Awesome Watches

A timepiece based on the band Snake Plissken wore to countdown until his arteries explode in John Carpenter’s classic Escape from New York. Beyond its countdown timer, it’s a smartwatch with world time, date, stopwatch, pedometer, compass, weather, and notifications.

When it comes to survival, there are few items more critical to have at the ready than a knife, a flashlight, and a way to tell time without your smartphone. Our pals over at Everyday Carry assembled 10 ready-to-go gear combos for every budget and situation.

The latest colorway for Casio’s trusty G-SHOCK Gravitymaster is done up in a military scheme that goes great with the aviation-inspired dial. Water and shock resistant, with world time, stopwatch, countdown timer, luminous hands/markers, and LED illumination.

Seiko and Lowercase’s chronograph variant of the Prospex dive watch. It has a 1-hour chronograph and a 24-hour hand. Available with a silver or gold trim and a rubber strap or a matte silver trim with a metal bracelet.

Despite its name, the Weekender Chrono is the perfect value-priced everyday timepiece. It features three subdials, a date window, and Indiglo tech for nighttime reading. Available in a wide variety of face and band colors. We like the slip-through leather straps the best.

Due to their lack of a mechanism, some of the most rugged and durable watches out there are of the digital persuasion. Our old pals over at Everyday Carry present their 10 robust and manly timepieces that won’t let you down.

The Emergency Night Mission collection adds new colorways to Breitling’s famed distress beacon watch: a black titanium case and dial with orange or yellow straps, and a black titanium case with a blue mother-of-pearl dial and a blue strap.

Handsome, timeless, and affordable, Plan B offers a vintage inspired watch design, a real Swiss movement, a luminous dial, a domed mineral glass crystal, and a stainless steel case. Each one comes with both a leather-lined canvas strap, and a stainless mesh band.

We’re blown away by how awesome these limited edition military-style wristwatches look. Each one features a CuSn8 bronze case with a textured coin edge, a sapphire crystal, water resistance to 300m, and a super-luminescent dial for easy reading at night.

Bell & Ross‘ military-inspired talisman watch gets a tattoo-inspired twist. The Burning Skull is engraved with images of fire, as well as a heart, a rose, a scythe and an hourglass. Then it’s lacquered by hand with black ink and varnish. Limited to 500 units.

A smartwatch for the extreme outdoorsman. The Garmin Fenix Chronos has an always on backlit LED display, a compass, altimeter, comprehensive running and fitness tracking features and phone notifications. It lasts up to one week per charge.

A very special wood watch from Original Grain, made using reclaimed oak from Jim Beam bourbon barrels, accented by copper. Comes in a custom wood box, with a flask, an Italian leather band, and tools for removing links and changing bands. Limited to 500 pieces.

There are so many great watches on the market, it’s hard to pick which ones are the best for daily wear. Fortunately, our friends at Everyday Carry put together this great guide to help you select your perfect watch, based on features, build, materials, design and more.

Our friends at Everyday Carry share their latest drops and the coolest gear they have to offer. Here’s this week’s awesome loadout, courtesy of EDC reader Heesoo Shin, who has let his leatherwork hobby take over his gear collection, with beautiful results.

A limited edition collection of Seiko’s Prospex dive watch. Available in five colors, the watches have a 45mm diameter, a solar-powered movement, a thick rotating bezel, a silicon or steel strap and are waterproof to 600ft.

Oak & Oscar’s limited-edition timepiece is a marvel of understated design. We love the dark grey face and stylish, yet legible display fonts. It has a stainless case, a dedicated GMT hand, a 25-jewel Swiss movement, a double-domed sapphire crystal, and a Horween leather band.