Rosendahl Picto Watch
With its minimalist floating minute hand and a dot for hours, the Picto watch from designers Steen Georg Christensen & Erling Andersen reminds us of Pong for some reason we can’t put our finger on.
With its minimalist floating minute hand and a dot for hours, the Picto watch from designers Steen Georg Christensen & Erling Andersen reminds us of Pong for some reason we can’t put our finger on.
The stylish Oakley Full Metal Jacket titanium watch comes with a removable single face that can be mounted on a pocket watch chain or used as a conventional wrist watch. (Thanks Dane!)
If you’re looking for the most practical timepiece, Nooka’s latest is not for you. But if you’re after eye-catching and unique accessories, the Zizm’s faceted crystal lens (and name) will do the trick.
Bell & Ross’ new Vintage WW1 collection was inspired by the “first wristwatches worn by pilots in the 1920s.” Each of the WW1 watches have a large fob-watch type diameter and a thin leather strap.
If you can’t afford a high-end watch, but you’re still looking for style and function, check out this Timex, with its fly-back 24 hour chronograph hands. Available in a variety of classic and modern looks.
Want this Rogue Touch watch? One winner gets it – or any other in-stock watch from TokyoFlash Japan. To enter, email tf@theawesomer.com with a link to the watch you want. (Contest has ended.)
After the boombox watch and the turntable watch, Flud continues its music theme with the BPM, a wristwatch that looks like a drum machine. The geeky truth? It’s actually a calculator watch.
TAG Heuer’s Mikrotimer Flying 1000 concept watch is the only watch in the world that can measure time down to 1/1000th of a second, thanks to its insanely fast caliber. More on Hodinkee.
Yvan Arpa for ArtyA comingled Swiss watchmaking and firearms with a bezel and inner dial like a target sight, six 6mm Flobert bullets suspended in the dial, and three 38mm cartridges on back.
IWC’s Portuguese Sidérale Scafusia is their most exclusive and complicated mechanical watch, with a constant-force tourbillon for star and solar time and a spectacular celestial chart on the back.
Inspired by the watches worn by pilots in the 1920s, the WW1-92 has a wonderfully warm feel to it, with natural hues and sand-colored luminescent dial, it’s a classic for years to come.
Designer Jordy Smith’s stylish, but high-tech watch offers an innovative “Suffer and Recover” mode, which helps you interval train, and also tracks tide predictions for 200+ beaches around the world.
Urwerk puts an unusually intricate mechanical movement in this modern take on the pocket watch, offering measurements in intervals from 1 second to 1000 years. Limited to just 8 pieces.
Enter to win and be the first to own the gorgeous new Braun BN10 wristwatch, with a modern LCD display and scroll wheel control set into an elegant stainless steel case. (Contest has ended.)
This 1966 Oyster Perpetual Air-King Precision is the pinnacle of understated elegance. The stainless steel case, silver dial and tricolor wrist strap combine for a timeless (if a little patriotic) look.
Dingemans Mechanische Horloges is a brand of made-to-order, hand crafted mechanical watches by Fred Dingeman. Fred actively involves customers in designing each of their timepieces.
One of MoMA’s best sellers, it’s an analog wristwatch that behaves like a digital one. The current time is shown in full, while the coming and past hours and minutes fade into and out of view.
The Aquatimer chronograph Galapagos edition has a stainless steel case coated with matte-black rubber for a unique look and feel. Has a sapphire glass and luminescent hands, dial and bezel.
Flip the lid on the stylish black metal P 6520 watch from Porsche Design, and it reveals a liquid compass for helping you find Magnetic North. As a Porsche, it’s appropriately limited to 911 units.
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