Chronograph Watches

No watch enthusiast’s collection is complete without an elegant Chronograph timepiece.

The familiar profile and classic functionality of these watches have made them even more popular in contemporary wardrobes.

From a practical standpoint, chronographs bring timing, stopping, and resetting features to the wearer, making them a convenient option for a daily time-telling wrist companion!

They also look better than regular watches with their dials, pointers, scales, and crowns.

Therefore, chronograph watches will always stand the test of time because of their versatile style and classic feel.

Here are some of our top chronograph picks you should consider this season:

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Citizen – Men’s Eco-Drive Blue Angels World Chronograph Watch

Fossil Grant Sport Chronograph Men’s Watch Under 200

Hamilton – Jazzmaster Chronograph

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Fossil Womens Riley

Armitron Sport – Women’s 45-7012 Digital Chronograph Watch

Citizen – Men’s Eco-Drive Blue Angels World Chronograph Watch

Highlights

  • Water-resistant to 600 ft.
  • Synchronized to atomic time clock for superior accuracy.
  • Eco-Drive technology.
  • 1/20 second chronograph measures up to 60 minutes.

The Citizen Eco-Drive Blue Angels watch was crafted with the Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron in mind. As such, the careful crafting of this piece brings to mind the delicate instruments of an airplane cockpit.

Inspired by travel, the Blue Angels watch can change its display to preprogrammed time zones by rotating the dial to select your new time zone. Push it back in, and the hands move automatically.

Alongside this, there is also a perpetual calendar that displays both the day, week, month, and year without any change. This also takes leap years into account.

Aesthetically, this model mimics the Blue Angels colors of blue, and yellow. Married with stainless steel and a sapphire crystal glass, this gives the watch a dress feel as well as a practical one.

Specifications

Material: Stainless Steel, Faux Leather
Size: Diameter: 43mm Case thickness: 13mm Band width: 23mm

Specifications

Pros

  • Equipped with a perpetual calendar.
  • Sapphire crystal window material for extra durability.
  • Day, month, and week display.
  • Glow in the dark numerals.

Cons

  • Watch face can appear overly busy.

Chronograph Watch Buying Guide

Brands

Self-winding watches have been in use since the late 18th century, but automatic chronograph variants only came into being in the late 1960s. The first chronograph watch was developed by Tag Heuer, Breitling, and Hamilton in a working partnership. They gained notoriety again when the Omega Speedmaster chronograph was worn by the team of astronauts on the Apollo missions. Moreover, pilots had been using the Breitling Navitimer since the 1950s. And these days, some of the most famous chronographs watches come from Fossil or Citizen. We covered both of those in our Best Fossil Watches, and Best Citizen Watches guides.

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