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TAKE IT TO THE

LIMITNORTH POLE, SUMMIT OF EVEREST, BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN… WHEREVER YOU'RE

HEADED THERE'S A WATCH THAT WILL MAKE SURE YOU GET THERE ON TIME

WORDS SIMON DE BURTON

W

atches designed

for extremes have

caused excitement

among horophiles

ever since Rolex

introduced its

original Oyster model almost 90 years

ago. Since then, timepieces built for

mountaineering,  ying, diving and

driving have been created by all

manner of makers, and still buyers

come back for more, as evidenced

by the latest array of rugged models

set to arrive in retailers' windows

during the next few months.

The di erence between today's

adventure-oriented pieces and those

that went before, however, is that

modern engineering (usually) means

better quality, enhanced reliability,

greater accuracy, and more advanced

features. A typical example of this can

be seen in the clever Magneto S from

Ball Watch Company, which introduces

a whole new way of making a watch

ultra-antimagnetic.

Meanwhile, Tudor's new North Flag

model demonstrates that a watch with

a rugged movement manufactured

in-house needn't cost the earth…

TUDOR NORTH FLAG

Tudor, the more a ordable sister

brand of Rolex, has enjoyed a serious

resurgence in the UK since its major

relaunch at the end of last year. Its

tradition of making tough, a ordable

watches is upheld by this latest model,

the North Flag, which was inspired

by the Tudor Oyster Prince watches

worn by members of the British North

Greenland expedition during the early

1950s. But the North Flag is bang up

to date thanks to a hybrid steel and

ceramic case and the maker's ” rst

in-house movement, an automatic