Rolex, Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet, and Vacheron Constantin make the list, but so do surprises from this year's sports watch offerings.
A Brief History of the Salmon Dial—and Why Yours Probably Isn’t One, and in that article we defined the dress watch. The sports watch is effectively the opposite of a dress watch. It must be waterproof, which often makes sports watches thicker, wider, and heavier than dressers . A sports watch must be highly legible . It must be durable, shock-resistant, scratch proof, and, above all else, a functional-yet-stylish watch you can wear 24/7/365.
The sports-watch category first emerged after World War II as profession-oriented tool watches—often developed for military use first —became increasingly fashionable for civilians. The cultural impulse there is interesting: Some men, whose identities and adrenaline-cycles were wrapped up in having served as soldiers, began to chafe against their comfortable civilian roles in the suburban middle class.
2024 is shaping up to be yet another banner year for the sports watch, though with some of the bigger brands—a few notches and returning to the toolish nature deep in the genre’s DNA. Personally, I find this a refreshing break from the look-at-me aesthetics of the previous few years, and I’m pleased to present the following timepieces as the very best of 2024’s sports watches.. This is the GMT Master II that was missing from the modern catalog for far too long.
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