Editor?s Note: I hope you enjoy reader Shantanu?s three watch collection for $5,000 submission as much as I did. It?s got a bit of everything, and that?s the point. There?s nothing basic about it, and the diversity on display oozes personality. Above all, it’s well under budget, leaving plenty of room to build on, or just to save for a lifetime of servicing. 
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I have three goals with this three watch collection: 1) to create as much diversity within the collection as possible along multiple dimensions, 2) to make sure you have something great to wear for whatever you are doing, and 3) to deconstruct the dial layout and explore different forms of time-keeping, just to keep things interesting.  The collection starts with a watch bearing a traditional dial layout ? hours, minutes, and seconds on a central axis ? and gets to a watch in which all three are in different positions. I wanted to represent as many different countries in the manufacturing of the watches as possible; to make sure the collection included tool, dress, and travel watches; and to make sure each watch looked distinctive even as a collection. So here it is:

Farer Markham – $1405

This world timer is a British watch with a Swiss automatic movement. Hours, minutes, and sweep seconds are on the central axis. This watch is made to be on the move and to accommodate whatever you mi...