Heavy Duty
Ready for your next adventure? Arm yourself with one of these sturdy timekeepers, designed to withstand the most extreme conditions
Nothing compares to the thrill of pushing yourself to the extreme, and whether it’s mountain climbing, flying, biking or diving, there is a perfect timepiece to complement an adrenaline junkie’s repertoire. Designed for use in the coldest parts of the planet, Tudor’s North Flag is a Cosc-certified chronometer featuring the brand’s first in-house movement, the automatic calibre MT5621. Inspired by Tudor watches worn by the British North Greenland Expedition in the 1950s, the model’s monobloc case design with integrated lugs assures wearers of durability. When it comes to racing, Richard Mille’s lightweight RM 36-01 Sébastien Loeb watch is the first of its kind, with a rotary G-sensor designed to visually display the number of Gs felt by a driver during acceleration, deceleration and cornering. Known for reliable diving watches, Panerai’s latest addition to its Luminor Submersible line is the 1950 3 Days Chrono Flyback Automatic Titanio, whose name pretty much sums up the watch’s functions. The 47mm titanium timepiece is water resistant up to 300 metres, and easily legible underwater with its luminous hour markers and hands. Championed by actor Charley Boorman in the biker travel series Long Way Round, the Bremont ALT1-Z was designed with aviators and world travellers in mind. The latest version features an artificial horizon indicator and Zulu Time, allowing the wearer to display local time together with the official world time standard. If you’re in a sticky situation, Breitling comes to the rescue with the Emergency II, the first watch equipped with a dual frequency distress locator beacon that will transmit your location, whether land, sea or air, to nearby aircraft and ships through a satellite system called Cospas-sarsat.