Awesome Watches

Released in 1983, the Spirit was designed by car designer Giorgetto Giugiaro, the same man who designed the DeLorean DMC-12, the VW Golf, Lotus Esprit and more. The watch has large timer and lap buttons for easy operation while driving, was worn by Ripley in Aliens.

Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer collaborated with Intel to develop a smartwatch that doesn’t look like a geek toy. It features a round touchscreen display running Android Wear, and a titanium case. It offers realistic faces, with information displays neatly integrated into the dials.

A set of affordable quartz analog watches. Pick from five different dial materials – two wood, two ceramic and one gold – and five colors for its interchangeable leather NATO straps. Its retail price will start at $165, so Kickstarter early adopters get a great deal.

The most innovative smartwatch we’ve ever seen. Blocks’ core watch functions on its own but can be expanded using modules that double as its strap, such as an extra battery, an NFC reader or even a GSM module.

This elegant, limited-edition timepiece features a striking blue face, set into a unisex-friendly 39mm stainless case, and covered with an anti-reflective sapphire crystal. Its movement is Swiss-made, self-winding and automatic, and has a date calendar function.

The Klok-02’s upper half has a retrograde display that shows the minutes and seconds, while the lower windows shows the hour or date. A button lets you switch between 24 time zones. Like the Klok-01, it can be turned into a wristwatch, a pocket watch and more.

A stylish and durable timepiece with an affordable price. Helgray’s 42mm watch is waterproof to 300ft. It has a stainless steel case, a sapphire crystal and a Miyota quartz movement. Its rotatable 12h bezel lets you track a second time zone.

Diesel’s limited-edition Biker series watches have had their trimmed their faces with black leather, and fitted them with matching straps. The Mini Daddy offers a cool jump hour dial, while the Mr. Daddy has three time dials and chronograph functionality.

Klokers’ Klok-01 was inspired by the slide rule. It has one disc each for the hour, minute and seconds, with the current time aligned under a magnifying glass. It has a variety of accessories that turn into a wristwatch, a pocket watch and more.

Filson’s latest watch collection was inspired by the form and function of WWII aviator’s watches. Each one has a large 45.5mm dial, a Shinola Argonite quartz movement, a sapphire crystal, and rated to 20 ATM. Available with Bridle or Horween leather straps.

Artist Frank Cohen created Starling, a line of steampunk pocket watches which twinkle with color behind their cutout covers. Each one comes in a cool resin box designed by Disney Imagineer Terri Hardin Jackson, sculpted with elements from the accompanying short story.

A special variant of Shinola’s 38mm Runwell Coin Edge watches. The Stone Dial collection features five watches with geniune mineral dials – malachite, Tiger’s eye or turqoise – paired with sterling silver or gold PVD cases.

By rethinking the way the tips of the hands point, Projects‘ unique timepiece draws your attention to a central dial, rather than the outside of its watch face. Case is black IP stainless steel, with a leather or silicone strap.

This military style watch features a black ion-plated stainless steel case with a gun-grip material bezel. Luminous hands make it easy to read at night. Comes with four Cordura camo watchbands and a rugged storage box.

Do you like sporty digital watches and stylish analog ones? Why not wear both simultaneously? Philip Stein’s dual digi model is water resistant to 100 ft, with a cheerful rubber strap and luminescent hands and markers.

Kyle Schut’s timepiece was inspired by the instruments in his 1977 Alfa Romeo Alfetta GT. Available in Black, Blue, Orange, Grey and White, each watch comes with solid and racing stripe NATO straps, with an optional Leather strap.