Want to feel like you’re strapped into the cockpit of the Bell X-1, the plane that told the sound barrier to “hold my beer”? Then slap on the AVI-8 Machbuster Chronograph Watch (£274). This isn’t just a watch; it’s a wrist-mounted tribute to speed, innovation, and probably a few brave test pilots with nerves of

What happens when you cross Japanese streetwear with the rugged DNA of a mountain-conquering timepiece? You get the Casio PRO TREK PRJB001WM-1 x White Mountaineering® Watch ($200), a collaboration that answers a question nobody asked, but everyone secretly wanted the answer to: Can a watch be both “urban explorer” and actually, you know, explore? Apparently,

Gentlemen, forty-one years ago, G-SHOCK exploded onto the scene like a… well, like a watch dropped from a three-story building and still ticking. The DW5000C was born of “Project Team Tough,” which sounds less like watchmaking and more like a Cold War spy operation. Fast forward to today, and the DW5000R-1A Watch ($200) arrives as

Gentlemen, does your wrist scream adventure, but whisper “slightly scratch-prone”? Fear not, for Vero Watches of Portland have forged the Forest Service Edition Airtanker Watch ($475) – a timepiece tougher than a woodpecker’s pecker, and just as dedicated to trees. Born from a noble pact with the actual United States Forest Service (yes, those forest

Gentlemen, gifting a watch to a ‘Pilot watch enthusiast’ just got…polar. Laco, those legendary Germans who practically invented Flieger watches back when biplanes were cutting edge, have dropped the Polar Limited Edition ($540), and it’s cooler than a penguin in lederhosen. Imagine a blindingly white dial, like fresh arctic snow, punctuated with icy blue markers.

Gentlemen, fancy a chronograph that’s less ‘serious boardroom’ and more ‘retro-cool car chase scene’? Then rev your engines for the Nivada Grenchen x Worn & Wound Datomaster VK63 V3 Watch ($499)! This ain’t your grandpa’s chrono (unless grandpa was a very stylish race car driver). Behold the “head-turning colourway”: pale mint dial, teal circle, and…