Awesome Watches

Yarr. This bold black and orange stainless steel watch from Tendence is embellished with a large pirate’s skull, and its hour and minute hands are scabbards. As an added bonus, this $400 watch is on sale for just $200. Also available in yellow.

Apple’s smartwatch offers swappable faces, notifications, Siri, messaging, fitness tracking, maps, weather, calendar, photos, NFC payments, and 3rd party apps. Its UI leverages the crown so you don’t block the screen. Out early 2015.

Mattew Humphries handcrafts military and diver’s watches based on the legendary Seiko 5 series, which brought durable mechanical watches to an affordable price point. Matthew also accepts bespoke orders.

The racing-inspired watchmaker Autodromo taps into “Italian sports berlinettas of the late 1950s and early 1960s” for its latest line of watches. The Stradale has a multilayered dial and a quilted leather strap. Available in 3 colors.

Blending natural materials with modern design, this wooden analog watch tells time using dots which show through tiny round windows. Has a stainless steel back and a premium leather strap with either a maple or walnut face.

Brathwait uses the same materials and factories used by luxury watch makers. But because they have only an online shop and skip the middlemen – agents, resellers etc. – they can pass on their savings to you.

Has a Swiss movement, a sapphire glass, a stainless steel case and is waterproof up to 330ft. It has dual time zone, alarm, chronograph and programmable compass functions, and a video that will make your balls grow moustaches.

Mijlo’s Everyday Watch has two watches and five straps – three leather, one rubber and one canvas strap – giving you 10 combinations to choose from. The straps can be swapped without using tools. It also comes with a rollable felt case.

Limited to just 59 pieces, Linde Werdelin’s latest timepiece is truly stunning, crafted from a custom alloy with a titanium crown, it has a 23-jewel movement and a five-layer dial with a luminescent moon phase indicator.

German watchmaker NOMOS Glashütte lets us get up close and personal with the process behind the creation of their intricate and luxurious mechanical timepieces, which are still largely made by hand.

NOOKA is now crowdfunding their first ever chronograph. The NOOKRONO features a modern analog face inspired by the 1960s space race. Comes in steel, multicolor, black with green sapphire crystal and gold-plated editions.

MeisterSinger’s elegant timepieces offer a Swiss ETA movement which tell time using a jump hour disc and a single hand for minutes. Built from stainless steel with an open casing back, 5-bar water resistance, and a sapphire glass crystal.

With its dramatic 46mm square stainless steel case, the Uhr-Kraft HeliCop features an automatic movement, date and sweep-second functions and is water-resistant to 100 meters, and is sure to be a conversation starter.

Built in Detroit, the Runwell Contrast Chrono looks amazing with its 47mm PVD stainless case and black rubber strap. Offers stopwatch, sweep second and date functions. Each movement is hand-assembled from Swiss components.

An elegant watch and fitness tracker. It tracks calories burned and distance covered when you walk, run or swim. Made of stainless steel and sapphire glass and comes with a leather and a plastic strap. Available this Fall for $390.

This rugged analog watch is the ultimate adventurer’s timepiece, concealing a compass, can opener, firestarter, whistle, signal mirror, magnifying glass, fishing line, hooks, and cutting tool inside. It’s also got a built-in LED flashlight.