Those Alpha watches are kind of a mess. I was excited by them at first glance. The screw down crown and pushers do not really match the motor sport style chronos these are a homage of. It's a less expensive case with probably a little bit lower quality threads on the case and crown. Combine that with a manual wind and screw down crown. Doesn't bode well for longevity.
Printing Chronometer on the dial is just outright wrong. The Seagull 1963 would be interesting.
I agree, but there's really only so many options when it comes to cheap mechanical chronographs.
I voted for the 1963 and a couple of the Russian 3313 movement watches.
They're about as affordable as mechanical chronographs get, that said, there are a fair few watches that people have added that are neither mechanical or affordable.