21 Watches You Missed from Seiko, Timex, Omega and More

Seiko shook up the Prospex Speedtimer collection by adding the first time-and-date references. An inner rotating bezel keeps the design true to the collection’s time-measuring theme, though in a more analog fashion. It runs on the respectable Seiko caliber 6R55 automatic movement with a 72-hour power reserve, and comes on the updated version of the steel Speedtimer bracelet.

Exclusive to Europe and limited to just 3,000 pieces, this special variant of the Seiko Prospex Alpinist sees the fan-favorite watch receive a one-off blue dial inspired by the night sky. The Alpinist first came out in 1959 and was designed for Japanese Yama-otoko, or mountain men, who required timekeeping devices capable of withstanding treacherous terrain. Today, it features Seiko’s 6R35 movement.

Glashütte Original’s aptly named Seventies Chronograph has a 40mm brushed steel TV dial case and integrated steel bracelet with contrasting brushed and polished links. The unique dial includes the German watchmaker’s signature Panorama Date, where the date digits are on separate wheels, at six o’clock, and a scale-style 24-hour counter at 12 o’clock. A power reserve meter is tucked into the running seconds dial at nine o’clock. It runs on the in-house caliber 37-02 automatic with a 70-hour power reserve, and comes with an additional rubber strap with a steel folding clasp.

Yema designed the Flygraph CPA10 in collaboration with the French airborne unit of the same name. It was designed to meet legibility and durability criteria with a high-contrast dial and 40mm titanium case. The unit’s insignia is applied at six o’clock and etched into the French blue dial. It runs on Yema’s in-house caliber CMM.10 automatic movement with a 70-hour power reserve, and comes on a two-piece pin-buckle leather-lined canvas strap made from the same material as the unit’s uniforms.

The SRQ055 represents the first significant design change to Seiko’s esteemed automatic chronograph line in years. For the first time since reviving the Speedtimer name under the Prospex collection, an automatic movement is paired with a tachymeter scale on an external fixed bezel. The look mirrors the long-running solar-quartz Speedtimer and brings the vintage look to the far superior watch. Seiko also made a small but impactful update to the Speedtimer steel bracelet by rounding the link edges for a more comfortable feel. It runs on the same caliber 8R48 automatic movement as previous SRQxx references.

Seiko officially sponsored the Datsun 240Z rally car that won the prolific East Africa Safari Rally in 1971. To commemorate this legendary win, the watchmaker released a collection of three limited edition Speedtimer references. Hands-down, the most impressive member of the collection is the SRQ057, with a caliber 8R48 automatic chronograph movement. It has a black stainless steel case and introduces a fixed external bezel with a tachymeter track to the modern mechanical Speedtimer line. It runs on the same caliber 8R48 automatic movement in use since the SRQ047. The full Datsun Speedtimer collection will be available in September 2025.

Casio’s W220H-series watches, available in six different colorways, are a remarkable bargain for all they offer. While they don’t sport the same shock resistance as their beefy G-Shock cousins, they’re otherwise incredibly similar. They have a robust array of features — everything from a perpetual calendar to a suite of stopwatches and countdown clocks — as well as a resin construction and a reliable quartz movement. Three also come with upgraded leather and fabric webbing straps.

The special edition Orient Bambino I with a baby blue dial now comes with a Milanese-style steel mesh bracelet. It has a 38mm stainless steel case and runs on an in-house caliber F6724 automatic movement, which is also hand-winding, has hacking, and has a 40-hour power reserve. Additionally, the beige nubuck suede pin-buckle strap originally paired with the Baby Blue dial is back in stock. Unfortunately, this is the only Bambino offered with a mesh strap at this time.

Hanhart is well respected for its chronographs and pilot’s watches, but isn’t exactly known for divers. The Aquasphere, first introduced in 2024, takes the German brand’s renowned attention to detail and high-end performance under the waves. It’s packed with a fully lumed dial and dive bezel, crown guard, helium escape valve and 300m water resistance. The new Ocean Fade dial color fades vertically from blue to black, like descending into the sea, and is available with a blue or black ceramic bezel insert. It comes on a three-link stainless steel bracelet, a blue two-piece woven strap with a folding clasp, or a black or blue rubber strap with a folding clasp, each equipped with a diving extension.

Atelier Wen’s reimagining of a traditional dress watch combines a hand-hammered, fumé grand feu enamel dial with diamond and calligraphed indices, a unique case design with detached lugs and a French automatic movement with micro-etched Chinese poetry on the 3/4 bridge.

We have tool watches for divers, pilots and spelunkers, so why not one specifically built for miners? That’s the idea behind the Gruvebus from Norwegian microbrand Áigi, a watch that not only pays tribute to the coal-mining culture of Svalbard, Norway, but also was purpose-built for use in the mines. The watch features tritium gas tubes on the hands and indices for lume that is always on and requires no light to charge, while the case is made from quenched mining-grade steel, which is coal-fired and salt-quenched to make it 17 percent harder than standard 316L stainless steel. Finally, the unique dial texture was produced by pressing a piece of coal from the Svalbard mines into the brass dial and sealing the impression with lacquer. The Gruvebus retails for $929 but is available at a 20-percent preorder discount until August 1.

Bremont updates its flagship MB pilot’s watch by outfitting the titanium MB Meteor with the classic orange barrel first introduced on the original MBII in 2009.

U-Boat created a titanium dive watch with 10,000m water resistance, placing it in the prestigious company of the Rolex Deepsea Challenge and the Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Ultra Deep Professional. The 46mm wide by 27mm tall case has a 9.7mm thick domed sapphire crystal, a helium escape valve and a locking ring system caseback. It comes with an aged leather two-piece double-pin-buckle strap and a three-link titanium bracelet. The Profondo 10,000 MT runs on a modified Sellita caliber SW200 automatic movement with a 41-hour power reserve.

This limited-edition Q Timex combines a black dial and a green bezel with a cartoon frog footprint for the seconds hand courtesy of horological artist seconde/seconde/, a reference to the similar-looking Rolex Submariner “Kermit.”

This limited-edition Q Timex combines a blue dial and a blue bezel with a cartoon mushroom for the seconds hand courtesy of horological artist seconde/seconde/, a reference to the similar-looking Rolex Submariner “Smurf.”

Pequignet gave its pillow-shaped integrated sports watch a fully titanium makeover. The 36mm case, integrated solid-link bracelet, and dial plate are all made of titanium, making the watch remarkably lightweight at 84 grams. The straightforward three-hand dial is powered by an in-house caliber Initial automatic movement produced in the brand’s Morteau facility. It has a 65-hour power reserve and a signed rotor visible through an exhibition caseback.

Minase is perhaps the ultimate “if you know, you know” Japanese watch brand, known for its complex case and bracelet constructions and the impressive amount of hand-finishing that goes into them. But on the Uruga Ice Blue, it’s the dial that steals the show. It boasts a rippled texture and an icy shade that recalls Grand Seiko’s iconic Omiwatari. The Uruga’s dial stuns with its beauty, especially when combined with its 27-part case that’s completely hand-polished and heavily features another Grand Seiko hallmark, Zaratsu polishing, where steel parts are given a distortion-free mirror finish. Powering the watch, unlike Grand Seiko, is a Swiss-made movement — an ETA 2892 automatic — that’s been given a glow-up by Minase. The Uruga Ice Blue is available on a leather or rubber strap for $5,150, or on a steel bracelet for $6,600.

Citizen adds a luxe touch to its fan-favorite integrated sports watch with a black fumé dial and rose gold accents on the 37mm Tsuyosa.

Eberhard & Co. based the Chronographe 1887 on vintage models from the 1930s kept in the brand’s museum. The chronograph has a coaxial pusher built into the crown to activate the flyback chronograph, with a bumper at two o’clock to reset the complication. The spiral track at the center of the dial is a tachymeter, and a telemeter track, used to determine distance based on the difference between the speeds of light and sound, runs along the outside rim of the dial. It comes with a cream, black, or salmon dial, each on a black alligator leather strap. Visible through the exhibition case back is a Sellita caliber AMT5100 manual movement, heavily customized to accommodate the unorthodox pusher arrangement.

Omega keeps its 2018 Seamaster Diver design language alive with this Moonshine Gold version that brings back the ceramic wave dial, ceramic bezel insert and date complication.

Swedish microbrand Nezumi updates its military-inspired chronograph, the Corbeau, with a more striking design that’s a bit less toolish-looking. The 2025 version features some unexpected color combinations, more interesting sandwich subdials and a cleaner 12-hour bezel. This DLC version is especially notable, as it adds black DLC coating on the bezel, pushers, crown and caseback, with the subdial at 6:00 getting a crosshair motif and the one at 9:00 sporting a yellow airplane hand against a yellow and bright blue backdrop. Powered by a meca-quartz movement from Seiko, pricing starts at just $434.