Awesome Watches

The perfect everyday wristwatch. The design of the unisex Uniform Wares 103 collection was inspired by “the simplicity and utilitarian functionality” of mid-century British factory wall clocks.

The Skywatch 3-Hand is eye-catching without being too flashy, thanks to its chunky rotating bezel and great two-tone color schemes. May also have photo luminescent graphics depending on model.

The watch for happy-go-lucky or indecisive people. Aside from the usual time, date, timer and stopwatch functions, The Genie also has “magic genie”, a magic 8-ball mode.

With two huge watches – one a dedicated stopwatch – the Wristmaster looks more like a Forearmmaster to us. First released in 2008, you can snag this rare timepiece(s) on James List.

Get rid of the competition and grab everyone’s attention when you cop The Monopoly watch. Has a stainless steel case and solid stainless steel band. Collect $200 and pass by Nixon’s shop.

Pow! Bam! Swatch! Jeremy Scott’s Yellow Flash watch puts comic book style on your wrist. We normally wouldn’t think of wearing a bright yellow watch, but we’ll make an exception here.

This elaborate limited-edition watch has an unique mechanism that simultaneously displays day, date, month, moon phase and leap-year cycle. It’s made from 721 individual parts, including 54 jewels.

Beat is a gesture controlled concept watch/ring music player that tracks performance while running; simply move your hand back and forth to adjust volume, skip songs and check your stats.

Intended to remind us that life is brief, Mr Jones’ absurd Last Laugh watch forgoes the customary hour and minute hands, and instead displays the time on a skull’s teeth. See it in action here.

If you loved the minimalism of Defakto’s EINS watch, but prefer a light backdrop, the black stainless Nachtschicht (Nightshift) offers a luminous face which glows brightly with the lights off.

A limited edition Navitimer chronograph that will be released by Breitling to celebrate their restoration of a Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, one of the most beautiful airliners ever built.

Fossil is producing a watch for developers that syncs with your phone over Bluetooth; it will allow weather, text messages, etc. from the phone to be viewed right on your wrist. (Thanks Doug!)

A DW-5600 decked out with the Baby Milo logo on a matte white body. This is just one of the watches that BAPE and Casio will release this year. Check this one out if you want something edgier.

The touchscreen Synapse can tell time in four timezones simultaneously, and looks cool doing it on its dot-matrix display. Available in black, gunmetal, gold and silver stainless steel finishes.

Nixon’s first analog world time movement watch, the Passport, is crafted in stainless steel; it’s most unique feature is the world time function, which is controlled by the bezel. (Thanks Evan!)

Diesel’s DZ1419, better known as “Frankenwatch” has a split-personality more befitting of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde moniker. 2/3rds gunmetal stainless, 1/3rd blue Lucite – it’s one cool, but schizo watch.

The GDF-100 introduces a brand new case design to the G-Shock line to accommodate its front-facing pressure and temperature sensors. The watch can display both temperature and altitude at once.

Bernhard Lederer’s Gagarin Tourbillon celebrates Yuri Gagarin’s historic space flight; it has a minute long flying tourbillon that rotates counterclockwise in 108 minutes, the time it took to orbit the earth.

Re-issues of some of Braun’s clocks and watches from the 70s and 90s. The wristwatches were made “based on the original designs with slight modifications.” Minimalism at its finest.

Developed in collaboration with MCT Watches founder Denis Giguet, the Opus Eleven features 24 placards that explode and come together to form the numeral of the hour. Limited to 111 units.

This limited-edition timepiece keeps time by syncing up with GPS satellites instead of radio signals, providing precision time around the world. Plus, they’ve got a cool anime to go with it.

The Submariner Stealth MK III has a satin-finish case, while the MK IV has a black carbon coated case. Both have all-black bezels, G10 NATO Strap and the STEALTH name on their dial and back.

The limited edition 21 Blackjack watch by Christophe Claret comes with a pair of dice, playing cards and a roulette wheel on the back. All the games are fully playable. (Thanks David!)