This just in: Spring is here — and this week brought a range of affordable new watches and casual wardrobe options that feel right in step with the season. Warm weather can mean sporty styles with a rainbow G-Shock and Noah x New Order track jacket, or something classic like a trucker jacket from Dockers and a retro look for you wrist with Timex’s Color Series. There are some fancy sunglasses and high-end watches, too, for those with the budget or those who just like to ogle.
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Yema is on a roll resurrecting its historical watches from the ’60s and ’70s, of which the Meangraf is the latest. With a racing-inspired theme (and a cool name), the Meangraf has an unmistakably retro motorsport feel and a unique design with multiple bezel scales. A Seiko meca-quartz movement powers it, and the whole package is topped off with a box-style mineral crystal for an eminently affordable price.
The Last Frontier collection from Jacques Marie Mage is unrivaled in its attention to detail. This pair of Arkansas frames features beadwork from Kewa artist Francisco Bailon, silver arrowhead front pins, Chimayo textile-inspired filigree engraved on the core wire and sterling silver hardware.
In another winning collaboration between Kith and G-Shock, the New York-based apparel retailer and Japanese watchmaker have presented a new limited edition version of the classic G-Shock 6900 series watch. The GM-6900 Rainbow has a metal bezel with ion plating that produces a gradient which spans the color spectrum, a look used on some other G-Shock watches with a striking effect. The complementing translucent resin band is emblazoned with the Kith monogram.
Made from a blend of cotton and hemp, this trucker jacket is produced with more sustainable practices like Docker’s WaterLess finishing. A collab with Waves for Water founder Jon Rose, this collection also features a button-up shirt, work pants and a t-shirt.
Boutique Italian watchmaker Unimatic celebrates the 1975 Apollo Soyuz collaborative mission between the United States and the Soviet Union to the International Space Station with a new chronograph watch. (Specifically, it takes inspiration from the Russian architect and designer Galina Andreevna Balashova and places her Apollo Soyuz logo in the 3 o’clock subdial.) With the brand’s signature minimalist style and a Seiko meca-quartz movement, it offers a strong value and an irresistible appeal for space fans.
Timex’s proudly quartz “Q” family of watches continues to expand with new iterations in its “Color Series.” The Same 12-hour bezel and retro bracelet are now available on models with a range of combinations, the latest of which includes monochromatic black-and-steel, all-black as well as a gold-plated finish model matched to a blue dial and bezel. As always, they offer a hell of a retro look for a minimal cash investment.
Dickies just launched its United by Inspiration campaign, focusing on shared stories of makers across its community. It also just released a vintage-inspired work pant with an all-over cowboy print — don’t miss out on these.
TAG Heuer’s tourbillon Heuer 02T watch was notable at its introduction for its remarkably affordable price considering what you’d normally pay for a Swiss-made flying tourbillon chronograph with COSC-certified accuracy. The latest version not only offers a new “azure” dial color but comes with a fully titanium bracelet — still for a relatively reasonable price.
Umbro teamed up with Rowing Blazers to offer a 12-piece collection of jerseys, jackets and shorts. Each piece features bold patterns and fabrics, and the collection ranges in price from $80 to $250.
Hublot is all about fusing styles, materials and concepts, and it does this to good effect with its latest collaboration with the prominent American artist Shepard Fairey. Constructed from titanium, the base Hublot Classic Fusion Chronograph model gets an intricate mandala motif for its dial which continues onto the bezel — and even onto the watch’s case. Dial cutouts reveal the Hublot in-house chronograph movement inside.
Omega’s new dive watch is so black that putting it once in the name wasn’t enough. It’s another example of the all-black or “phantom” style of watch, in which every element including the hands and dial is, well, black. Will it be legible enough to function as a watch or is it simply a fashion statement? Best to see it in person and judge for yourself. Its color, however, isn’t its most notable feature: almost every external component of the Seamaster 300m Black Black is made of ceramic, from the case to the bezel to the dial.
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