9 New Sports Watches That Elevate the Game, From an AP Royal Oak to a Blancpain Fifty Fathoms

The elevated sports watch is a bigger deal today than it was when the category emerged in the early 1970s. It wasn’t only the avant-garde integrated steel bracelet watches like Audemars Piguet’s Royal Oak that originally defined the category, but also up-scale watches like solid gold Omega Speedmasters and refined Blancpain Fifty-Fathoms. Today’s craze for the high-end sports watch has spawned a wonderful proliferation across brands. Waterproof, shock-resistant, precise and sometimes rather complicated, the basic design brief for the elevated sports watch is simple: A do-anything, go-anywhere watch that sacrifices nothing when it comes to style and luxury. Below are nine of today’s best sports watches for any wrist.

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