Adventure is no longer just for explorers — for many with active interests, it is fast becoming a way of life. Adventure is also a benchmark for innovation in watchmaking, as brands create adventure watches that can withstand adrenaline-pumping sports.
Whether you’re a seasoned diver, a fearless climber, a dedicated triathlete or a motorsport enthusiast, there’s a watch built to match your high-adrenaline passions. Many brands also go beyond watch innovation and aesthetics by partnering with elite athletes, racing teams and other organizations — underscoring their commitment to being on the pulse of the action with both performance and style.
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Omega
The first Seamaster Diver 300M, released in 1993, marked Omega’s return to the world of diving and its iconic legacy in the 1960s and ’70s. Today, the brand is actively involved in underwater efforts and partners with the GoodPlanet Foundation to protect the oceans.
Omega Seamaster Diver 300M
Tech specs: 42mm stainless steel with titanium bezel; 300-meter water resistant; helium escape valve at 10 o’clock; Co-Axial Master Chronometer
Need to know: The watch is inspired by the Seamaster Diver 300M 007 Edition, which was worn in the James Bond film No Time to Die. The mesh bracelets are the same style featured in the Bond watch.
$6,500, omegawatches.com
Hublot
Hublot partners with Alan Roura, the Swiss professional sailor who has sailed the Vendée Globe (a solo, nonstop, round-the-world race) as well as other grueling excursions. With this partnership, Hublot becomes the boat and team for the IMOCA ocean races and underscores its return to water watches.
Hublot Big Bang Unico Sailing Team
Tech specs: 42mm carbon fiber case; 100-meter water resistance; Hublot Unico self-winding chronograph movement; 100 pieces limited edition.
Need to know: The Big Bang is created in black and yellow, the same colors as Roura’s IMOCA boat — it’s also a nod to the first Hublot watches made in yellow gold with black rubber straps.
$25,200, hublot.com
TAG Heuer
As of this year, TAG Heuer has reinforced its historic relationship with Formula 1 racing and is now the Official Timekeeper of the sport. TAG Heuer released the original Formula 1 watch in 1986, in bold colors, as the first series to carry the TAG Heuer name instead of just Heuer.
TAG Heuer Formula 1 Chronograph
Tech specs: 44mm black DLC titanium case; black aluminum tachymeter bezel; Caliber 16 chronograph movement.
Need to know: The new watches are inspired by F1 cars and carry a theme of ‘Grand Prix by night,’ blending dark tones with vivid bursts of color.
$4,900, tagheuer.com
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Breitling
Since 2021, Breitling has been the official luxury watch partner of the famed Ironman race. In December 2024, the Endurance Pro Ironman 70.3 World Championships took place in Taupo, New Zealand, with competitors tackling a course that included a 1.2-mile swim in one of the world’s largest freshwater lakes, a 56-mile bike course and a 13.1-mile run.
Breitling Endurance Pro Ironman 70.3 World Championship Taupo
Tech specs: 44mm Breitlight case; 100-meter water resistant, COSC-certified chronograph; solar compass.
Need to know: Breitlight is 3.3 times lighter than titanium, is thermally stable and nonmagnetic.
Price $3,600, breitling.com
Bell & Ross
Founded in 1992, Bell & Ross quickly built its reputation for its designs inspired by aviation instruments and for crafting watches for pilots. Its iconic BR-01 released in 2005 brought the ‘circle within a square’ design concept to the forefront.
Bell & Ross BR-03 Horizon
Tech specs: 41mm micro-blasted black ceramic case; automatic movement; anti-reflective sapphire crystal; 999 pieces.
Need to know: The watch re-creates one of the most iconic dashboard flight instruments, the artificial horizon, for the wrist. In the center, an aircraft appears with wings represented by two red lines.
$4,900, bellross.com
Ulysse Nardin
Ulysse Nardin supports One More Wave (OMW), a nonprofit organization dedicated to assisting wounded or disabled veterans by providing them with custom surfing equipment and connecting them to a community of surfing volunteers, so these veterans can experience the therapeutic benefits of surfing and camaraderie.
Ulysse Nardin Diver Chronometer One More Wave
Tech specs: 44mm black DLC titanium; 300-meter water resistant; caseback with OMW logo.
Need to know: The watch is by members of One More Wave with Ulysse Nardin
$11,600, ulysse-nardin.com
Montblanc
Montblanc has been involved in mountain climbing since 2018, a natural for a brand named for a mountain. Among its collaborations is one with Reinhold Messner, one of the most well-known high-altitude mountaineers in the world and the first to climb all 14 ‘eight-thousander’ peaks, as well as the first to climb Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen.
1858 Geosphere 0 Oxygen Chronograph
Tech specs: 44mm titanium case; automatic chronograph with world time indication; northern and southern hemisphere globes; red sfumato glacier dial; 290 pieces.
Need to know: Montblanc developed the 0 Oxygen concept wherein the movement is cased so that no oxygen gets in — eliminating fogging and oxidation. The watch uses oils that perform at temperatures as low as -50° Fahrenheit.
$10,000, montblanc.com