The Best Vintage Military Watches to Collect Under $5,000

From inexpensive, Gulf War-era quartz to lauded 1950s, gilded chronographs, these are the best deals in military timepieces.

Military watches, for obvious reasons, are some of the most interesting timepieces to study and collect: they have serious history behind them, they’re robust and well made, and their utilitarian, straightforward nature ironically often leads to naturally attractive designs.

Prices on vintage, issued military watches very much runs the gamut — you can pay $200 for a WWII-era, American-made A-11, or you can pay $200,000 for a Rolex “Milsub” issued to the Royal Navy in the 1970s.

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