Much like their knives, the brand has a knack for making well-made, fairly priced, and entirely subtle watches that really nail the whole task of being a watch. In recent years, they have expanded their technical prowess into more deeply enthusiast fare – like the totally slept on and almost indestructible I.N.O.X line – but the Heritage Collection feels like a return to their roots. The IW378009 (43mm, left), the IW388309 (41mm, center), and the IW388116 (41mm, right). In this case, I don't believe such a comparison to be apples-to-apples, especially when it comes to the initial price point and the movement specs (power reserve, anti-mag, warranty). If you weren’t already interested, then allow me to direct your attention towards the stainless steel, stretch riveted Oyster style bracelet. This is the same bracelet the watch would have originally been sold with, produced in-house by Zodiac. Later the watchmaker would outsource bracelet production to JB Champion who manufactured a Jubilee-style offering. The exterior finishing is great as well, with polished and satin-finished stainless steel or 18kt rose gold, but all of it seems a bit more quiet and elegant on a strap without the "bling" a bracelet can bring. Hand up. I am the one billing these two as "Sport Icons" in this story's title. Want to get mad at someone in the comments? Come at me. I am sticking by the billing.

Want to learn more about the Rolex Submariner? Everything you need to know can be found in this exhaustive piece from our own Stephen Pulvirent. It’s a metal as well as a color, and the watch world is split between those who will wear gold and those who won’t. But in the mid-1970s, Jack Heuer gifted 18-karat gold automatic Carreras (Reference 1158) to the Ferrari Formula One drivers, so in the vintage Heuer world, gold is tolerated, or even admired. There is simply no way for a human being to sustain what has become legendary about him over the years. Like its predecessors, the caliber features a swan's neck regulator for fine adjustment and uses a Phillips terminal curve hairspring to optimize precision. In fact, over a year ago, an Instagram account pointed out that a photo of Schuller after the race showed him sporting a Seiko 6139 Speedtimer (and some serious mutton chops to go with it). So it makes sense that there would be a tie-in with the Speedtimer and the Datsun 240Z for the new limited edition. Instead, we got three (plus a few bonus watches as well).

replica cartier watches And the more we know of its complication the more romantic the world timer's perspective becomes. They are a nod to the endless boundaries of the 20th century, the promise that technology would make the world a smaller place, that travel would be both easy and luxurious, and that we could see it all on our wrists in 24 tidy slices. The non-rattrapante model that followed – the reference 3706 Fliegerchronograph, which was 39mm in diameter – was an identical design, and, with its clean look (and hand design, which goes all the way back to the original Mark XI) it was an instant classic.