It’s been a while since the last installment of our popular Three-Watch Collection Under $5,000 series. Today, Allen Farmelo, one of our long-time readers, writes in with his picks. 
A quick refresher on the parameters before we get started. We chose $5,000 as the cap for the simple reason that $5,000 is generally regarded as a point of entry into luxury. So rather than drop all that coin on a single watch, we thought it?d be interesting to see how our team plays around with that number. Furthermore, the choices aren?t limited to specific categories of watches. Our contributors can choose watches they?d like based on their needs and personal preferences. Finally, for the sake of consistency, all watches currently being produced have to be valued at their MSRP. Vintage or recently retired models should be based on the average market rate.
We watch-heads constantly ogle, research, covet, and, alas, budget for watches we will likely never own. This is odd, even irrational, behavior. Case in point: why I annually seek the astronomical prices of Patek Philippe?s latest grand complications remains a grand mystery, especially given that such knowledge repeatedly deflates my spirit. Even my actual purchases can be right-brained affairs, and I’ll admit that the occasional evening here at Chez Allen operates under the following slipshod algebra: Single Malt + eBay ÷ Available Funds = New Watch. Indeed, we watch-heads rarely, if ever, grapple with equations as dispa...