{"id":1875298,"date":"2026-04-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1875298"},"modified":"2026-04-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T21:00:00","slug":"here-are-four-cool-watches-that-celebrate-patina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1875298","title":{"rendered":"Here are four cool watches that celebrate patina"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-testid=\"HtmlContent\" class=\"MarkUpWrapper-sc-t20i90-0 hQwWlJ\">\n<p>The obvious diving watch might be something rubber strapped and battery powered. Instead, why not go old school automatic with a steel bracelet? It will pick up knocks and scratches\u00a0<br \/>as it goes, but this tool watch will take them in its stride. 41mm case,\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a3279; citizenwatch.co.uk<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"HtmlContent\" class=\"MarkUpWrapper-sc-t20i90-0 hQwWlJ\">\n<p>As well as a bronze case that will grow old gracefully, this watch has the unusual feature of a date hand rather than a window. Also has the celebrated Oris big crown, designed so that Biggles-era pilots could operate the watch while wearing gloves. 40mm case, water resistant to 50m.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a32,050; oris.ch<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"HtmlContent\" class=\"MarkUpWrapper-sc-t20i90-0 hQwWlJ\">\n<p>Sitting right at the top of Tissot\u2019s price range, this is still a bit of a bargain for a watch with an 18k gold case. It has a champagne dial, comes on a leather strap and is powered\u00a0<br \/>by a Swiss quartz movement. The 38mm case is water resistant to 30m.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a33,200; tissotwatches.com<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"HtmlContent\" class=\"MarkUpWrapper-sc-t20i90-0 hQwWlJ\">\n<p>The perfect example of a tool that became a trophy, the Radiomir was first made in the 1930s as a no nonsense combat diving watch. Now Panerai is a very fancy brand seen more at the poolside than in deep water. This model has a 45mm blasted steel case and a dial that fades towards the centre.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a36,100; panerai.com<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The obvious diving watch might be something rubber strapped and battery powered. Instead, why not go old school automatic with a steel bracelet? It will pick up knocks and scratches\u00a0as it goes, but this tool watch will take them in its stride. 41mm case,\u00a0 \u00a3279; citizenwatch.co.uk As well as a bronze case that will grow [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,237],"class_list":["post-1875298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-topgear-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1875298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1875298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1875298\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1875298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1875298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1875298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}