You probably didn’t know you could get serious chronos for this kind of money — even mechanical ones.

There’s good news for anyone who admires chronograph watches but doesn’t have multiple thousands to spend: You can get an excellent mechanical chrono for under two grand. Even better? You’ve got options — exciting options.

In the past few years, a new crop of chronos has arisen that’s lowered the cost of getting that somehow captivating complication on your wrist, but decent mechanical chronograph watches under $2k are, in fact, still rare.
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