We compare the field. You get one answer.

Watches Best outdoor smartwatch under £600 Launched near £900 and now about £548 — the same titanium, sapphire and AMOLED screen for a third less, because a newer model exists. Garmin epix Pro (Gen 2) Sapphire, 51 mm £548

Watches Best smartwatch under £1,000 Picked for how it looks, not what it measures — grade 5 titanium and flat sapphire, and the only smartwatch at this money that reads as a watch rather than a fitness tracker. Apple Watch Ultra 3, 49 mm £729

Gifts Best gift for him under £250 A mechanical watch for £200 — no battery, winds itself from the movement of his wrist. At this price nothing else feels this much like a real watch rather than a gadget. Seiko 5 Sports SRPD55K1 £200

Watches Best watch for small wrists 44.2 mm lug-to-lug — the measurement that actually decides whether a watch fits, and the one almost nobody publishes. A real automatic diver that stays inside a narrow wrist. Seiko 5 Sports SKX ‘Midi’ SRPK33K1 £200

Watches Best traditional watch under £1,000 Swiss automatic, sapphire, 80-hour reserve and an integrated bracelet at £515 — a combination that did not exist under £1,000 before this watch arrived, and still barely does. Tissot PRX Automatic, 40 mm £515

Watches Best watch for swimming 300 m rated with a screw-down crown — and, unlike most watches sold as “water resistant”, one you can genuinely swim in every week without thinking about it. Tissot Seastar 1000 Chronograph £452