If it’s your first watch and you want it to be an everyday watch get a quartz warch or even better a solar/eco-drive quartz watch. They are much more accurate, more robust and with a solar one you don’t need to change batteries every 2-3 years either.

If you are in the US you could take a look at the officialwatchdeals store on ebay and get a citizen eco-drive you like from there there are plenty of styles to choose from.

Here’s one of the stiletto models. It’s on the smaller/classic side and it’s also ultrathin.

Here’s another with a more modern size (41mm) that’s minimalist in design but it has an integrated bracelet meaning you need to have a custom leather strap made for it if you want to replace the bracelet. Same with this blue one.

Here’s another minimalist design but with the same type of bracelet and just like this other one that comes on a strap these are not the easiest to read.

You can also find some chronos like this one or this one. These also have integrated bracelets.

There’s a gold minimalist one too on a brown leather strap.

Also look for coupons on the product page, some might have extra % off coupons.