Larger than Life: Oris ProDiver Dive Control Chronograph

This Oris ProDiver Dive Control Chronograph offers a blend of a great caliber and interesting exterior delivered in a single package.

This Oris ProDiver Dive Control Chronograph offers a blend of a great caliber and interesting exterior delivered in a single package.

The 2018 Casio G-Shock Rangeman GPR-B1000 adventure watch looks like a glorified steam engine trying to compete with sleek bullet trains.

With its new PRO TREK PRG-600 "outdoor" world-timer, Casio delivers a stylish, surprisingly tastefully designed product. Primarily targeting people who lead an active lifestyle and do need a time-measuring device that would do a good job during a hiking expedition, it will also look great with a pair of blue jeans and a t-shirt in a safe co-working environment. Although inevitably having limitations of its own, the PRG-600-1ER gives you a great combination of good build quality, reasonable price, and an almost overwhelming list of functions that would make an owner of a Swiss-made analog/digital timekeeper drool. The only thing that spoils the fun is the "cased in Thailand" inscription on its machine-brushed back.

The upcoming premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens is just a couple of months away and Nixon has already unveiled a sort of "official" Star Wars-themed collection. Besides the inevitable "Stormtroopers", and "Imperial Pilots", there is also a full-black limited-edition Nixon 51-30 Darth Vader that pays homage to the most iconic character of the series. And, yes: all three models are dedicated to agents of the dark side of the Force. Ah, that irresistible attractiveness of Evil!

Offered in plain and black ion-plated stainless steel, the new Casio G-Shock Metal-Twisted (MTG-S1000D-1AJF) not only offers their pretty solid Triple G Resist shock protection technology and lots of useful functions, but also packs them in an impressively designed, massive body that makes your normal "sporty" chronograph look like a real pussy near this rugged giant.

First revealed before the Baselworld 2012 trade show, the Heritage Pilot resurfaces in an even more appealing version. Although with a total production run of 1883 pieces (just like the older model), the Alpina Heritage Pilot Limited Edition (Ref. AL-435LB4SH6) shouldn't be touted as a "limited" edition (there will be just too many of them in circulation for the model to become a rarity in any reasonable time), it still deserves our attention for the sheer beauty of it.