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Autodromo Adds an Affordable Ana-Digi Watch to the Group C Lineup
Autodromo has spent over a decade translating motorsport design into watches, and the brand has now arrived somewhere it’s never been before. I always loved tracking the brand as an earlier “micro” outfit back when I caught the watch bug in my adult life. The new Group C Turbo Sport is Autodromo’s first ana-digi watch, building directly on the digital Group C that landed back in 2023. This time, the inspiration comes from the analog tachometers found in turbocharged race and road cars of the 1980s, the era when Group C prototypes dominated endurance racing with boost levels that bordered on reckless. It’s a specific reference point, and that specificity has always been Autodromo’s strength.
The 5 Best Chronograph Watches of 2026 So Far
I think the chronograph carries more baggage than any other complication. Decades of racing campaigns, moon missions, and motorsport marketing have a way of making each new one feel like a reissue of the same idea, a tachymeter and three registers dressed up in whatever color the brand hasn’t used yet. The chronographs that landed this year spread across the entire map: a five-figure Swiss icon running a brand-new in-house movement, a Japanese GPS solar flagship that finally slimmed down, a space-program quartz legend reborn at its smallest size yet, a 500-piece collaboration built around a guitar pedal, and an affordable quartz openly chasing the look of an $80,000 Daytona. Different prices, different technology, and each one earns its spot. Here are five of the best chronograph watches of 2026 so far.
Citizen Loads a Tide Graph and Sailing Compass Into an Affordable Eco-Drive Watch
Just before summer every year, a handful of watches show up looking like they were built for the season, and most of them turn out to be divers playing dress-up. Citizen’s latest feels different, and I’ll admit I’m a little taken with it just from press photos alone. The brand just revealed the Citizen Promaster WaveTracker, a bunch of Eco-Drive sailing watches that wear the bold, sporty look you’d expect from a tool diver while doing something else entirely.
This New Integrated Bracelet Watch Undercuts a Lot of Its Rivals, but Not the PRX
Raymond Weil has spent the last few years watching the integrated-bracelet category fill up around it, and the brand is finally stepping in. The new A.R.T. Collection marks its first full lineup built around an integrated bracelet. The collection splits into two families, the mechanical Ref. 1000 series and the quartz Ref. 1250 series. We’ll focus on the mechanicals here, since that’s where most enthusiasts will look first.
Casio G-Shock DW5600MNC-1 Review: A Better Strap Transforms This Affordable Classic
I remember buying my first “grown-up” Casio G-Shock sometime around 2014. It felt like a follow-up to the Baby-G my parents gave me when I was a kid, only this time I was spending my own money and paying attention to things like references, modules, and case designs. The watch was some kind of blacked-out DW5600 from Casio’s Military Series lineup with a negative display. I eventually sold it, but the core appeal of that watch never really left me. The square case and the feeling that it could handle just about anything made a lasting impression.
