Want The Best Automatic Wooden Watch?
Looking for the best men’s mechanical, automatic wood watches online to purchase as a gift or a wardrobe upgrade for yourself? Don’t worry, here at Wooden Watch Reviews, we researched and tested dozens of automatic wood watches for men and pulled together the best choices for you!
Our Top 10 Automatic Wood Watch Choices
#1 Best Rated Automatic Wooden Watch | Under $100
Red Sandalwood Skeleton Auto From Bobo Bird
- Price Category: Classic $75-$200
- Editors Rating: 9.5 / 10.0
Whatever style of wooden watch you are shopping for – classic wood, modern design, or sporty plus natural – this is our favorite of the bunch. The quality is fantastic, the skeleton feature around the movement allows you to see all the pieces in action, winding the watch and then keeping time.
Red Sandalwood Automatic With Leather Band
- Price Category: Classic $75-$200
- Editors Rating: 9.2 / 10.0
With just as much quality as the Bobo Bird watch shown above, but with a slightly more classic style we love the red sandalwood of this watch paired with a steel case and a genuine leather strap. The inner mechanical workings are visible with the skeleton face and we love the gold color accents of the gears when contrasted with the red sandalwood of the bezel.
With a 48mm bezel it’s a on the larger size of standard watch faces – but the leather band slims it down.
Jord Dover Red Sandalwood Auto Movement
- Price Category: Luxury $200+
- Editors Rating: 9.0 / 10.0
We reviewed the Full Dover Collection from Jord and are very impressed by this watch collection. For this review we chose the Red Sandalwood (because it’s our favorite color) but we’d recommend any of their colors.
This automatic movement style watch from Jord has top-quality craftsmanship and a skeleton style face that allows anyone admiring this watch see the gears behind the hands. It’s a great feature that really pushed this into our top 5 Automatic wood watch list.
Burnham Mechanical Blackwood Wooden Watch
- Price Category: Classic $75-$200
- Editors Rating: 9.0 / 10.0
The mechanical wooden watch from Burnham tops the list if you are looking for precision auto movement and a black & zebra wood combination. The color choices are unique and we like the view of the inner workings through the black face.
If you are looking for a high quality automatic movement with a very reasonable price around $100 – this is one of the best choices.
This watch also features a window of the back and a great view of the visible gears in the back.
Jord Conway Series Chronograph Auto MVMT
- Price Category: Luxury $200
- Editors Rating: 8.9 / 10.0
The chronograph plus classic design of this self winding wooden watch meets modern detailing.
It’s made of natural kosso wood paired with a midnight blue face; the perfect addition to simple but sophisticated attire.
If you are looking for a top quality, chronograph mechanical wood watch for a man in the $250+ dollar range – this is our recommendation.
TJW Series Automatic Watch
- Price Category: Classic Under $100
- Editors Rating: 8.7 / 10.0
It’s made of natural red sandal wood paired with a silver movement which is visible by a hardened glass face makes this an elegant yet masculine auto timepiece for your wrist.
TJW keeps this was simple with just a solid rosewood case and a solid, matching band.
If, simple and classic yet modern is your style – check this watch out, you won’t be disappointed.
The price is great too, it’s well under $100!
TJW Series Automatic Watch – Zebrawood
- Price Category: Classic Under $100
- Editors Rating: 8.7 / 10.0
This watch may look slightly familiar, and it should. It’s the same design as the red watch just above, but comes in the zebrawood and ebony wood style.
If you want something a little more subdued, but still like the silver gears shining inside, we’d recommend this version of the watch from TJW.
Wilds Wood Dual Wheels Wooden Watch
- Price Category: Premium Around $200
- Editors Rating: 9.0 / 10.0
This sleek watch from Wilds Wood takes automatic wooden watches to a whole new level of engineering and flashy design. The combination of the royal blue face paired with bright yellow accents impressively set off the design of the skeleton face.
Wilds Wood then matched that modern face design with a more classic zebra wood wristband and case to balance this whole piece of machinery.
With a case diameter of 45mm, this is a great all around sized watch for men. Not too large, not too small.
Mens Wooden Watches Automatic Movement
- Price Category: Classic Under $100
- Editors Rating: 9.5 / 10.0
This watch make look familiar. That’s because it comes in multiple colors and the red sandalwood version is listed above. We’ve added the zebrawood version here too because it has been growing in popularity as well.
The case diameter of this watch is about 1.88 inches, so on the larger side – but not a completely oversized men’s watch.
It also have a skeleton face that shows the silver gears inside it’s wood case.
Wilds Brown Wooden Watch With Auto Movement
- Premium Wooden Watch: Around $200
- Editors Rating: 8.8 / 10.0
Treehut Atlas White Marble Automatic Wood Watch
- Premium Wooden Watch: Around $300
- Editors Rating: 9.7 / 10.0
The Atlas Collection from Treehut it one of the absolute best automatic wooden watches you can buy. It comes in a wide variety of color and material options, but this one pairs a very elegant white marble style face with a black leather band and wooden accent crown.
The 43mm dial diameter is a great size for most men’s wrists. And the back of the watch features a glass window to show the full mechanics of the gearing inside the watch.
The most impressive part of this watch is that the dial is REAL Marble.
What Is An Automatic Wooden Watch?
An automatic wooden watch refers to the type of movement that powers the actual watch mechanics. Unlike standard quartz watches that are powered by a battery – automatic watch movements use your movement to power the watch.
How Do Automatic Wood Watches Work?
With an automatic movement, the natural movement of your wrist spins a small counter weight inside the watch to wind up tiny springs. The springs then power the gears that turn the hands of the watch.
They get the name “automatic” because they will automatically wind themselves. Each of these watches has a small counterweight inside the watch on a swivel. When you move your hand or even your body, the minute motions of the watch are enough to rotate the weight with winds the watch. Automatic watches carry a small power reserve that will fill up so your watch can continue to run anywhere from about 12 to 72 hours with no motion.
Many automatic movement watches are designed with a glass window on the caseback so that you can see the weight and gears moving.
How Much Do Automatic Movement Wooden Watches Cost?
What should you pay for a mechanical wood watch? What is the best automatic wooden watch for your money? These are some of the most popular questions we get about this type of wristwatch.
Automatic Wooden Watch Price Ranges:
- Standard: $50-$75 – Is the price you can expect for an entry level wooden watch with a mechanical movement.
- Classic: $75-$200 – Wooden watches in this price category with a auto movement would be consider your standard and will have a top quality parts and unique designs.
- Luxury: $200+ – Wooden watches over $200 with an automatic winding mechanism are considered luxury and will feature top quality mechanics & wood and are usually carrying a brand name from a well known brand like Jord or Holzkern.
What’s The Difference Between An Automatic Wooden Watch & A Skeleton Watch?
While there can be a lot of overlap between these 2 items an Automatic Movement refers to what powers the watch. In an automatic movement, the watch is powered when the movement of your wrist winds the watch using a counter weight and gears.
A skeleton watch refers the ability to see through the face of the watch to see in workings inside.
- So with a skeleton watch – you can see inside and it may have an automatic movement or battery powered movement.
- With an automatic movement watch, it may be possible to see inside the watch to the gears and counterweight if it is also a skeleton faced watch. However, many automatic watches have a standard face and you cannot see inside.
View our list of the Best Skeleton Wooden Watches.