As the sun sets, sundowners are downed, and summer’s final headliners take to the stage, WatchPro rounds up the funkiest (mud-proofiest) wristwatches to pair with your festival wristband.
Which will we spot you in the crowd wearing?
Photography by Kalory Photo & Video
Best new field watches
TAG Heuer Formula 1 Solargraph
As joyous as an actual festival, TAG Heuer is bringing back the equally joyous – and brilliantly accessible – ‘Formula 1’ with added voltaic photocell ‘Solargraph’ tech in the mix. Gen-Alpha levels of sustainability.
$1,800
Hublot Big Bang Joyful One Click
Hublot brings extra sparkle to the setting sun with its Big Bang Joyful One Click in steel in pink, in this the 20th anniversary of its bold sports model.
$14,200
Swatch x Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Green Abyss
FiftDesigned for explorers and ocean enthusiasts, and by default English outdoor events with every meteorological uncertainty, Swatch and Blancpain’s ‘Bioceramic’ Fifty Fathoms now comes in deep green, accented with sandy beige and black tones, evoking the ocean’s elusive ecosystems.
$400
Rado Anatom
Rado’s Anatom comes in slinky ceramic, oblivious to whatever elements or mishaps might come your way at whatever hour, in festival-ready colorways including this red model plus equally groovy green and yellow.
$3,550
Doxa SUB 300T Conquistador
In 1968, DOXA launched the SUB 300T Conquistador, the first general public diver’s watch equipped with a helium release valve. Its 2019 tribute lives on, in a jazzy new hue seemingly more suited to moshing than sub-aqua welding.
$3,550
Norqain Freedom 60 Chrono Enjoy Life Special Edition
Norqain’s Freedom 60 Chrono 40mm Enjoy Life Special Edition – a tricolore ice-cream scoop of summer on your wrist, with rocksolid auto’ chrono’ mechanics under the freezer lid.
$5,190
Christopher Ward C60 Trident Reef
Maidenhead’s men (and women) on the move, Christopher Ward goes into the 16th year of its bafflingly affordable Trident Reef collection with oceanic-inspired colorways, inspired by the bright marine artwork of Franco-Croatian artist Ana Brecevi: Acro White (pictured), Chalice Yellow, Helio Blue, Galaxea Black, and Tuba Orange.
$850
Seiko 5 Sports SKX ‘Midi’ Orange
Seiko is bringing back its 5 Sports SKX ‘Midi’ Orange following demand from its notoriously feverish fanbase. The colorscheme for this latest series of watches has been inspired by the mid-sized Seiko 5 Sports quartz divers’ watches of the 1980s – perfectly paired with kaftan and pint of cider.
$325
Orient Mako 40 75th Anniversary Peanuts Edition
Our including a watch that displays ‘Woodstock’ on the 1st of every month in a round-up of rock-festival-ready wristwear is no coincidence. The Orient Mako 40 75th Anniversary Peanuts Edition also happens to be perfect, and perfectly great-value, for Glasto, Coachella and Primavera.
$435
Breitling Superocean Automatic Rainbow
In the 1960s, ‘SCUBA’ was making a huge splash and Breitling set out to give the amateur protagonists of this newfangled sub-aqua pursuit the most clear-cut dive watch. This pared-down watch was named the ‘Superocean Slow Motion’. The new Superocean Automatic 36mm brings everything centrestage with added scratch-proof ceramic-inlayed bezel and color pops.
$7,500