Choosing a watch
Find the watch that suits you
By style first: dive, chronograph, field, pilot, dress, GMT, under $500, women's watches — each with The Movement's own buying advice. Then the house behind the dial: the year it was founded, where it is based and who owns it today. Watch models themselves, with their makers' figures, are being added style by style.
Dive watches
Water resistance, a turning bezel, lume you can read underwater.
- Citizen unveils 2025 Eco-Drive Promaster dive watches with sapphire crystal
- Le Forban Marseillaise: Specs, Fit and Dive-Watch Claims
- Squale’s Dive-Watch Story: What “Since 1959” Really Means
- Casio Duro vs Timex Deepwater: Key Facts for Choosing a Dive Watch
Chronographs
A stopwatch on the dial, from racing classics to everyday sports watches.
- 2026 Watch Trends: Why Two-Tone Chronographs Are Back—and Which Models Matter
- Omega Speedmaster vs Christopher Ward C63 Valour: What Makes a Great Chronograph?
- Best Alternatives to a Rolex Daytona for a Similar Racing-Chronograph Look
- What Is a Meca-Quartz Chronograph? How It Differs From an Automatic
Field watches
Plain, legible, tough: the soldier’s watch that became an everyday one.
- MICROMILSPEC Fieldmaster: A Norwegian Titanium Field Watch With 100+ Hours of Power Reserve
- Formex AirField vs. Field Automatic: What Changed in the New 40 mm Watch?
- Baltic Hermétique Field Watch: Tourer, Glacier, or Summer?
- How to Care for and Clean a Hamilton Field Watch
Pilot watches
Big numerals, big crowns, made to be read in a cockpit.
- Meet the IWC Pilot’s Watch Performance Chronograph 41 Year of the Goat (IW388310)
- Longines Spirit Pilot Blue: Which 2026 Watch Should You Choose?
- Tudor BB58 vs Longines Spirit Pilot Flyback: Which Watch Fits Your Priorities?
- Longines Spirit Pilot 39mm Review: A Cleaner, No-Date Three-Hand Watch
Dress watches
Thin, quiet and under a cuff.
- Orient Bambino vs. Mido Commander Datoday: Which Dress Watch Fits You?
- Rolex Perpetual 1908: What Gives This Dress Watch Its Class
- Finest Dress Watches: How to Wear One With Confidence
- 10 Affordable Timex Watches to Know in 2026, From Dress to Dive
GMT watches
A second time zone at a glance, for travellers.
- 5 New GMT Watches of 2026: Frederique Constant, Seiko, Christopher Ward and More
- What Does a Two-Tone Dial Mean on a GMT Watch?
- Can a Quartz GMT Watch Keep Accurate Time Across Time Zones?
- Best Affordable Quartz GMT Watches for Travel
Under $500
Good watches that do not cost a month’s rent.
- TAG Heuer Indy 500 Watches: The 2026 Solargraph and Earlier Racing Editions
- Durable Watches for Parents: Verified Picks Under $500
- Casio Lists the GWFD1000BC-1 Frogman in the US for $1,500
- Hangzhou Caliber 5000A: Key Facts About the Micro-Rotor Movement
Women's watches
By house, by colour, by shape.
- Patek Philippe Gets “More Aggressive” on Women’s Watch Strategy
- How Citizen Is Reframing Women’s Watches for a New Generation
- Best Rolex Watches for Women: 15 Picks by Size, Style, and Function
- Richard Mille Watches for Women: Design, Fit and Three Key Models
Smartwatches
The newest smartwatch of every maker
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