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#first-time-watch-buyers

The new, special edition timepiece is called the Amida Digitrend NASA Tribute and is designed to capture the spirit of the era of the Space Shuttle, 'when humanity dared to reach for the stars.'

Until roughly the late aughts, much of the vintage watch-collecting community focused on stock that remained in the best physical condition possible, rejecting patination while polishing cases and generally restoring old watches in the manner of old cars. As the watch-collecting hobby proliferated in this century, however, collectors' tastes shifted dramatically.

The Beams Boy x Timex Original Camper Ring Watch draws its lineage from two points in history: the 1920s tradition of converting women's timepieces into jewelry, and the 1990s ring watch trend that briefly made a cult appearance before fading out again.

Art Deco, which began to proliferate more broadly following the Paris International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts, from which it derived its name, called upon ancient Egyptian motifs and futurism in a modality that emphasized geometric shapes, broad use of color and a streamlined (if maximalist) aesthetic. During the 1930s, a lesser-known but decidedly compelling offshoot of Art

On Tuesday, Omega released two new versions of the Speedmaster Moonwatch Professional in Black and White - or, as the watch world is inevitably going to call it, the "Reverse Panda." (A "panda" is a white-dialed chronograph with black subdials, while a "reverse panda" features a black dial with white subdials.) While there have been reverse-panda Speedies before, these have largely been "reduced" automatic Speedmaster watches or special editions such as the "Speedy Tuesday" made with Fratello in 2017.

Take the so-called "sector" or "scientific" dial. Organized into concentric "sectors" that divide the minute, hour and sometimes the subdivided seconds tracks into separate areas, they often (but not always) feature bisecting vertical and horizontal lines that create four equal quadrants. These aesthetically-distinctive dials originated on pocket watches in the early 20th century, carrying over the idea of the "railroad" minute track and merging it somewhat with the curvaceous, decorative geometry of the art deco movement.

Ever since the inauguration of LVMH Watch Week in early 2020, the horological world has hit the ground running each new year. Far from a sleepy wake-up, this trade show kick-starts a busy schedule full of big releases, global events and all manner of watch-related celebrations spread throughout the calendar. LVMH Watch Week certainly brought the heat in 2026, as plenty of brands emerged with guns blazing:

If there are two things to know about Todd Snyder (and, by proxy, his eponymous NYC-based label), it's that he has a hell of an eye for design, and he doesn't do things halfway. These core tenets run through the elite menswear that has established Snyder as one of the premier American designers and are on full display in his latest project: a duo of extremely limited-edition timepieces created in collaboration with the up-and-coming British watchmakers AERA.

In 1952, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) - an American-founded non-profit and the world's largest aviation organization - approached Willy Breitling, scion of his family's eponymous watchmaking brand, to commission a timepiece for its members. Specifically, AOPA needed a chronograph that would allow its user to easily compute important information like speed, distance, fuel consumption and other calculations crucial to flying before the advent of flight computers.

If a dive watch is a waterproof timepiece meant to travel under the water, a pilot's watch is a highly legible timepiece meant for use in the cockpit, a field watch is meant for soldiers or explorers and a GMT watch is meant for tracking a second time zone...then what the heck is an "adventure" watch? To our minds, it includes all of the above watches.