
A Look Back at the New Gear We Discovered This Week
A week’s worth of product news, reviews and buying guides, all in one place.

A week’s worth of product news, reviews and buying guides, all in one place.
By Gear Patrol

The best way to catch up on the day’s most important product releases and stories.
By Gear Patrol

A limited edition watch with a handsome panda-colored dial.

Three watches from Butex, Breitling and Zodiac.

How have the vintage Breitling Navitimer, Omega Speedmaster Professional and Rolex Submariner changed over the decades?

Paired with a steel bracelet, a steel watch can match a t-shirt, a suit cuff and, in some cases, a wet suit.

Blue watches are enjoying their moment, and whether you’re a pilot, a diver, a sailor or just looking for a little color on your wrist, here are the 10 best.
By Jason Heaton

The Breitling Jet Team is the civilian equivalent of the Blue Angels. We got in the cockpit to see what it’s like to do aerobatic stunts at upwards of 700 kph.
By Jan Tegler

Pilots, divers and drivers from Switzerland, England and Germany fill out this week’s new watches.
By Jason Heaton

BaselWorld is around the corner but until the big news breaks, we’ve got you covered with new watches from Jaeger-LeCoultre, Breitling, Hublot and Swiss Army, plus a video from Down Under.
By Jason Heaton

Already strapped in, with a stranger tightening my parachute, it becomes jarringly clear Red Bull race planes don’t have ejection seats. “In the event of an emergency, the canopy flies open, and I’ll be yelling ‘Bail!
By Tucker Bowe

Twenty-five minutes outside the Strip, set in Nevada’s stark desert, the Las Vegas Motor Speedway lacks its city’s famed opulence — but today, not its verve. A fresh energy runs throughout the massive 131,000-seat complex, though no NASCAR racers throttle up around the 1.5-mile asphalt track.
By Tucker Bowe

On September 15, spectators at the 51st National Championship Air Race in Reno, Nevada witnessed a gut-wrenching photo finish. Thousands came to their feet and roared as two of air racing’s fastest, most highly-modified P-51 Mustangs screamed past the home pylon at 500 mph in the closest race at Reno in more than two decades.
By Jan Tegler

The analog-digital watch came into its own in the 1980s, joining the traditional three-handed watch with the functionality of digital timepieces.
By Jason Heaton

This Week in Watches: Updates to Breitling Colt line, Braun’s Bauhaus timepieces, Autodromo’s self-winding watch from Pebble Beach and much more.
By Jason Heaton

The Superocean Chronograph Steelfish ($5,700) is Breitling’s latest addition to its dive watch lineup.
By Jason Heaton

New or old, a pilot’s watch must be legible, tough, accurate and reliable, with extra points awarded if it looks good riding the sleeve of a flight jacket.
By James Stacey

This Week in Watches: The Sistem51 hits U.S.
By Jason Heaton

What self-respecting watch nerd hasn’t spent countless hours trolling eBay for that elusive vintage treasure that no one has discovered? The Pre-Moon Omega Speedmaster, the MilSub, the Cosmonaute — the names alone are enough to get palms sweating and the heart racing.
By Jason Heaton

Mechanical diver’s and pilot’s watches may have been indispensable instruments for explorers in decades past, but nowadays, state-of-the-art wristwatches have shifted toward lightweight, battery-powered and largely digital pieces. These are wrist-top computers, designed for wear during mountaineering, skiing, sailing, surfing and flying.
By Jason Heaton