NEW WATCHES

BREMONT S500 BAMFORD SPECIAL EDITION

There’s the best of both worlds on offer here. You get all the usual ‘throw it at a brick wall and it’ll make a hole’ robustness of a Bremont but with design input from Mr George Bamford. This means a diamond-like carbon (DLC) coated stainless steel case, a ceramic bezel and Bremont’s internal rubber case shock absorbing system. It is also the first Bremont with a Bamford-designed California dial (a mix of Roman and Arabic numerals), with blue Super-Lumi-Nova on the hands and the indexes. It’s a sandwich dial, with the lume layer underneath the cut-away dial. £3995, bremont.com

OCHS AND JUNIOR SETTIMANA

Not only has this watch not yet been made, but you will assemble it yourself in La Chaux-de-Fonds. The people behind the settimana watch – noted eschewers of the upper case, ‘ochs and junior’ – are opening their atelier so you can make your own and, because the settimana is a minimalist classic, that should be just challenging enough without being a chore. In place of a complicated horological tour de force, you work on a Sellita SW 200-1 that just looks after hours, minutes, seconds and days. Register at ochsundjunior. swiss before 7 September. From CHF 2900

UNIMATIC AMOS MODELLO QUATTRO REF. UT4-AA AND UT4-AA2

Unimatics are perhaps the closest to an indestructible watch this side of a G-Shock. These two new limited-edition models have sandblasted stainless steel cases that are waterproof down to 1000ft and each watch has passed MIL-STD-810H shock testing (developed for the US military). Inside is Unimatic’s thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) movement mount and a dial-top protective ring that absorbs proper beastings. Movement is the Seiko VH31 quartz engine, allowing a slim case while retaining hockey puck robustness. €425 (plus VAT), unimaticwatches.com