Taking cues from 1980s automotive culture, this fun and funky chronograph is unlike anything else on the market. Making use of the Group B’s integrated-bracelet design, it’s constructed of titanium and stainless steel to achieve the perfect on-wrist weight and is powered by the Swiss-made Sellita SW 510 M B automatic movement. Available in six colorways, the Group B Rallysport Chronograph looks most summery in the T16 iteration: with bright blue, orange, red, white, and black accents set against a white dial, it’s eye-catching, to be sure, but also a thoughtfully designed timepiece that could easily stay on one’s wrist all-year-round. Nothing quite says summer like a colorful dial, and this cool chronograph from microbrand favorite Autodromo has it in spades. Hodinkee AUTODROMO Group B Rallysport Chronograph T16 For Hodinkee Movement: La Joux-Perret G100 automatic.Available with several different straps, it’s the perfect summer watch for someone who wants a serious tool, but doesn’t want to break the bank. Measuring 37mm in steel, it references the brand’s first diver from 1957 and comes equipped with a black dial, a date window, a steel dive bezel, and a La Joux-Perret G100 automatic movement. This year, Aquastar has revived one of its classic skin divers in the form of the Model 60 Re-Edition. It described a type of basic, no-frills dive watch with a thin, often sub-40mm case without crown guards and with a distinctive shape that didn’t vary much from company to company paired to fabric or rubber straps, these watches were inexpensive and were often sold in dive shops alongside other SCUBA equipment. The “skin diver” category of dive watch was popular in the 1960s and 1970s, but had all but disappeared by the 2000s. You don’t have to agree with all our choices, but we think you’ll agree that there’s a theme here, and the theme is: have fun! Here are 11 watches that we think make for the perfect summer timepiece. Wear that microbrand dive watch that you found at WindUp Watch Fair that no one’s ever heard of. Wear that crazy, limited-edition G-SHOCK in bright purple (or whatever). (As is, frankly, a steel Royal Oak.) But overall, we’d say the theme here is levity and fun. Mind you, not every summer watch need be care-free and silly: my trusty Submariner is a fabulous summer watch. (Not that anyone’s worn a three-piece suit since King Charles II was on the throne, but whatever.) Time to forget about fancy watches and wear something care-free and silly. Time to shed that three-piece suit in favor of swim trunks and a singlet. Time to forget about the prim and proper(-ness) of office culture. And that most means that it’s party time. Now, I don’t know what “high-heeled sneakers” are, but I do know this: summer is upon us. “Kick off your high-heeled sneakers - it’s party time,” exclaimed Steely Dan.
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