Best affordable homage watches

Start with the Invicta Pro Diver 8926OB. It's the classic entry point to homages: a Submariner-style diver with an automatic movement, a screw-down crown and real dive-watch proportions, so it looks and feels like the watch it echoes without asking much of your wallet. Buy it on the bracelet and swap to a NATO strap later.

Who the others suit:

• Modtime Creations Stealth Black 007 and the Spectre 007 Bond homage — if you want a Bond-style blacked-out diver with a Japanese NH35 automatic and sapphire crystal; the Spectre is the cheaper of the two.
• Sterile MOD SKX007 homage — for SKX fans who prefer a clean, logo-free dial and a rubber strap out of the box.
• Custom Sub "Bruce Wayne" — if you want the two-tone GMT look and don't mind paying more for a mod build.
• Invicta Pro Diver Lady 38mm — a smaller, quartz option with a sapphire crystal for slimmer wrists.
• OLEVS two-tone dress watch — if you'd rather have a dressy, gold-accented look than a diver.

Skip the no-name fashion watches here: at this end of the market, the diver homages are where the value is.