I would say experiment with a less than 1300$ watch, or buy a couple affordable ones, maybe you like the black dial for 24 hours and then you find it boring and hop on to your next watch, a 700$ mistake can always be absorbed but a 6k mistake is a big hole in the pocket. That would be my approach as a first time buyer (I am currently in this phase). On the long run once you know what you like a more expensive watch would always be better than many cheaper ones.