with the shell of this time-and-date auto. It's also been tinted a cool blue, topped off by a blue NATO strap.

£840; hamiltonwatch.com

SevenFriday's wickedly unorthodox approach to watch design continues apace with the new M-Series. Its turbine aesthetic flows into its function - it tells the time via three rotating discs.

£995; sevenfriday.com

Certina DS Powermatic 80

On the brands-to-watch list after its recent UK debut, Certina stakes another claim for our attention with this gentlemanly wristwatch. Under that slate-grey dial is an automatic movement with an impressive 80hr power reserve.

£595; certina.com

Previously, Junghans's Max Bill line of three-handers were always manually wound. Now the stripped-back, Bauhaus-juiced design gets an auto movement and a new 38mm case size, paired with a slate-grey dial and a tan strap.

£770; junghans.de

This automatic divers' watch is water-resistant to 300m, and has a helium escape valve, a scratch-resistant ceramic insert on its unidirectional rotating bezel and an 80hr power reserve. A lot of watch for the cash.

£590; tissot.ch