Red — the colour of love, sensualness, passion, excitement and more, conveys similar emotions when used in red watches. No one can disagree that red watches are particularly successful in capturing attention given the striking shade. When done right in the correct context, red watches can convey the right emotions — a dress watch with a ruby red dial is sensual while a chronograph with red detailing evokes sporty exhilaration. Here are our picks of the newer red watches available now.
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Pictured above: Breitling Endurance Pro IRONMAN
On the occasion of signing a long-term partnership, Breitling and IRONMAN teamed up to co-design a series of watches, the second of which being Breitling’s ultimate athleisure watch — the Endurance Pro IRONMAN collection. Black and red are a classic combination for sporty watches and the winning recipe finds its way to the Endurance Pro IRONMAN. Evoking power and endurance, the watch features a striking red dial contrasted by an all-black Breitlight (weighing in 3.3 and 5.8 times lighter than titanium and stainless steel respectively) case and chronograph counters. A quick check on Breitling’s website reveals this is the only red watch available in their portfolio, while another IRONMAN edition in black and gold is exclusively available for IRONMAN race finishers.
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Rado Captain Cook Bronze Burgundy
Rado’s commitment to perfecting its high-tech ceramic components sees a striking shade of burgundy ceramic added to their already impressive spectrum of coloured ceramic watches. Red tones are notoriously difficult to achieve in ceramic components as the pigments would often burn during the high-heat production stages. Rado has nevertheless managed to perfect it and presents a striking red watch balanced by the warmth of bronze with the Rado Captain Cook Bronze Burgundy. In true Captain Cook fashion, the dive watch is capable of handling water pressures up to 300m.
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Ressence Type 1 Slim Red
Traditionally, Ressence has stuck to neutral colours such as black, grey, navy and white for their watches, utilising other colours in a minimal fashion. Experience their watchmaking passion through colours as they have gone out of the way for an exciting limited run of the Ressence Type 1 Slim Red that will be produced until the end of 2021. Their other red watch ever made was the red Type 3 ‘MC’, a unique watch created for the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation in September 2020. The Type 1 Slim Red features a reworked case based on the original Type 1 for a sexier and more streamlined construction for better wearing comfort. As with all Ressence watches, it features the ever-changing Ressence Orbital Convex System (ROCS) to display the time whimsically.
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TAG Heuer Connected X Super Mario Limited Edition
If having red colour on the case or dial might be a bit too daunting for you, consider having an interchangeable red strap that you can easily switch out depending on your mood. TAG Heuer’s latest collaboration with Nintendo sees pop culture icon Super Mario as the face of the new TAG Heuer Connected X Super Mario Limited Edition. Matching the strap is Super Mario’s famous red cap’s lacquered colour found on the bezel graduation, push buttons and crown logo. Super Mario is now your personal motivator as you strive to unlock and discover various dial animations when achieving goals throughout the day. The TAG Heuer Connected X Super Mario Limited Edition is limited to 2,000 pieces worldwide and comes with an interchangeable black leather strap.
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