The Italian is an odd specification. Any particular reason?

Loads of stunning dress watches from other nationalities including Japan - Seiko make lovely affordable dress watches.

What’s your budget because affordable is a very fluid concept

Italians aren’t really known for watches, I think Bulgari is Italian but they’re fugly

It’s tricky to pick a watch by nationality, because many of them come from multiple places. Do you mean designed in Italy, or manufactured in Italy, or a company owned by Italians? All of these things exist, but rarely at the same time.

Many Italian-owned companies manufacture their watches elsewhere. By the same turn, there are some foreign-owned companies who use Italian factories to make watches. For example, Panerai watches are owned by a company in Florence but mostly made in Switzerland; Squale watches are owned by an Italian business family, but also made in Switzerland.

Watches that are both designed and made in Italy tend to be ultra utilitarian (but high design), like Unimatic (Japanese movements but assembled in Italy) and Panerai (see above), or extremely high-end stuff like Locman and Bulgari. None of those three companies really make standard dress watches that you could wear to a normal business meeting.

You might have luck with Visconti’s “opera” line, if you can swing the $1000 price tag:

https://www.visconti.it/en/watch-opera/

Also check out this article:

https://teddybaldassarre.com/en-int/blogs/watches/italian-watches