Awesome Watches

Limited to 500 pieces, NZ-based Magrette’s Moana Pacific Diver is a 50s-style diving watch; it features 500m water resistance, double-domed sapphire, superluminova, and a Miyota movement.

We really shouldn’t like Tao Ma’s 2Oct2031 concept watch; it’s tough to tell time on and it could probably kill you with its edges, but it’s one sweet look into the future–2031, to be exact.

Welder’s K29 Chrono 8003 goes monochrome: three watches in one, it sports three Miyota movements, a 50mm black matte steel case, white hands/indices and 100m water resistance.

The Stanley LED Torch Watch is definitely goes in our “Why not?” gadget bin for sheer multifunction goodness; it’s a timepiece, an alarm, a mini-LED flashlight, and timer all-in-one.

It ain’t no Swiss movement, but the Makerbot Watch is the ultimate wrist-mounted geek accessory; it’s build-it-yourself Arduino-driven timepiece that uses concentric LEDs to tell time.

Don’t let the rose gold accents fool you; TW Steel’s CEO Tonneau is a man watch through and through, with an edgy 316L stainless steel case, leather strap, and hex rivets.

Vulcain’s Cricket X-treme automatic watch goes sporty with a black/white or black/blue titanium case, sapphire crystal back, and a new, double-barreled V-21 self-winding movement.

Nixon’s Super Hero II TI PU, Outsider Tide and Small Channel T watches not only look at home in the water, but safeguard it too: proceeds go to project BLUE, which protects oceans & beaches.

With Vancouver around the bend, Omega expands its Timeless line with this stainless steel Speedmaster watch; it sports five Olympic-style counters and a shock-absorbing movement.

Despite a simple name and an old-school brand, Burberry’s Extra Large Bracelet Watch is surprisingly sophisticated; it features a bold black 44mm case and a tartan-engraved band.

Made for the 2010 Winter Olympics, Richard Mille’s RM011 Americas White watch bares all with a timer, chronograph, calendar, and big date window in a DLC-coated titanium case.

Limited to 100 pieces, Graham’s Tourbillograph Trackmaster watch sports an off-center tourbillon, a 47mm stainless steel case with clouse de paris bezel, and tire tread rubber strap.

Casio and Globe will drop a heritage collab 4/2010; the G-Shock DW5600GLB-7 watch sports a classic square bezel while Globe contributes a fitted cap and 80s retro Destroyer high-top.

Rolex goes stealthy courtesy Time and Gems with the Black Rolex Submariner; it sports a custom carbon fiber dial, DLC stainless steel rotating bezel, and DLC oyster bracelet.

Available in matt black or glossy silver, Stussy Japan’s Crewsader Watch goes minimalist on the branding with a stainless steel case, triple counters, black dial, and movable crown.

IM KING and Flud team up for a 50 piece limited edition version of the Big Ben watch; it sports a gunmetal housing, bronze-finished numerals, etched backplate and three wrist straps.

Finding a minimalist but masculine watch can be a challenge, but Nixon’s all-black Cannon is terrifically tonal; white indices are all that break up the solid stainless steel case and band.

Part of Casio’s Master of G series, the G-Shock GWF1000-1 is a solar powered dive watch with 200 m water resistance, shock resistance, tide/moon graphs, and atomic timekeeping.

Limited to 500 pieces, Audemars Piguet’s Quincy Jones Limited Edition watch honors one of music’s most prolific talents; it sports a sleek, blackened steel case with black leather strap.

Nixon’s Private watch goes upscale and utilitarian with the Private SS edition; the canvas strap gets ditched for a stainless steel band which is color-matched to the also SS case.

Richard Mille’s RM 022 Tourbillon Aerodyne is a mechanical tour-de-force; it sports an external structure made with NASA-researched orthorhombic titanium aluminides and carbon nanofibers.

Void’s V02 watch swaps digital for analog while keeping the company’s signature half-glass, half-stainless steel case; the speedometer-style dial sports two compass needle hands.

Casio’s G-Shock MTG1100-1A tops their MT-G line; this solar powered watch sports a shock-proof self-correcting movement, aluminum hands, DLC stainless steel case, and atomic clock sync.