Hot List: April 11, 2025
Penguins… they’ve been in the news all week and while we’re not quite sure why, we’re also not complaining. Something about their kooky behavior makes us want to head on down to an uninhabited island and kick it with these cool fellas! Speaking of cool fellas, we’ve got a roundup of super hot watches this week! Let’s dive right in! 🐧📈
TUDOR BLACK BAY PRO
While its arrival was widely predicted, we were nonetheless stoked when TUDOR announced the opaline-dial version of the Black Bay Pro. With its polar looks, it’s ready for adventures on even the most remote of Antarctica’s rocky outcroppings 🪨
NOMOS CLUB SPORT NEOMATIK WORLDTIMER SILVER
The NOMOS Club Sport Neomatik Worldtimer Silver is emerging as our Best In Show candidate from Watches & Wonders 2025. NOMOS continues to innovate with a novel GMT mechanism that makes switching timezones as simple as pushing a button. No more fussing with the crown while traveling!
BREITLING TOP TIME B01 COPPI & BARTALI
When we unboxed this bad boy, all we could say was “whoa” 🤯 Breitling’s been adding references to its Top Time collection, and this new neo-retro chronograph may be the best of the bunch.
IWC PILOT’S WATCH 41
The white Ceratanium ain’t just for chronographs anymore! IWC brings its one-of-a-kind case finishing to the classic Pilot’s Watch 41 and it’s pushing this classic to the limit! A proprietary composition that offers the lightness of titanium with the scratch resistance of ceramic, these watches are coming soon to Feldmar!
TAG HEUER CARRERA DATE TWIN-TIME
Something we love in a GMT? Readability 🧐 By extending the GMT hand all the way to the dial’s edge, TAG Heuer has made the newest Carrera Date Twin-Time super easy to read. No more confused readings!
OMEGA SPEEDMASTER MOONWATCH PROFESSIONAL
Jonny who? A certain astronaut may have just worn a certain white-dial luxury chronograph into space this week but we wouldn’t know anything about that 👀 The 2024 white Speedmaster is the best of both worlds: Speedie heritage and white dial style!
TUDOR BLACK BAY 68
Big wrists, unite! 🐘 TUDOR’s upsized version of the Black Bay diver wears supremely well. This is the watch fans have loved forever, now in 43mm diameter!
BREITLING NAVITIMER B01 CHRONOGRAPH 43
There have been many versions of the Navitimer over the years yet somehow this one stands out in a special way. With gold accents and subdials that perfectly blend and pop against a dark dial, this one’s got understated luxury written all over it. A classic re-imagined! ✈️
FREDERIQUE CONSTANT MANUFACTURE PERPETUAL CALENDAR
Show us a perpetual calendar with looks like this one — we’ll wait. Frederique Constant somehow blends minimalism and maximalism to produce one of the cooler PC dials we’ve seen in recent memory. Oh, and it’s (another) in-house movement! 📅
BAUME & MERCIER CLIFTON 10778
Don’t sleep on Baume & Mercier! With a staggering 8 year warranty period, you’ll have peace of mind deep into the 2030s with many of the brand’s watches, including this new salmon-dial Clifton 🎱 Announced at WW, it’s super slim thanks to the Baumatic movement!
RADO DIASTAR ORIGINAL
We’ve never seen a dial like this before! Come to think of it, we’ve actually never seen a strap like this before. Or a case shaped like the Diastar Original. Or that typeface in the day window… or the day window with that kind or marking. Or that… well, you get the idea 🌀
CITIZEN ZENSHIN SOLAR CHRONOGRAPH
Super slim? ✅ Integrated bracelet? ✅ Solar Eco-Drive movement? ✅ All titanium build? ✅ Amazing dial? ✅ Perhaps more than any other watch, this Zenshin represents what people mean when they say Citizen has been unstoppable lately.
MAURICE LACROIX AIKON AUTOMATIC
When it comes to street art, nobody does it like Wotto! Maurice Lacroix paired up with OC-based creator Wotto to make an Aikon that’s, well, iconic! Wotto’s art doesn’t end at the dial’s edge — it extends all throughout the case, bracelet, and even the crown! 🎨
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About The Author: Tom Roth
Born in Washington state, Tom developed an interest in photography during college at University of San Diego. There, he got started in music journalism, interviewing artists and taking photos at concerts. A life-long tinkerer and collector, it wasn’t long before Tom became fascinated with fountain pens and watches.
Those interests collided in November 2020 when Tom started at Feldmar Watch Company where he lives out every watch geek’s dream: photographing and writing about timepieces. When he’s not tinkering with his watch collection, Tom can be found traveling, biting his nails while watching PNW sports teams, and taking flying lessons.
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