THE WATCH WORLD is always innovating. Sure, there are aesthetic adjustments and wild designs being made to watches all the time, but there’s also plenty of exciting details “under-the-hood” that deserve just as much attention. Our editors and style experts took both points into account when putting together the best new watches of 2024.
We’ve broken down our top picks in four categories: smartwatches, GMTs, titanium bezels and cases, and chronographs. The goal? To showcase all the new and exciting watches that are pushing the envelope of modern watchmaking. Let’s get to the list.
The Leaner Smartwatch
TAG Heuer is elevating its smartwatches to become just as style-forward as their analog counterparts. The Connected Calibre E4 pushes the limits of its software capabilities, offering an array of insightful tools: there’s an agenda app for keeping you on task, a translation app to help when traveling, and a hands-free payment capability for everyday errands. Our favorite feature, however, is the E4’s golf app, loaded with a library that spans thousands of courses so can get readings on distance to pin, plus club recommendations for each shot.
The Travel Companions
Watches with a Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) function have been helping individuals keep track of two different time zones for decades now, but due to the growing connectedness of our world today, the GMT is trending bigger than ever. These stunning GMTs below will give you the ability to read your time back home when traveling (for work or for pleasure), plus the chance to have easy access to your client’s time zone when preparing for a big video meeting.
Lighter and Stronger Materials
It’s true the watch world traditionally hasn’t been big on titanium watches, but oh how the times are a changing. The reason? These materials are lighter, more durable, and more resistant to rust—thus leading to some exceptional new timepieces that are destined to last. These four standouts showcase the variety of directions brands are taking with titanium.
Masters of Time Measurement
Chronographs typically have at least one complication, an added stopwatch subdial, but they can offer up to three complications when a minutes and an hours subdial is added. Chronographs first gained prominence in racing, but the timekeeping dials can really be used for a handful of tasks. These updated chronos preserve the mastery of craft needed to build such a complex ticker, all while offering new case materials and boosted specs.
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