Zelos

From Singapore, Elshan Tang built Zelos into the microbrand world's materials laboratory: bronze, meteorite, Damascus steel, timascus, carbon fiber — often in the same watch, usually under $1,000. Where most micros play it safe, Zelos drops twenty wild limited editions a year, sells them out, and moves on. The Mako diver and Swordfish are the gateway drugs; the meteorite-dial pieces are the addiction.

For sheer experimentation-per-dollar, nobody on earth touches them.