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Oris ProDiver Dive Control Limited Edition
Price: $4,950
From: oris.ch
Oris continues to do what it does best with this bold, function-oriented beast of an oversized dive watch developed in concert with a professional offshore diver.
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Bell & Ross BR 03-92 Bi-Compass
Price: $3,900
From: bellross.com
The last few years saw Bell & Ross expand its watch offerings with round case shapes, but the Bi-Compass takes us back to the beginning.
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Rado Captain Cook MkII
Price: $2,150
From: rado.com
The new Rado Captian Cook Mk II may be styled and even sized like its 1962 ancestor, but modern features make it remarkably robust.
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Omega Seamaster New York Edition
Price: $7,600
From: omegawatches.com
Omega’s Seamaster dedicated to New York City captures the classic style of past eras in a modern, technical package.
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Breitling Navitimer Ref. 806 1959 Re-Edition
Price: $8,600
From: breitling.com
With the Breitling Navitimer Ref. 806 1959 Re-Edition, an iconic watch returns in a faithful recreation of the original from 60 years ago.
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Deleted: If you want the best rough and tumble watch you can do quite anything in, the obvious choice is the G-SHOCK Mudmaster GGB100. Part of a long heritage based on toughness and technology, the G-SHOCK GGB100 features a newly developed Carbon Core Guard structure that is made from lightweight and rigid carbon fiber-reinforced materials to keep the watch protected from the roughest treatment. Along with the Quad Sensors to keep you abreast of your surroundings and Bluetooth connectivity via the G-SHOCK app, you can be sure this Mudmaster will never leave you in a lurch. The G-SHOCK GGB100 is an essential piece of kit for any adventure. Learn More: Here
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Sinn 206 ARKTIS II
Price: $3,570
From: sinn.de
The 206 Arktis II and 206 St Ar recreate the original watches that first introduced some of Sinn’s legendary durability features.
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Oris Aquis Date Relief
Price: $2,000
From: oris.com
This is the same Aquis Date you know and love, but with a different bezel, dial and two sets of options for how you’ll affix it to your wrist.
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Breitling Cockpit B50 Orbiter Limited Edition
Price: $8,360
From: breitling.com
Breitling’s bold new Professional watch is crammed with features and celebrates the first non-stop hot air balloon flight around the world.
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Casio G-Shock Full Metal GMW-B5000V
Price: $1,000
From: casio-watches.com
Casio’s new G-Shock comes in a metal case with an aged treatment that gives it the look of a well-worn pair of jeans.
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Mühle-Glashütte Sea-Timer BlackMotion
Price: $2,599
From: muehle-glashuette.de
This masculine dive watch from Mühle-Glashütte is dark and serious, with tough German tool-watch cred to back up its mean looks.
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MHD SA2
Price: $833
From: mhdwatches.com
Matthew Humphries, previously Head of Design at Morgan Car Company, designed the SA2 as a sleek automatic watch with clear automotive influence.
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Alpina Seastrong Diver 300 Automatic
Price: $1,395
From: alpinawatches.com
Titanium and bronze PVD coatings over steel cases make for interesting looks on this rugged diver watch with retro-inspired dials.
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Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Barakuda
Price: $19,500
From: blancpain.com
In reissuing the Barakuda, Blancpain has resurfaced an obscure military variant of the famed Fifty Fathoms, and it’s one of the best-looking recent dive watches.
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Glashütte Original Spezialist SeaQ
Price: $9,500+
From: glashuette-original.com
The Spezialist SeaQ vintage-inspired dive watch is the first in a new family of sport watches from respected German brand Glashütte Original.
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Zodiac Super Sea Wolf
Price: $1,095
From: zodiacwatches.com
Vibrant new automatic dive watches from Zodiac’s popular Super Sea Wolf collection are extremely wearable and fun summer wrist gear.
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Serica W.W.W. WM Brown
Price: $540
From: serica-watches.com
The Serica W.W.W. WM Brown edition is a handsome, modern interpretation of the famed W.W.W. watch from World War II with a Swiss automatic movement and moderate size.
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Vertex MP45B
Price: ~$3,980
From: vertex-watches.com
The new Vertex MP45P is a badass monopusher chronograph watch in all black that perfectly leverages the brand’s history in military watches.
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Luminox Sport Timer 0900 30th Anniversary Limited Edition
Price: $945
From: luminox.com
Luminox’s handsome and tough Sport Timer 0900 30th Anniversary model hearkens back to the golden age of field watches.
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Archimede 36mm Pilots Watch
Price: ~$690+
From: archimede-watches.com
The Archimede 36mm Pilots Watch takes a classic military design and downsizes it to a more wearable size.
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Oris Big Crown ProPilot X Calibre 115
Price: $7,600
From: oris.ch
The Big Crown ProPilot X Calibre115 from Oris features a completely skeletonized in-house movement and a 44mm titanium case.
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Aquadive Poseidon GMT
Price: $1,395
From: aquadive.com
The Poseidon GMT is a dual-time zone dive watch housed in a 42mm case that’s water-resistant to a whopping 1,000m.
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Omega Seamaster Diver 300m James Bond
The latest Bond watch is the first version designed with input from Bond himself.
Price: $6,500
From: omegawatches.com
Omega has released a new Seamaster Diver 300M in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the James Bond 007 film On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, featuring a 42mm stainless steel case, 300m of water resistance and limited to 7,007 pieces, of course.
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Mido Ocean Star Tribute Special Edition
Price: $1,150
From: shopmido.com
The Mido Ocean Star Tribute celebrates 75 years of the brand’s well-known dive watch with a handsome and relatively affordable 1960s style.
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MkII Hellion
Price: $649
From: mkiiwatches.com
Based on the American “canteen watches” of WII, Mk II’s Hellion is an automatic, military-style watch for under $700.
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Zodiac Super Sea Wolf 68 Saturation
Price: $2,295
From: zodiacwatches.com
The Zodiac Super Sea Wolf 68 Saturation dive watch was made in collaboration with a renowned diver and National Geographic photographer.
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Oak & Oscar Olmstead
Price: $1,375+
From: oakandoscar.com
The Olmsted field watch from Chicago-based micro brand Oak & Oscar features a “sandwich dial” and pays tribute to the company’s hometown.
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Doxa Sub 300T Conquistador
Price: $1,890
From: doxawatches.com
Fifty years since its introduction, Doxa’s renowned dive watch gets a colorful update in the Sub 300T Conquistador.
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Ochs und Junior Two Time Zones + Date
Price: ~$9,390
From: ochsundjunior.com
The new Ochs und Junior Two Time Zones + Date watch has an unusual, minimalist dial design, but reading the time is actually a simple affair.
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Blancpain Air Command
Price: $19,800
From: blancpain.com
Faithful to the original, Blancpain’s Air Command revives a model that narrowly missed adoption by the U.S. Air Force.
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Monta Atlas
Price: $1,565
From: montawatch.com
With the Atlas GMT watch, Monta offers a ton of value in the form of a useful complication in a solid, refined package.
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Zenith Pilot Type 20 Chronograph Adventure
Price: $7,700
From: zenith-watches.com
Zenith’s bold pilot watches in 45mm bronze cases with green dials are super stylish and recall military watches from the first World War.
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Ultramarine Morse 9141N GMT
Price: $1,836
From: ultramarine-watches.com
This GMT watch from indy brand Ultramarine is competitively priced and uses all Swiss parts, down to the last screw in its automatic movement.
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Fortis PC7 Team
Price: ~$2,499+
From: fortis-swiss.com
Fortis celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Swiss Air Force’s Display Team with chronograph and time-only pilots watches.
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Haven Chilton
Price: $1,799
From: havenwatches.com
Based in the Midwest, Haven is an American microbrand debuting with a very vintage-inspired and moderately sized automatic chronograph.
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Christopher Ward C1 Moonglow
Price: $1,935
From: christopherward.com
Christopher Ward updates an old-school complication with modern design, bringing the moon phase into the 21st century.
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Maen Skymaster
Price: ~$780
From: maenwatches.com
This young microbrand is giving vintage chronograph fans just about everything they want with this affordable, 38mm classic-feeling watch. You won’t find a Swiss automatic chronograph for much less.
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Dan Henry 1962 Racing Chronograph
Price: $260
From: danhenrywatches.com
The Dan Henry 1962 Racing Chronograph watch offers the looks of a vintage collector’s favorite at a highly approachable price.
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Frederique Constant Yacht Timer Regatta Countdown Chronograph
Price: $3,495
From: frederiqueconstant.com
The Yacht Timer watch from Frederique Constant is made for timing yacht races with a clean, handsome interpretation of the chronograph.
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Breitling Aviator 8 Mosquito
Price: $7,710+
From: breitling.com
This vintage-styled chronograph watch recalls its early aviation history with a solid, handsome package recalling a classic WWII-era wooden aircraft.
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Bremont H-4 Hercules
Price: $11,895+
From: bremont.com
Three new GMT watches from British Bremont celebrate the H-4 Hercules, or “Spruce Goose,” incorporating actual wood from the historic plane.
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IWC Pilot’s Watch Timezoner Chronograph
Price: $13,100
From: iwc.com
IWC has introduced a limited-edition version of its popular Timezoner watch in “sepia brown” to mark a historic trans-Atlantic flight.
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Farer World Timer Automatic
Price: $1,550
From: farer.com
Farer’s World Timer, available in 3 dial colors, offers 24 time zones in a 39mm stainless steel case, all for a reasonable price.
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