My budget is as little as will get the job done... the job being a titanium watch with gold colour details that isn't really chunky. That's the ergonomic side, on the time keeping side accuracy is important since I have quite a tight schedule and wouldn't like a watch that could be a minute or more off unless I reset it every few days. I certainly admire automatics from an engineering point of view but I don't like the idea of paying more for less accuracy, they also need services every few years?.
Regarding Kinetic again I admire the technology and it has certain coolness... but there is quite a premium with the watches I'm looking at here and there's a question mark over long term viability and expensive service costs.