TOP 5 MEN WATCHES IN USA
The 5 best men's watches to buy in USA
The watch world keeps on ticking,
global pandemic or no global pandemic. And let's face it, there's never been a
better moment to take stock of where we're at and spend some quality time
really considering that tempting new watch purchase.
There's already been a load of great
new men's watches released in 2022, with plenty more lined up, and right here's
the place you'll find them. From world-famous brands like Rolex, Tag Heuer, Breitling to more
under-the-radar names that have caught the Esquire editors' eye.
1. ROLEX
Rolex
Day-Date
All Rolex watches speak of prestige, glamour and
good taste. But perhaps none more so than the Day-Date, the one Rolex that for
a while only came in 18k yellow gold, 18k white gold or 18k Everrose gold, the
latter being so posh it was Rolex’s own version of gold. Not for nothing is the
Day-Date known as “the president’s watch”. A platinum version followed, adding
further weight to its exclusivity, in every sense: platinum is hard to
manufacture, it costs a fortune and it also made the watch extremely heavy. The
new-for-’22 version is the first time a platinum Day-Date has come with a
“fluted” bezel (i.e: the ridges around the outside) and is paired with Rolex’s
unique ice-blue sunray dial. Available in 40mm and 36mm, it is a really, really
lovely watch.
2.
Swatch X Oegam
One
of the marketing events of the
year,
the announcement that Omega had teamed up with Swatch to produce a £207 plastic
version of its £5,000 Speedmaster “Moonwatch” prompted coverage in the national
press, 6am queues around the block and resale listings in excess of the price
of the model it was based on. Still, given that someone was apparently stabbed
for theirs outside a New York Swatch store, perhaps not all publicity was good
publicity. High-low collabs have worked wonders for streetwear and given the
noise this created, expect more to come from other watch companies. Though few
will have a name as pleasingly readymade as “MoonSwatch”.
3. TIMEex
The original Q Timex came out in the late-1970s
and hit peak popularity in the mid-1980s. Rereleased in 2019 it became a
best-seller once again, its two-tone bidirectional “Pepsi” bezel being a style
once again back in vogue. Its pocket-money price made it a great first watch
for some or a great second “beater” watch for others. Now there’s a GMT version
that nudges the cost up to a hardly-unreasonable £200, adding a number of
design upgrades, including applied circular hour markers and a simple square
date window.
4. Nomos Glashütte
Unlike most of the Swiss old guard,
Nomos Glashütte was founded in East Germany just after the fall of that big
divisive wall. Its design, then, is minimalistic, and retrofuturist; a watch
that recalls those old, slightly intimidating Vladimir Mayakovsky posters.The
latest Neomatik is arguably the most Nomos Glashütte-y of them all. But with an
automatic movement and a bidirectional winding rotor that protects the
mainspring, it's as good as it looks. Post-unification, German manufacturing is
still pretty great.
5.
ZENITH
People like archival Zenith pieces quite a lot. The success of the
'Revival' reproduction of the El Primero is testament to that. So, when the
marque re-released the Defy, a banner novelty that dates back to 1969, people
went mad.
Rightly so. It's powered by the El Primero movement, so you know
it works well, but there's something mildly futuristic about it, and, given,the
collector's value, you'll be onto a winner when the re-re-release inevitably
comes.
