The FIFA Women’s World Cup kicked off last week, and as I do with most things in my life, I found a way to make the event about watches.
I have a perverse appreciation for watches made for ultra-specific tasks. These pieces are typically called “purpose-built” watches or chronographs and come in many flavors. (The first watch in this genre was designed for doctors in the 1700s, with a pulsometer that measured a patient’s heart rate.) Take the new Skipper Carrera that Tag Heuer released last week. The model, a revival of a cult watch from 1968, features a 15-minute counter designed for one thing and one thing only: yachting regattas. And I love riding on papa’s yacht unspooling a spinnaker while my gennaker…totally…gennakes. Okay, I’ve never been on a yacht, but I would totally buy that Skipper anyway.
The Richard Mille RM11-04 was made for Italian national team manager Roberto Mancini. It even records stoppage time! Naturally, it comes in the color of the Azzurri. This is everything a modern-day sport watch should be: futuristic-looking but full of purpose.
A watch VERY high up on my gotta-have-it list. Watches like this and the Skipper are proof that highly specific design briefs often yield the best results. This “referee” watch came out of a collaboration between Timex and the designer Nigel Cabourn. It’s not as technical as the Richard Mille but gets a lot done, with less showiness. The 45 minutes of a half are color blocked in a peachy red-orange.
Breitling Ref. 34-31 “Referee”
The biggest contributors to the soccer watch space are probably Breitling and Omega. Both have many beautiful vintage models in their back catalog that use the same basic color-blocking scheme as the Timex above.
Omega especially used soccer timers as an excuse to jazz watches up with bold colors in the name of functionality.
Seiko 7017-6000 “Soccer Basketball” Speed-Timer
A Seiko 5 Speed-Timer blessed with the referee timer layout? I need it.
Hublot Big Bang e FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022
For the real football freaks. Hublot made a smart watch for the most recent World Cup that entered “MATCH MODE”—also the name for the state of being I enter when it’s time to enjoy my Husband Meal—whenever a game kicked off. The edge of the watch would track the time left in a live match as well as major happenings such as goals and red or yellow cards.
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