British direct-to-consumer watch brand, founded 2004, made in Biel. Its history, movements and full lineup, with a focus on The Twelve 660.

Christopher Ward's take on the integrated-bracelet sports watch that Gérald Genta created with the Royal Oak in 1972. I pre-ordered the 40 mm in Nordic Blue.

Christopher Ward's 6.6 mm integrated-bracelet dress watch: 38 mm, hand-wound modified Sellita SW210, hours and minutes only. €1,925 on the steel bracelet.

The Geneva designer behind the Royal Oak, the Nautilus and the Ingenieur SL, who made steel a luxury material. His life, his icons by year, his method and his legacy.

42mm Type A Fliegeruhr with a blue sunray dial on a sandblasted steel bracelet, Laco 2S automatic, BASIC line. Mine since July 2025.

Mühle-Glashütte's 40 mm pilot-style field watch: 10 mm thin, Mühle-modified SW 200-1 with woodpecker neck regulation, 100 m. €1,650 on the bracelet.

Sinn's 41 mm titanium dive watch: 500 m, a captive Tegiment bezel you press before you turn, Ar-Dehumidifying, 53 g without the strap. From €2,990.

Frankfurt tool-watch maker since 1961: pilot chronographs, submarine-steel divers and mission timers, built around its own hardening, anti-fog and anti-magnetic technologies.

The rectangular Hermès icon from 1991, and the 2026 titanium version that finally makes it a sports watch. 6,150 EUR.

The best-selling 38mm Murph gets a gradient blue stardust dial, on bracelet at 1,075 EUR or on leather at 995 EUR.

Oris relaunched its 1938 signature as a 40mm pointer date on an H-link bracelet. Two variants compared: lilac 4068 and black 4064, 2,000 EUR each.

Tudor brings back the North Flag as a 40mm flyer GMT with a Master Chronometer movement, integrated bracelet and boutique-only sales, around €5,100.

A 31-gram 3D-printed Scalmalloy tool watch built for spacewalks, with a crown you can operate in vacuum and a 1,000-year archive in the caseback.

Hybrid smartwatch with real hands, sapphire glass and a medical-grade ECG, running 30 days per charge. Bought to replace my Apple Watch SE 3.

NOMOS's Bauhaus Tangente in midnight blue, running the in-house neomatik DUW 6101 automatic with the patented peripheral ring date.

Discontinued blue-dial 856, sold only through WatchBuys in the US. Never actually a numbered limited edition, despite the reputation.

The 20 French watch brands from Teddy Baldassarre's guide, each with its site, history, and lineup, with field and aviator models flagged.

Reference on NATO and pass-through nylon watch straps: history, types, materials, brands, EU shops, and styling for tool watches.

38.5mm sports-elegant automatic, Sinn's compact entry line with multiple dial variants.

40mm Flieger with blue dégradé sunray dial, Sellita SW200 automatic, from one of the five original B-Uhr makers.

Social network and marketplace built specifically for watch collectors.

42mm automatic field watch with H-10 caliber and 80-hour power reserve.

43mm steel dive watch with 5-day power reserve and sunburst meteor grey dial.

Limited edition (150 pieces) dive watch built for France's bomb disposal service, Sellita SW200, 300m, 2650 EUR.

French-made aviation-inspired DLC-coated pilot watch with Caravelle heritage, 300m WR, at €1,650.