Top 10 Sports Watches for Men

Pratima KalraSep 29 2011

Sportsmen want everything sporty about them, whether it’s their car, their shoes, their clothes, etc and this is entirely justified. Watches too cannot just be simple timepieces that show time; they have to go far and beyond being time trackers, they now have to track tides and temperature of water and also measure altitudes. There is a watch for every different sport and some are even multipurpose, suitable to be used for diversified sports needs. Given below is a list of the 10 best sports watches that fall in different price brackets, suit your pocket and your style.

This sports watch is an ultimate luxury time piece that will become one of your most prized possessions. Dedicated to the most famous race track in USA, the Daytona, the watch too is designed keeping in mind the speed, performance and reliability that truly personifies the spirit of racing.

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The 2011 Oyster Perpetual Cosmograph Daytona righteously takes forward the legacy of Rolex Cosmograhs closely connected with speed and motorsports. As far as the looks are concerned, the watch has a chocolate brown dial which is bordered in an 18 ct pink gold metallic color. The hour’s markers and the Arabic numerals are marked in golden and the 3, 6 and 9 o’clock marks are in phosphorescent material. The Strap of the watch is crafted from black alligator Mississippiensis leather. It has an everose gold oyster lock folding clasp which has a safety catch.

The watch comes with a caliber 4130 movement by Rolex and an automatic chronograph with an accuracy of about measuring the time lapse within 1/8th of a second. The tachymeter scale on the bezel too allows the instant reading of the speed over given distances.

Company/Brand Name:Rolex
Pros
  1. The chronograph has been certified by the Swiss Official Chronometer Testing Institute and is driven by caliber 4130, designed entirely by Rolex.
  2. It has a water resistance up to 330 feet
  3. Comes with a power reserve of 72 hours
  4. Also, there is a scratch resistant crystal sapphire
  5. The new alloy hairsprings of the watch are technologically a marvel. They are insensitive to magnetic fields and up to 10 times more shock resistant.
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The colors of the watch express a youthful sporty and outspoken buzz. Very competitive and attractive, there are so many color options for both the strap and the bezel; there is one piece for each one of you.

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A very youthful and colorful sports watch, the Baltic Cup watch is indeed meant for the youth spirit and goes really well with the sailors. It has a round dial in a stainless steel case with a screw in crown and a sapphire crystal glass. The carbon dial and the Quartz ETA movement TG010 allow great precision. The watch has been designed to give you great ergonomic comfort that will enhance its functionality.

Company/Brand Name:TNG
Pros
  1. The bezel comes in color options ranging from blue, black and green to red, orange and yellow
  2. The color options for the strap include black, blue, yellow, red, orange, green, red and also steel and steel PU
  3. Water resistance up to 330 feet
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From the company that produces the watches of the railroad accuracy since 1890, this new Ventura XXL Elvis watch with its triangular dial will not go unnoticed.

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The Elvis anniversary watch comes with a very attractive and fresh design with a asymmetrical dial. The gunmetal case of the watch is a PVD coated stainless steel case with a black dial and a black rubber strap and a pin buckle clasp. It has silver tone luminescent hands and an automatic Swiss movement.

Company/Brand Name:Hamilton
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  1. It has an anti reflective sapphire in a crystal screw case back.
  2. The watch is very light weight and will feel very effortless against the skin
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Omega with its long history with making the best watches, has earned a highly respected name in the world of watches. We expect and they deliver; but with this watch they have surpassed our levels of expectations and brought you a watch that will awe you beyond imagination.

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A special dedication to the Olympic Games by Omega incorporates many alluring designs. The watch from the Specialties collection has a black dial with three chronograph sub dials and inside the dial there are two logos; one of Omega in red and the other Olympic logo in blue, orange, green and red circles. The black leather strap of the watch has contrasting white stitching and goes well with the silver steel case. The minutes and hours hand both are luminescent and are in florescent green making them clearly distinct on the dial.

Company/Brand Name:Omega
Pros
  1. Water resistance up to 2000 feet
  2. Domed scratch resistant sapphire crystal
  3. The watch has undergone all precision tests and is certified by the C.O.S.C
  4. The watch also has 52 hours of power reserve
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The sporty look of the watch is nicely integrated with a very masculine design; this watch is a must for motor racers with its 16 caliber automatic chronograph.

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This automatic chronograph is a very sporty and masculine. It has a 43 mm stainless steel case with black toned bezel and a tachymeter scale. The black leather strap has a analogous stitching and a double push button deployment buckle clasp. There are three chronograph sub dials which offer a 60 second, 30 minute and a 12 hour display. Also, there is a date window at the 3 o’clock mark.

Company/Brand Name:TAG Heuer
Pros
  1. This watch has a double anti reflective mechanism for better readability
  2. Water resistance up to 330 feet
  3. Scratch resistant and anti reflective sapphire
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The S500 is a classic beauty and is Bremont’s first ever dive watch. Crafted after extensive research and instilled with innovative technology you would definitely like to possess one of these.

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The British Watch maker Bremont is all set to give hard competition to all established international players in the segment of sports watches. The Supermarine series has been inspired by the love people have for the military aircrafts. They have melded the military appeal with Swiss technology and a slight tinge of British flair to bring the sports lover a desirable watch.

The metal dial of the watch has been marked with Super LumiNove coated indexes and hands. It is available with both a integrated rubber strap and also a steel bracelet. Along with the hours, minutes and seconds function, it also has a date and day display at the 3 o’clock hand.

Company/Brand Name:Bremont
Pros
  1. It has a sapphire uni- directional rotating bezel with Super LumiNova luminescent coating for greater visibility even when it is pitch dark.
  2. C.O.S.C chronometer tested
  3. Every single watch comes with a Bremont serial number and the C.O.S.C certification
  4. Water resistance up to 330 feet
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A well crafted sports watch, it comes with an in built digital compass, altimeter, barometer and thermometer. Perfect for rock climbers and divers, you will easily take the watch off your wrist. Very high on functional efficiency it is a must have for sports watch aficionados.

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Get all that you want from a sports watch that too at an extremely unbelievable price. The Casio Pathfinder watch features a grayish green resin case with a bidirectional bezel and compass markings. It has a very comfortable resin strap, an afterglow LED electro luminescent backlight.

The triple sensor watch has a digital display with a compass with 16 directions and a5 set memory capacity. The altimeter is capable of measuring up to 32,800 feet in 20 feet increments and it can store sets of altitude memory with both date as well as temperature.

Company/Brand Name:Casio
Pros
  1. The altitude alarm function and the graphing capability for target and altitude tendency is extremely efficient and will give precise measurements.
  2. The watch features a 1/100 second stopwatch with a 60 minutes measuring capacity along with split time, elapsed time, etc.
  3. Water resistance up to 330 feet
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The watch with the celestial display is a rarity and this makes it very desirable. The timepiece has been created with one of the world’s finest workmanships and everything about the watch from the design to the technology; all has an unrivaled flavor. Each watch takes approximately 18 months to finish and each of the 301 parts are hand finished.

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How would it feel if you could carry the night sky on your wrist? The Patek Celestial Men’s watch will make this fantasy of yours come true. The beautifully crafted watch has a blue dial with a sky chart showing how the lunar orbit and phases of the moon are visible from the Geneva night sky. It has an analog display, a black leather strap with a tang clasp. The hands in the dial have white lacquered gold feuille and its case band is adorned with halved calatrava crosses.

Company/Brand Name:Patek Philippe
Pros
  1. The watch is multifunctional and comes with hours, minutes, Sidereal time, solar time, lunar time, Lunation, etc
  2. It has a scratch resistant sapphire crystal. It is anti reflective as well
  3. The steel components of the watch are beveled and polished well so that the friction at all the wheel points is reduced and its precision is improved manifold.
  4. Water resistance up to 100 feet
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A watch you have never seen before, the Memoire is so mesmerizing that it will make you crave for it. Not only the looks , the various pioneering efforts in terms of the design and the movement direction, etc. all make this one of the most sought after sports watches of our time.

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The first of its kind, the Memoire has developed and introduced the memory function for a mechanical wrist watch. The most attractive physical aspect of the watch is its multilayer dial. It is a round that is shaded in different hues of black and blue and silver. There is a transparent, anti- reflective mineral based hour disc. The hands and other indicators have a white luminous coating which gives a blue radiance. The strap of the watch is crafted from alligator leather and it hand sewn with a white gold palladium buckle.

Company/Brand Name:Maurice Lacroix
Pros
  1. The watch comes with a sapphire crystal with an anti reflective coating which is tightly secured with 8 screws.
  2. The memory function can be activated once the button at the helm of the dial crowned is pressed and the mode is changed from time to chrono.
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Style, technology and functionality; the watch combines all these to give one marvel of a watch which will definitely give you good enough reasons to keep a timepiece that will transform according to your needs.

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Turn a nice looking timepiece into an advanced technological gadget that will help you navigate through the tides while you are sailing just by pressing a button. Talking about the extraordinary features of this timepiece is not easy. It is characterized by an Indiglo night-light with a night mode, a tide tracker that counts down to high or low tides, a digital thermometer, an analog display which measure air and water temperatures.
Company/Brand Name:Timex
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  1. The watch comes with an adjustable declination angle for better accuracy
  2. Water resistance up to 330 feet
  3. There is also a date window at the 6 o’clock window and the indiglo night light that works real well to give you clear visibility even when it is pitching dark.
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