Basel World, the annual showcase of all things Luxury, returns this week. If you care about what you wear on your wrist, you’ll have your eyes on it.
Nothing beats the feeling of wearing a great watch, and with the Summer is just around the corner, maybe it’s time to update yours.
1| IWC
Portuguese Chronograph Classic
£9,950
42mm stainless steel case, silver-plated dial, black alligator leather strap.
Contemporary reinterpretation of a pioneering model first developed in the Thirties but only manufactured in very limited numbers.
2 | Hublot
Classic Fusion Ultra-Thin Skeleton
£12,600
45mm titanium case, sapphire dial, black rubber and alligator leather strap.
The strap combines black alligator leather on top stitched to black rubber on the underside and attached to a polished, satin-finished, PVD-coated steel buckle.
3 | Audemars Piguet
Royal Oak Offshore Diver
£15,720
42mm black ceramic case, black dial, with black rubber and titanium strap.
Despite its elegant design, the watch can survive being 300m under water and comes with a dive-time measurement and date push button.
4 | Omega
Seamaster Aqua Terra Annual Calendar
£7,290
43mm red gold and stainless steel case, Teak Concept dial, black leather strap.
The certified chronometer can be seen through the transparent caseback, while the face design is modelled on the wooden decks of luxury sailboats.
10 | Louis Vuitton
Tambour Twin Chrono
£50,000
18-carat white gold case, 18-carat white gold and blue enamel dial, black alligator leather strap.
Photographs by Jason Pietra. Taken from Esquire’s Big Black Book: the style manual for successful men