The 11 Greatest New Watches of July

If you happen to can imagine it, summer time’s midway over already.  However don’t despair! On the horological entrance, manufacturers each giant and small are persevering with to convey the warmth: Worn & Wound’s WindUp Watch Honest in Chicago noticed a number of corporations launch new wares, whereas others dropped particular restricted editions to coincide with occasions (Omega’s new Olympic-themed Seamaster), anniversaries (Bulova’s Jet Star), or simply as a result of. Be a part of us as we survey the perfect watches of July, 2023, from sub-$1K device watches to unbelievable desk clocks and all the things in between.

Itay Noy Seven-Day Cycle

One can all the time rely on Israeli watchmaker Itay Noy for a considerate tackle an outdated complication. On this case, Noy reimagined the (every day) calendar watch by means of a Biblical lens — “God completed the work he had carried out, and he rested on the seventh day.” [Genesis 2:2] — ditching the extra typical day show window for a sequence of skeletonized cutouts that change into illuminated by a coloured disc beneath. In a single variation, every day is given a numerical worth — i.e. “first day” — with the seventh day displayed as “relaxation day.” Nonetheless, the watch may be custom-made based on one’s faith/choice, thus altering the “relaxation day” to a distinct day of the week. (Try the blue-dial model with date for a extra modern tackle this technique — it’s one in all our favourite Itay Noy watches to this point.) 

• Diameter: 40mm
• Motion: Caliber IN.S200 computerized
• Water Resistance: 100m
• Value: $4,900

Ulysse Nardin UFO Clock Restricted Editions

In 2021, Ulysse Nardin debuted a spectacularly trendy tackle the concept of the marine chronometer in a package deal that couldn’t be farther from that of the unique, 18th-century model: Housed inside a glass-enclosed, pill-shaped housing, it sways when pushed — after which rights itself! In 2023, UN is releasing three particular, coloured limited-edition variations for its retail companions in simply 30 examples every: inexperienced for Yoshida in Japan, ice blue for Bucherer, and champagne for The Hour Glass in Singapore. Produced with Maison L’Épée in Delémont, which is legendary for its ingenious desk clocks, that is the final model of a timepiece that stands out as amongst essentially the most modern of the last decade. 

• Diameter: 263x159mm
• Motion: Ulysse Nardin Calibre UN-902 manually wound
• Water Resistance: N/A 
• Value: $68,600

Longines Flagship Heritage Moonphase

If you happen to’re after a dressy, difficult watch, you may do a lot worse than the newest from the Longines Flagship assortment, the Flagship Heritage Moonphase. Obtainable in three good-looking variations and coming in proper round $3K, it’s a nicely sized (38.5mm) costume watch providing a poetic complication, a strong, computerized motion and the clear, midcentury design that the model has exploited to wonderful impact by means of quite a few editions. At six o’clock on every variant sits a mixture moonphase-date show powered by a module hooked up to the watch’s ETA-manufactured base motion, the Longines Caliber L899.5. For our cash, the blue dial is a complete present stopper, in addition to a flexible on a regular basis possibility. 

• Diameter: 38.5mm
• Motion: Longines Caliber 899.5 computerized 
• Water Resistance: 30m
• Value: $3,050

Tudor Pelagos FXD Chrono Alinghi Purple Bull Version

Simply while you thought all of the cool watches had dropped throughout spring’s Watches & Wonders Geneva commerce present, Tudor comes out of left discipline with a killer shock: Two new Pelagos watches made in partnership with the Alinghi Purple Bull Racing group. Each items characterize a number of firsts for the model, essentially the most notable of which is their use of carbon composite circumstances with stainless-steel backs and titanium bi-directional bezels. Made to have fun Tudor’s 2022 partnership with Alinghi Purple Bull Racing, every is a stunner of a watch — however for our cash, the model new Reference 25807KN chronograph, with its dual-register, 45-minute design, snowflake handset, matte purplish-blue twin, and single-piece blue material strap, is the standout mannequin. 

• Diameter: 43mm
• Motion: Tudor Manufacture Calibre MT5813 computerized
• Water Resistance: 200m
• Value: $5,075

Unimatic U1S-8B

Unimatic, the Italian watch firm based by Giovanni Moro and Nunziato in 2015, is likely one of the most beloved “microbrands” on the planet. Its newest addition to the Serie 8 sees it delving into an aesthetic that can little question be acquainted to followers of classic device watches — that of “gilt” dials. The U1S-8B, particularly, appears to reference classic Rolex Submariners with its golden accents surrounding the lume plots and throughout the minute monitor, in addition to on the extremely legible handset — although it’s meant to evoke the “refinement and grandeur” of Venice, based on Unimatic. Coming in at roughly $1,000, it retains the minimalist design codes for which the model has change into well-known whereas including a delicate calling card for these within the know. And at 41.5mm huge by simply 11.6mm thick, it’s an amazing measurement for diving or for on a regular basis put on.

• Diameter: 41.5mm
• Motion: Sellita SW200-1 b computerized 
• Water Resistance: 300m
• Value: ~$1,015

Bulova Jet Star

Simply in time for its fiftieth anniversary, Bulova is bringing again the Jet Star, a cool, stainless-steel watch with a cool, angular case, a stainless-steel bracelet (in addition to a blue leather-based strap), a colourful dial, and notable guts: Whereas the unique was computerized, the brand new model is powered by Bulova’s Precisionist motion — an 8-jewel quartz caliber vibrating at 262 Hz with an accuracy of 5 seconds per 30 days in addition to sweep seconds. Although it’s out there in three totally different variations (together with one with a really Seventies-esque gold-toned case), we dig the silver dial with blue and pink accents the most effective. Produced in a run of seven,300 items and costing nicely beneath $1,000, it’s certain to be successful. 

• Diameter: 40mm
• Motion: Bulova’s Precisionist quartz
• Water Resistance: 50m
• Value: $695

Oris Hank Aaron Restricted Version

Based mostly on Oris’s signature Massive Crown Pointer Date, this limited-edition run of two,297 watches celebrates Hank Aaron, a legend of the MLB and one of many biggest American athletes of all time. Executed in gray and pink to match Aaron’s Braves uniform, its 40mm stainless-steel case options the model’s famed calendar configuration with half moon-shaped pointer date indicator, cathedral handset, and stylized Arabic indices. Paired to a blue leather-based strap, it additionally features a pink, white, and blue NATO strap and ships in a particular field that includes Aaron’s quantity, 44, on the lid. Gross sales will profit The Hank Aaron Chasing the Dream Basis, which offers scholarships to deprived youth.

• Diameter: 40mm
• Motion: Oris Caliber 754 computerized 
• Water Resistance: 50m
• Value: $2,500

Omega Seamaster Diver 300M “Paris 2024” Particular Version

This new special-edition Seamaster Diver 300 celebrates a number of thrilling occasions: first, it begins a one-year countdown till the Paris 2024 Olympics. Secondly, it honors Omega’s thirty first version as Official Timekeeper of the Video games — a task it started fulfilling in 1932. The watch itself shall be acquainted to longtime Omega followers: Measuring 42mm and solely out there for now in Paris boutiques, it’s normal from stainless-steel and 18K Moonshine gold, reminding one of many gold being striven for on the Video games. That includes a laser-structured diving scale in optimistic reduction towards a gold background, the watch’s bezel pops out towards its white “wave” dial with gold accents, making for a good-looking device watch that commemorates a momentous event. 

• Diameter: 42mm
• Motion: Omega Co-Axial Grasp Chronometer 8800 computerized 
• Water Resistance: 300m
• Value: $8,700

Vulcain Cricket Nautical 

The Nautical Cricket is a type of examples of real-world downside fixing that led to a design each purposeful and exquisite. Outfitted with Vulcain’s signature alarm system, the watch would chirp audibly underwater and sign to a diver when it was time to ascend. Moreover, it featured a remarkably no-decompression scale proper on the dial, permitting the wearer to calculate no-stop limits on the fly. Reproduced right here in an upsized 42mm measurement out there with both a inexperienced or blue minute monitor with “fauxtina” or shiny white Tremendous-LumiNova lume, it’s merely a stunner of a watch — no matter whether or not it takes the place of your dive pc or not. (And should you do go diving with it, we’d advocate swapping out the black leather-based strap it ships on for one thing extra waterproof!) 

• Diameter: 42mm
• Motion: Caliber ‘Vulcain Cricket Manufacture V-10’
• Water Resistance: 300m
• Value: $4,862 

Massena LAB x Revolution Uni-Racer 1949

Sadly, this one is offered out already — nevertheless it’s simply so rattling cool that we needed to embrace it. A partnership between legendary watch world character William Massena and watch journal Revolution, the Uni-Racer 1949 takes the Massena LAB 39mm Uni-Racer platform and offers it a particular dial based mostly on a pièce distinctive from none apart from Patek Philippe. What was initially a 33mm ref. 130 chronograph has been up to date to barely extra trendy proportions, outfitted with a Swiss motion from Sellita, and given a particular Tremendous-LumiNova shade and acrylic crystal to evoke the classic authentic’s aesthetics. You’ll should scour the secondary market to select up one in all this restricted version of 120 items…nevertheless it’ll be value it. 

• Diameter: 39mm
• Motion: Sellita SW510 M Elaboré hand-wound
• Water Resistance: 50m
• Value: $3,750

A Lange & Söhne 1815 Rattrapante Perpetual Calendar and Lange 1 Time Zone

New references from A. Lange & Söhne are all the time a trigger for celebration, and this July, we got two: the wildly difficult and exquisite 1815 Rattrapante Perpetual Calendar in 18K white gold with a pink gold dial, and a brand new version of the helpful Lange 1 Time Zone in platinum with a rhodium-colored dial. For the uninitiated, the previous accommodates each a perpetual calendar complication and a split-seconds chronograph, whereas the latter is a dual-time zone watch with a day-night indicator and a daylight-savings time indicator for the second time zone. If you happen to occur to be available in the market for one thing just like the 1815 Rattrapante Perpetual Calendar, you higher act quick — it’s a restricted version of simply 100 items. 

• Diameter: 41.9mm (each) 
• Motion: Lange Calibre L101.1 hand-wound (1815); Lange Calibre L141.1 hand-wound (Lange 1)
• Water Resistance: N/A
• Value: $319,000 (1815); $73,000