IWC Fully Luminous Dial “Black Aces”

Formulated in concert with the titular Naval Aviator Squadron out of Lemoore Base in California, this watch features not only a ceramic case housing IWC’s famed 32100-calibre automatic movement, but a face and hands that are both fully illuminated at night.

Rolex Oyster Perpetual 31 Celebration Dial

You start with a “basic” oyster perpetual, made with the proprietary Oystersteel and then introduce the five bold colours—candy pink, green, turquoise blue, yellow and coral red—that the company first offered on dials in 2020 and then put them all on one watch.

Grand Seiko Sport Watch SBGP015

You can easily spend more than $10,000 on these watches but we think the beauty of the brand lives in a classic model like this: simple, clean design, a quartz-powered movement that is close to perfection in accuracy, and beautiful finish that belies its relatively reasonable price tag.

Parmigiani Fleurier TONDA PF Minute Rattrapante

The rarefied hand-finished watch masters, Parmigiani Fleurier have handmade this excessively hand-finished watch you’re unlikely to see on anyone else’s wrist anywhere. It ushers you into the unique watchmaking concept of Rattrapante, a difficult mechanism that enables chronograph hands to move simultaneously, but can track two different times.

OMEGA Speedmaster Racing Co-Axial

This new offering has everything for the track: matte black dial, with bold orange hands, perforated leather strap backed in orange rubber, Super LumiNova indices for maximum readability and, of course, Omega's OMEGA's Calibre 9900, self-winding movement is certified to the highest standard by METAS.

This story has been edited and condensed for clarity. Read the original version in the Fall/Winter 2023 edition of driver magazine.

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