The role of the suit is changing. Because the modern man’s job description has changed. From corporate honchos to creative agents to free-to-roam freelancers, white-collars are becoming less desk-bound and require tailoring that meets the needs of a transient lifestyle, balancing professionalism and playtime.

This is why suits that are flexible, functional and far from uniform are exploding onto the menswear market this season. You’ll know them as ‘commuter’ or ‘performance’ suits. But in essence, they’re travel suits: aesthetically suitable for work trips but with the comforts and style of leisure time.

Running straight from a plane to a meeting? Or into the boardroom for a presentation after a swift taxi commute? Having a suit that looks fresh – sans crease and crumple, is vital in the working world. Ironing out the crinkles, here are the 21 best travel suits for men this season.

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What To Consider When Buying Travel Suits:

#1 Fabric

From traditional pure wool suits to wool-piqué blazers to wool-flannel two-pieces, natural fibres take on new meaning with the travel suit. But not everyone’s an all-natural performer. And with the rise in activewear, manmade fabric mixes offer provide certain travel comforts – a contemporary finish and superior stretch to help take the strain of commuting.

This looks like strong shine nylon suits with a part-mesh lining and zip pockets: a utility activeness playing up a boring business suit. And for summer, cotton-mix fabrics feature strongly breezing through in lightweight, airy construction.

Other big fabric mixes include wool-linen for a vintage feel, worsted high-twist wool mohair for a textural finish and high-performance, crease-resistant silk – for the gent who’s both luxurious and active at heart.

#2 Colour/Pattern

Being a work suit, the colour palette of the travel suit doesn’t shift much from neutrals: blue, black and grey. But the tone and shade (light and dark) of each colour does. Lighter colours – think pastels, tend to be more day-time and summer-appropriate, giving-off an easiness that rides well with the travel suit.

Navy and charcoal fit well with the pure wool and coarser hopsack cloth. The darker shades giving a formal finish to the hardy suit jacket and trouser, kept corporate office-ready or more creative with a thick chalk-stripe or a brazen windowpane check.

The fall back colour this season is the mid-to-dark blues – Prussian, inky, and duck-egg – creating standard masculine tones without crucifying contemporary corporate aesthetics.

#3 Fit/Structure

The comfortable, unstructured elements of men’s suiting this season is served up strong. While corporate cues – tailored separates and minimal details – remain in place, the suit’s mechanics get played around with a bit for the travel suit

Cardigan-esque jackets that are soft in the shoulder (void of shoulder/chest padding) fit like a dream, over light wool trousers with front-creases and pleats, but with elasticated waist band for loungewear comfort. Far from ‘formal’, these suits give a tailored impression.

The other side of the spectrum, sturdier jackets in imperial double-breast cuts still have a place. The hopsack jacket – coarser weave of fabric, adds to hardiness of travel suits, but without too many structural mechanisms which take away the ease of crease-free separates.

Familiarity with dress-codes and sartorial expectations (be it, work or a private event) will help you navigate the ‘hard’ versus ‘soft’ suit options available in the travel suit market. And then apply the travel suit checklist – fabric, colour, fit –  to the specific man-about-town that you are. It’s all about travelling easy, and well.

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Looking for some of the best triceps exercises to add into your weekly routine? Look no further.

While performing various biceps workouts will bring you those muscular peaks you crave, it’s imperative you train the triceps muscles if you want to start seeing some serious size.

It’s unlikely you’ll spend an entire gym session working just the triceps muscles – they’d become way too fatigued – but add some triceps exercises into your upper body or arm day workout and you’ll be checking yourself out in the mirror at any given notice.

So, want to know some of the best triceps workouts you can do? Read on to find out. But first, a little biology lesson.

Looking for further workout inspiration? Check out our complete guide to workouts for men here.

What Are The Triceps Muscles?

The triceps – or triceps brachii – is a three-headed muscle (tri meaning three, of course) that is found on the back of the upper arm. It’s comprised of three parts, or heads: medial head; lateral head; and long head, which go some way to explaining why training them is a surefire way to gaining huge arms: more muscles equals more size.

The primary function of the triceps is to flex the elbow joint and straighten the arm, and it’s this movement that you should be making sure you fully complete with performing tricep workouts. You want to work the muscle group through the full range of contraction so that you work every single part of it.

Best Triceps Exercises

Close Grip Bench Press

Yep, the bench press, an exercise most commonly associated with building the chest muscles, can also be used to increase the size of your triceps, simply by changing where you place your hands on the bar. While a regular bench press grip – hands extended beyond shoulder width – will work your triceps to some extent, bringing your hands in closer together, to the point where they’re almost touching, will put far greater tension on them.

How to perform this triceps exercise: Performing a close grip bench press is relatively simple, if you already know how to do a regular bench press. Lie down on a weights bench, bring your feet close to the bench and plant your feet on the ground. Lockdown your shoulder blades to ensure you are in a braced position. You don’t want to have your back arching when you lift.

Bring your hands in to around shoulder-width apart and use an overhand grip. Raise the bar as you would with a bench press: pushing yourself back into the bench. You’ll find, however, that because of the close hand grip you’re using, more effort will naturally be applied to the arms, which is want you want.

It’s because of this that you’re almost definitely not going to be able to lift the same amount of weight as you would with a chest press, so make sure to keep things light to start off with.

Keep the movement slow and controlled throughout and make sure to fully extend the arms so that you lock out the elbows. Return the bar slowly to your chest and repeat for 8-12 reps.

Skull Crusher

The skull crusher exercise doesn’t literally crush your skull, thankfully, but they are another one of the best triceps exercises you can perform to guarantee you super-huge arms. They’re also a great exercise to perform to increase the strength of your triceps, which will help you further down the line with other movements such as the bench press and overhead press.

How to perform this triceps exercise: The skull crusher can be a bit of an awkward movement to get right if you’re new to them, but the steps are relatively easy to follow. Start lying down on a weight bench with a barbell or pre-weighted bar.

Raise it above you as if you were performing a bench press: hands set shoulder-width with apart and with an overhand grip. From here, lower the barbell back towards your head (the part of the movement that gives it its name) making sure to keep your elbows kept as closed in as possible, before going on to lower it down and behind your head.

Your shoulders will naturally want to roll a bit here, and your elbows will flare our a little. This is perfectly fine and perfectly normal, but the more you lose the desired form, the less tension you’ll be putting on your triceps.

Slowly return the bar to the starting position, bringing it back over your head and bending at the elbow joint, using the triceps to force the forearms to lift the bar up.

Triceps Push Down

Call it a push down, pull down or press down, whatever it’s name might be, this triceps exercise is one that features in pretty much any well-rounded triceps and arm workout. It does require the use of a cable machine, so unless you’re lucky enough to have a full gym set up at home, you’ll need to arm yourself with a gym membership.

How to perform this triceps exercise: There are a few variations of the triceps push down, in that you can use a number of different hand attachments for the cable machine. The two most common are to use either a bar or a rope attachment. For the purposes of this example, we’ll be using the rope attachment.

Step up to the cable machine and set the pulley to a couple of notches above head height. Grab either side of the rope with palms facing inwards, and start with it close to your chest. With your feet together, knees bent and torso upright, pull the rope down, keeping your upper arms static and close to your body.

Once your arms at straight down in front of you, you can create extra tension on your triceps by moving your wrists so that your palms are facing down, again, still keeping your upper arms close to your body. Hold in this position for a second and really feel the squeeze in your triceps, before returning the rope to the starting position.

Sets: 3 to 4 sets with 10 to 12 reps per set
Tempo: 3 seconds down, 1 second up

Best Tricep Exercises With Dumbbells

Overhead Triceps Extension

Overhead triceps extensions are essential exercises for targeting and torching your triceps muscles. What makes them even greater, is that they can performed in a multitude of ways, so finding the method that feels best for you should be pretty easy. A word of caution, however, is to not got too heavy with the weight, especially if you’re new to them.

The key to performing effective triceps extension movements is to make sure your elbow goes through its full range of motion so that the entire muscle can be developed. Going too heavy with the weights will inhibit this range of motion, and you’ll get barely any benefit at all.

So, you need to choose which method of overhead triceps extension you want to perform. You can do them standing up, with two dumbbells; standing with one hand grasping a dumbbell and focusing on one arm at a time; using a cable machine to pull a rope of bar attachment from behind you and over your head; or you can even perform them lying down.

How to perform this triceps exercise: If you go down the standing route, the steps to follow are the same for all. Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart and raise the dumbbell, or dumbbells, above your head and extend your arms. Them, bend your elbows and lower your forearm behind your head keeping your triceps as straight as possible.

You only need to bend your elbows to around 90-degrees, or when your forearms are parallel to the floor. From here, extend your arms straight up to their starting position before repeating the movement.

If you perform these triceps extensions with one arm, you want to start from the same starting position, but when you lower your forearm, you want to keep the dumbbell closer to your back, so your elbow – and the back of your arms to an extent – is pointing up to the sky.

Triceps Kickback

The triceps kickback movement is an isolating movement that is one of best triceps exercises out there, and fortunately, they’re incredibly simple to perform. You can perform them in a couple of ways: either using a weight bench to kneel on, using one dumbbell at a time, or standing and holding two dumbbells.

The kneeling method is easier and will likely see you carrying out a more effective technique, so it’s the method we’d recommend for people new to this triceps exercise. Kneel on a weights bench, so that your knee, shin and even foot is on it. Slightly bend the knee of the standing leg, and bend your upper body so that is it parallel with the floor.

How to perform this triceps exercise: Hold the dumbbell in the hand on the same side as the standing leg, making sure to not use a weight that is too heavy. You want to go high with the reps here. For the starting position, you want to be holding the dumbbell with your elbow bent at 90-degrees.

Then, straighten your arm so it is parallel with the floor, bending at the elbow joint. Contract, or squeeze, your triceps muscle at this point, before returning back to the starting position.

Best Tricep Exercises At Home

Diamond Push-Up

The classic push-up is already a good movement for working the triceps, although it’s far more effective at targeting the chest muscles. If you want to torch your triceps, only the diamond push-up will do. A more advanced version of the classic push-up diamond push-ups see you bringing your hands in closer together, and angling them so that they form a diamond shape.

How to perform this triceps exercise: Get yourself into a classic push-up position and then bring your hands in closer together so your thumbs are touching each other, and your index fingers are touching each other. As with other push-up movements, you want to tuck your pelvis in, engaging your core and keeping your spine straight.

Lower your body down towards the floor, pushing your elbows out. You’ll immediately feel the burn in your triceps as you do so, but the real test comes in pushing yourself back up. Force your hands into the ground to raise yourself back to the starting position, before lowering yourself down again.

Triceps Dips

They literally have the name of the muscle group in the title. Triceps dips are one of the best triceps exercises you can perform, as they’re dedicated to giving you seriously big arms. Plus, you don’t necessarily even need a gym to perform them. If you have two surfaces at the same height and close enough together – two kitchen countertops, for example – you can carry out some dips.

Tricep dips are great because they require you to lift your entire bodyweight, putting incredible tension on the desired muscle group (they also work your shoulders and chest and the same time, especially if you lean forward slightly, so bonus).

How to perform this triceps exercise: To perform tricep dips, you’ll need a set of bars just over hip-width apart. The best height for you will be determined by how tall you are. Grasp the bars and lift yourself up. Bend your knees slightly and cross your feet behind you, and then slowly lower your body down.

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That’s right; some shoes are specifically designed for the winter season, allowing you to combat colder climates. Finding the right gear is crucial for outdoor exploration and investing in quality footwear is the best way to kick off your cold expeditions.However, there’s a diverse collection of men’s winter shoes that are high performing in a range of different climates. For instance, for you’re hiking along rocky, icy surfaces, make sure you choose a versatile winter boot that’s highly functioning and protective. Select a winter boot that has insulating properties, outstanding traction and a waterproof finish for your best chance to sustain in the cold.But, if you’re looking for a more casual shoe, definitely opt for a winter sneaker that features durable yet supportive construction, sustaining beyond normal wear and tear.

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As with any sport, the better the equipment you have, the better chance you have of winning, and that’s certainly true of the best tennis racquets.

Capable of doing more than just hitting the ball to the other side of the net, tennis racquets have become far more personable, as they accentuate a player’s individual playstyle. And, with a special blend of stable construction and durable performance, it means now more than ever, that picking the best tennis racquet for you will give you an advantage on the court.

How to choose the best tennis racquet for your game

Choosing the right tennis racquet can depend on your personal play style and individual skill level. You need to take into account head and grip size, as well as what kind of output you are looking for; stronger power? More topspin?

Difference between a cheap and expensive tennis racquet

The biggest thing to know when shopping is how to spot the differences in the construction of tennis racquets. A cheaper tennis racquet tends to be made out of plastic or at the most, fibreglass. An expensive racquet has a higher price because it contains expensive materials such as graphite, titanium, and carbon fibre. How a tennis racquet is made is how it will play, so the stronger the materials, the better it plays. 

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When it comes to buying sneakers – undoubtedly an essential in every man’s wardrobe – you can spend little, but expect them to wear out in a matter of months from regular wear, or spend a fortune and make a serious dent in your luxury watch savings account.However, the more you spend, the quality increases (not to mention, bragging rights when it comes to brand names), but while some pairs of sneakers from reputable brands can comfortably be called fair, here’s looking at you Oliver Cabell, whenever we can score discounts on sneakers, the air can be punched with glee.So, which retailers mark down the prices of their sneakers? It’s fair to say, the vast majority of clothing and footwear brands will offer discounts throughout the year to mark the changing of the seasons, but not all of them are worthy of your custom. Only the finest, coolest and most stylish sneakers will do for you, and that’s where we come in.We’ve searched far and wide on the World Wide Web to bring you a definitive guide to the best men’s sneaker sales around, covering minimalist white sneakers, running and tennis sneakers, sneakers for the gym and everything in between.You’ll want to bookmark a fair of these websites, as sneakers on sale can change regularly, so it’s always worth checking back to see what bargains you can score.

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Stuck for ideas when it comes to ab workouts? You’ve come to the right place.

While there is some evidence to suggest women aren’t even bothered if you have a six-pack or not – with some even admitting they prefer more of a dad-bod figure – it’s safe to say washboard abs are going to earn you more swoons than groans, when you take your top off.

Unfortunately for many men, getting themselves shredded and in ownership of a set of abs often proves to be incredibly difficult. Not only do you need to dedicate some serious hours to building up the abdominal muscles, you also need to ensure your body fat is kept to a minimum in order to show off your hard work.

Fortunately, there are plenty of ab workouts you can carry out at the gym, or even at home, meaning there’s no excuse as to why you shouldn’t be torching your abdominals at any given notice. And we’ve even done the hard work for you by rounding up the best ab workouts you can do to help you on your quest.

Looking for further workout inspiration? Check out our complete guide to workouts for men here.

What Are The Abdominal Muscles?

The abdominal muscles serve more than just the purpose of giving you jaw-dropping stares when you’re at the beach, they’re actually an incredibly important muscle group that you probably take for granted.

Located on the front of the body, your abs take up the space between the ribs and your pelvis. They not only hold your vital organs in place, but they also allow for movement and to stabilise the trunk – or torso, to you and me.

There are four main groups that make up the abdominals: traversus adominis – stabilises the torso, maintains abdominal pressure; rectus abdominis – the muscle we all know as the six-pack; external oblique muscles – found on either side of the rectus abdominis, allow the torso to twist; internal oblique muscles – located just inside the hipbones, serve a similar function to the external obliques, but contract in the opposite direction.

These four muscle groups make up your core, and having a strong core is absolutely vital when it comes to performing a variety of exercises, not just those that concern the abs, and it works in tandem with your back muscles to help prevent any injuries to your body.

Best Ab Exercises & Workouts

Because the abdominal muscle groups take up such a large portion of the body, they can actually be split into sections: upper abs; lower abs; and obliques. But, despite there being different moves and exercises that can target each area, it’s best recommended that you perform moves that target your entire core as a whole.

It makes sense because your core is what keeps you standing up straight and ultimately gives your body all-round stability. Plus, working just your upper abs, for example, won’t give you the rippling torso you seek.

It’s always good to finish any workout or gym session with an abs workout circuit since they need a lot of training in order to make them more pronounced. And it’s worth noting that many compound movements, such as deadlifts and squats, will target your abs to some extent, so make sure you perform these with the correct form.

Ab Crunch

One of the absolute classic abs workouts is the crunch – also known as sit-ups – is a movement you’re most likely familiar with. It’s a great ab exercise to target your upper body, and can be made even harder with the introduction of a dumbbell or plate weight.

How to perform this ab exercise: Lie on your back with your knees bent and raise your torso, squeezing your abs as you do so. You can put your hands behind your head, cross them over in front of you, or run your hands up and down your legs to help assist you.

If you choose to add some weight into the mix, hold a dumbbell or plate weight to your chest and perform the sit-up in the same way.

Be sure to keep your neck straight during the movement by looking up to the ceiling, rather than bending it so that you’re looking at your knees.

Tuck and Crunch

Also known as the double crunch, this movement does in fact target your entire abdomen, making it an essential movement to add to your routine. It effectively combines the sit-up just mentioned, with a crunch, so your elbows meet your knees. A burner for sure, but one you’ll feel great for.

How to perform this ab exercise: Lie with your back flat on the floor, and with your knees in the air, bent at a 90-degree angle. Place your hands behind your head and raise your torso to engage your core, and bring your knees in so they reach your elbows.

Hold this position for a second and return to the starting position and repeat.

Plank

A daddy of abs exercises, the plank is one that really can separate the men from the boys as it’s one that engages all of your core muscles in one hit. However, it can be incredibly easy to get the form wrong, which could lead to injury or at the very least, won’t give you any real results.

How to perform this ab exercise: The correct plank position requires your back to be straight, however, some people will either arch it up or let their lower back dip, with their hips dragging the body lower to the floor.

To get yourself into the best plank position, place your elbows and forearms on the floor, with your palms facing down too. Raise yourself up on your toes and aim to get your back straight. A great way to practice is to place a light piece of wood on your back with the aim of holding it on there.

If it rolls off, or the end doesn’t touch the back of your head, you’re holding the position wrong. Another easy fix is to lock your shoulder blades down, rather than have them hunching up towards your ears.

It’s also important you look down to the floor so your neck is kept straight too. Some people will be inclined to look straight ahead, which will put unnecessary strain on your neck and can affect your form too.

If you’re new to planks, aim to hold the plank position for 30-seconds before progressing to one minute and then even longer.

Hollow Hold

The hollow hold is another one of the great abs exercises that engage all of your core muscles. It’s not an easy one, although there are some slight tweaks you can make to it to make it harder or less difficult, depending on how strong your core is.

How to perform this ab exercise: To start, lie down with your back on the floor. Extend your legs out straight and have your arms extended out straight behind you. Keep your ankles together and your wrists together.

From this straight-line position, raise your arms and raise your legs off the floor, creating a sort of V shape, all the while keeping your lower back on the floor. Lifting your legs and arms higher will make this exercise slightly easier, but if you really want to torch your core, have your arms and legs raised only slightly off the ground.

Hold this position for at least 30-seconds, but ultimately as long as you can. You can also work yourself up to being able to rock your arms and legs forward and backward to really feel the burn.

Heel Taps

Heel taps are one of the ab exercises that predominately target your lower abs, although they certainly have their benefits for your whole core.

How to perform this ab exercise: Lie on your back with your knees bent. Slightly raise your upper body so your shoulders are off the floor, brace your core and reach with your arms extended so that your right-hand touches your right heel, before moving to the other side, with your left hand touching your left heel.

If you want to take things to a more advanced level, you can move your heels further away from your body, meaning you need to reach further to touch your heels. Whichever way you perform heel taps, keep the movement slow and controlled. Going too fast won’t put any real tension on your core, meaning no results.

Dead Bug

The dead bug can be a slightly confusing abs exercise, but once you have the movement nailed down, it can be incredibly beneficial to building some serious core strength.

How to perform this ab exercise: Start with your back and shoulders on the floor. Raise your legs and have your knees bent at a 90-degree angle. Extend your arms straight up in front of you so they are pointing up to the ceiling.

Then, slowly lower your left leg down towards the ground – keeping your right knee bent – and lower your right arm down towards the floor behind you at the same time.

Inhale and return to the starting position, and repeat for the opposite arm and leg. With both sides done, that’s one rep. Repeat for 6-12 reps and 3 – 4 sets.

V Sit-Up

If you’re looking for ab exercises that blast both your upper and lower sets of abs at the same time, look no further than the V sit-up. Add them into your routine and lose the belly fat, and your washboard abs will soon shine through.

How to perform this ab exercise: Lie on the ground with your back flat on the floor, arms extended back behind your head and legs extended too. Keeping your lower back on the ground, squeeze your core to lift your legs up, keeping the legs straight.

Raise your upper body at the same time with your arms extended so that your hands meet your toes, creating a V shape.

Hold this position for a second or two, before returning to the starting position, keeping the body straight and core still engaged, and repeat.

Russian Twist

While most of the ab exercises on this list work your abs through the use of up and down movements, to really strengthen your core, you want to do twisting movements too so that no area of your core is left untouched.

Enter the Russian twist: a movement performed sitting down and with or without weight, that is ideal for targeting your obliques.

How to perform this ab exercise: Take a seat on the floor, bend your knees and have your feet flat too. Lean back slightly and slowly twist your upper body and torso to the left and then to the right.

Some people choose to hold their hands together with their arms straight while doing so, others keep their hands closer to their chest. The most important thing to remember is to move slowly and to twist your torso as far it will possibly go.

To make the Russian twist harder, you can introduce a weight into the mix such as a dumbbell, kettlebell or medicine ball. If you do use a weight, again, make sure to twist your torso as far as possible, so that the oblique muscles on the opposite side to the weight have to work harder to twist you back around.

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Tudor’s been on somewhat of a winning streak lately.

Rolex’s sister brand has always been popular, but in recent years it’s become a total darling of the watch world – carving out a reputation for extraordinary quality at a reasonable price while increasingly differentiating its offerings from Rolex and developing a much more individual identity as a brand.

Their latest release, however, is a bit of a conundrum – but not in a bad way. Unveiled at Watches & Wonders 2022, the Tudor Black Bay Pro is at once both the perfect expression of how independent Tudor has become while also how Rolex’s influence is ultimately a very positive thing for the brand.

The Tudor Black Bay Pro (ref. 79470) is a GMT watch rendition of Tudor’s popular dive watch, but with a bit of a difference. Of course, Tudor already has a Black Bay GMT – indeed, a new two-tone stainless steel and gold Black Bay GMT was also part of Tudor’s W&W ’22 releases – but the Black Bay Pro is a different beast to Tudor’s existing GMT watches.

Essentially, the Black Bay Pro is a bit of a revival of the original Rolex Explorer II (ref. 1655), which was produced from 1971 to 1985. While unpopular during its heyday, the ref. 1655 has since developed a cult following among collectors. It’s definitely underrated and very good to see it return in Tudor guise, as it were.

The current Rolex Explorer II design (ref. 226570), which was actually introduced at W&W ’21, features arrows separating hour markers on its bezel instead of straight lines and has a 42mm case. In comparison, the original ref. 1655 – and the Black Bay Pro – is 39mm in diameter, has those aforementioned lines plus a much flatter, more retro-looking bezel, too.

This also makes the Black Bay Pro smaller than most other Black Bay models, the majority of which have case sizes of 41mm or above. Also unlike other Black Bay models, the Black Bay Pro has a fixed bezel.

The Black Bay Pro takes design codes from the ref. 1655 and melds them with the aesthetic of the incredibly popular Black Bay line: namely the use of ‘snowflake’ hands for the hour, seconds and GMT hands. It’s also twice as water-resistant as an Explorer II, thanks to its dive watch lineage – although it’s worth pointing out that it’s not really a dive watch, but rather an “adventurer’s watch”.

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We think the Black Bay Pro is absolutely beautiful and is actually a better-looking watch than the ref. 1655 it pays homage to. Speaking of homage, we love the choice of yellow for the GMT hand, too – a nod to the recently discontinued Tudor North Flag, perhaps?

The Black Bay Pro doesn’t just look good, either: it’s got a rather impressive new in-house movement. The cool thing about its MT5652 calibre is that the date display is coupled with the local time hand so that when setting the time and passing midnight in retrograde, it instantly jumps to the previous day.

This is a very cool and practical complication that really elevates the Black Bay Pro as a GMT watch – and serves as a testament to how independent and advanced Tudor’s in-house movements have become. Oh yeah, and it’s water-resistant to 200m and has a hefty 70-hour power reserve, so it’s totally weekend-proof.

Honestly, we could spend all day gushing about the Tudor Black Bay Pro. It’s a great addition to the already superb Black Bay family and one of the real highlights of W&W ’22. It could even give the new Rolex GMT-Master II a run for its money… The people’s GMT-Master, perhaps?

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At Watches & Wonders – the world’s biggest watch fair – it takes a lot to stand out. When there are so many truly special releases, it’s hard for brands to capture peoples’ imaginations. But that’s exactly what Chopard has done with their latest super-high-end creation.

Compared to many of the watchmakers exhibiting at the world’s biggest watch fair this year, Chopard isn’t known for being particularly flashy or hype-driven. They do their thing, and they do it well… Which is why the L.U.C Full Strike Sapphire has been so unexpected.

Here’s a watch, almost completely crafted out of sapphire crystal, with an amazingly beautiful and innovative movement that pushes the boundaries of modern watchmaking in a truly unique fashion. Forget Hublot or Richard Mille: Chopard’s out here pushing the envelope with futuristic watches.

As the name alludes to, the L.U.C Full Strike Sapphire features an extremely clever minute repeater movement. Normally, the gongs of a minute repeater are made out of steel – but what Chopard’s come up with is gongs made out of sapphire. The advantage of this is that they produce a much louder and crisper chime.

The Full Strike Sapphire goes one further: the watch’s case and gongs are all part of one sapphire monobloc. This doesn’t just look amazing, but it also further assists with sound propagation, as the entire watch is resonating – hence ‘Full Strike’. It’s bloody mental.

The other thing that’s really impressive about the L.U.C Full Strike Sapphire is how light it is. Because it’s mostly sapphire, it’s like a feather on the wrist. I’ve had the chance to try the L.U.C Full Strike Sapphire on and something that’s particularly striking (pun intended) is that the leather strap is actually heavier than the watch itself. It’s kind of mind-boggling.

For my money, Chopard is perhaps the most versatile watchmaker in Switzerland. The breadth of their skill and expertise is so impressive: from their insane dial treatments (like the eagle iris dial of the Alpine Eagle) to their impressive in-house movements (like the movements found in the Full Strike Sapphire and Chopard’s other W&W ’22 releases) and of course, their skill as a jeweller (just think of the Happy Sport collection)…

Not to say that Chopard is underrated – because it isn’t – but I think the L.U.C Full Strike Sapphire will shift the needle on how Chopard is viewed by watch fans as well as the broader public. It’s a bold statement of intent; a true masterpiece. If you’ve been sleeping on Chopard, now’s the time to wake up.

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