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Picked by our team

Recommended Watches

Watches from outside our own vintage catalogue that we think are worth buying, brand by brand.

Citizen — Tempus Europa
Japan, 1918 — the Eco-Drive pioneers

Citizen

Light is all an Eco-Drive movement needs — daylight, lamplight, whatever falls on the dial — and there is no battery to change, ev…

6 watchesCitizen recommended
Timex — Tempus Europa
USA, 1854 — takes a beating, keeps going

Timex

Toughness, not luxury, made the name. Timex built its reputation on cheap watches that survived what should have finished them, an…

3 watchesTimex recommended
Orient — Tempus Europa
Japan — mechanical watches, entry prices

Orient

For a great many collectors the Bambino is the first proper mechanical watch they ever buy, and Orient built that reputation delib…

2 watchesOrient recommended
Spinnaker — Tempus Europa
UK, 2015 — vintage dive-watch looks

Spinnaker

The dive watches of the 1960s and 70s are the whole reference point here: aged finishes, dials with some character, cases that loo…

2 watchesSpinnaker recommended
Pagani Design — Tempus Europa
China — homages at entry-level prices

Pagani Design

Be clear about what these are before you buy one. Pagani Design reinterprets the visual language of well-known Swiss watches at a …

1 watchesPagani Design recommended
Bulova — Tempus Europa
USA, 1875 — precision with real history

Bulova

In 1941 Bulova ran the first television advertisement anyone had ever seen, which gives some idea of how long the company has been…

1 watchesBulova recommended
Casio — Tempus Europa
A Japanese icon since 1946

Casio

The F-91W and the G-Shock are cult objects now, and neither was designed to be. Casio has spent since 1946 putting durability and …

3 watchesCasio recommended
Seiko — Tempus Europa
Japan, 1881 — quartz and in-house mechanics

Seiko

The company that gave the world the commercial quartz watch — the Astron, 1969 — also still builds its own automatic movements in-…

4 watchesSeiko recommended
Festina — Tempus Europa
Swiss origins, Spanish soul

Festina

Founded in Switzerland in 1902, Festina has had its commercial heart in Barcelona since the 1990s, with a long association with cy…

6 watchesFestina recommended
Lotus — Tempus Europa
Spanish watches, entry level

Lotus

Few watches are given as gifts in Spain as often as a Lotus. It comes from the same group as Festina and sits at the smart, afford…

7 watchesLotus recommended
Guess — Tempus Europa
American fashion, city styling

Guess

A watch here is a styling decision rather than an instrument. Guess designs to be noticed and to go with what you are wearing — no…

2 watchesGuess recommended
Invicta — Tempus Europa
Big, sturdy, affordable

Invicta

Big cases, plenty of shine, presence on the wrist from across a room. Invicta made its name by borrowing the visual language of di…

3 watchesInvicta recommended
Lacoste — Tempus Europa
French sportswear, crocodile included

Lacoste

Lacoste carries its French sport-and-tailoring identity straight onto the wrist: casual pieces, coloured straps, made for an activ…

1 watchesLacoste recommended
Tommy Hilfiger — Tempus Europa
American preppy, on the wrist

Tommy Hilfiger

Nautical and preppy is the whole idea — casual-sporty watches wearing the flag and the brand colours, unmistakable at a glance. To…

3 watchesTommy Hilfiger recommended
Fossil — Tempus Europa
The watch as a fashion accessory

Fossil

In the 1980s and 90s Fossil was among the first to treat a watch as an affordable fashion accessory, and it has never really moved…

5 watchesFossil recommended
Garmin — Tempus Europa
Sports GPS, not traditional watchmaking

Garmin

Different territory altogether. This is not a dress watch or a collector's watch but a piece of sports equipment with GPS in it — …

2 watchesGarmin recommended
Relojes Inteligentes — Tempus Europa
Notifications, health and an app

Relojes Inteligentes

Smartwatches sit apart from everything else in this catalogue: there is no movement to admire, only a screen, sensors and an app b…

1 watchesRelojes Inteligentes recommended

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