Chopard Eagle 41 AM watch in lucent steel

Chopard’s proprietary anti-magnetic movement helps the watch resist the phones, speakers and laptops that can disrupt lesser mechanical watches.

Tag Heuer Formula 1 Solargraph

Most watches stop when you ignore them. Tag Heuer’s solar-powered movement can sit in darkness for months and fire straight back up when you wear it again.

Longines HydroConquest Commonwealth Games 2026 edition, £2,050

A proper 300m dive watch, reworked with the bright, slightly retro palette of the Glasgow 2026 Games.

Bulgari Octo Finissimo Automatic watch in sandblasted-titanium case and bracelet

Now resized to a more wearable 37mm, the Octo Finissimo remains one of modern watch design’s great success stories.

Photography by Paul Zak.