Tool Watches

The newest additions to the ALT1 line include a tribute to the famed Spitfire plane, and a watch that’s been tested by a jetpack manufacturer.

The Seiko 5 SNK series has everything you could want in a first automatic watch, and it’s available in five versions for less than a good leather strap.

The Avi-8 Spitfire Type 300 Automatic Edition watch is a tribute to the legendary Supermarine Spitfire.

This week we’ve got an incredible value in vintage dive watches, a Rolex Explorer II with stunning patina, and a colorful Tissot chronograph.

The Aquis Date is now available in a new 41.5mm case, as well as in a new dial color in its 39.5mm size.

Our favorite Italian watchmaker joined forces with Massena LAB on a special edition U1 featuring a “tropical” brown dial.

A black PVD version of a watch made famous by Richard Dreyfuss in Jaws, this limited edition of just 50 pieces is currently on sale for $527.

Rado has introduced a new 42mm Captain Cook in bronze with a deep green dial and ceramic bezel.

Three awesome new automatic Presage watches reference the design of vintage chronographs, but they’re far less expensive.

The Sinn 158 brings back an important mechanical chronograph from the 1960s that was originally issued to the German military.

Two new versions of the Hack Watch, available with ivory or black dials, now feature automatic movements.

From the classic DW5600 series to more complicated analog-digital watches, you can save big right now on the world’s toughest watches.

These days, we’re spoiled for choice when it comes to affordable field watches.

Bell & Ross introduced three new variations of its retro-tinged tool watches, with refined three-hand, GMT and automatic chronograph models.

The “Dirty Dozen” watches of 1945 were serious, purpose-built military tools.

Unimatic co-founder Giovanni Moro discusses his brand’s design philosophy, minimalism, and a certain pineapple-dwelling sea creature.

After this Air Force vet bought his Cosmograph Daytona for $346 in the 1970s, he locked it up for 40+ years. And what a good idea that was.

Aquadive’s Bathyscaphe 100 features an impressive 1,000 meters of water resistance and a hardened steel case.

The new Oris Carysfort Reef Limited Edition is a GMT with a heart (and a case) of gold, sales of which will aid the Coral Restoration Foundation’s work.

The Benrus Sky Chief was used by pilots for navigation in the 1940s, when commercial aviation was young and cockpits were a lot more analog.