The Seiko Presage Line represents a fine next step into watches. Their dials are superlative at the sub 500 price point and hold up relative to watches costing much more.
My one nit to pick with Seiko is their use of their proprietary Hardlex Crystal in a price range where many competitors and most micro brands use sapphire.
While Hardlex is certainly harder/more scratch resistant that regular mineral crystals, it is not nearly so relative to sapphire crystal. Indeed, I wish that Seiko would just bump their price 25.00 to cover the cost of using sapphire and drive on.
I like this Orient for a dress watch. Automatic, sapphire Crystal, wonderful textured dial etc. 355.00 retail on the Orient website means it could likely be had for under 300.00 on the street.
https://www.orientwatchusa.com/colle.../ra-ak0008s10b