We all know that the sports category is one of the most popular and relevant groups of watches. Many brands are associated with various sporting events around the world. These partnerships and collaborations lead many watch brands to get inspired and develop some unique timepieces. Today, we round up the best sports-edition watches these associations and partnerships have birthed. Let’s go.

OMEGA Seamaster Diver 300M Beijing 2022

OMEGA is one of the most popular brands associated with sporting events, especially the Olympics. They have been serving as the Official Timekeeper of the Olympic Games since 1932. The brand’s role has expanded and diversified in the Olympics, from precision timekeeping of the various sporting events to continuous technical development and evolution of essential equipment. This role has also extended to the Youth Olympic Games, Paralympic Games and the Winter Olympics.

OMEGA kicked off its celebration of the 2022 Olympics Winter Games Beijing 2022 with the release of a special and unique timepiece — the Seamaster Aqua Terra Beijing 2022. The special-edition watch is inspired by the theme of winter and features a ceramic white dial with a frost-finish pattern decorated with blued indexes and hands filled with white Super-LumiNova. This classic and straightforward watch comes in a 41mm stainless steel case with a matching bracelet. The caseback holds a stamped Beijing 2022 emblem and houses the OMEGA Co-Axial Master Chronometer Calibre 8900.

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TAG Heuer Red Bull Racing Special Edition

TAG Heuer has always been synonymous with one sporting event — the Formula 1 races. The two have been associated with each other since 1968 when Jack Heuer signed on with Swiss racing driver Jo Stiffert. The company’s strong presence in the F1 — from their support of the Red Bull Racing team to the official timekeeper of the Monaco Grand Prix — has led to many special edition timepieces. The 2022 Formula 1 Red Bull Racing Special Edition timepiece is one such.

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Featuring design codes that reflect the new generation of race cars and cater to the fans, the 2022 Formula 1 Red Bull Racing Special Edition comes in two new references. These two watches pay tribute to the strong partnership between TAG Heuer and the Red Bull Racing Honda Formula 1 team and embody the values and features shared by the two brands.

The TAG Heuer Formula 1 Red Bull Racing Special Edition watch is equipped with the bold colours of the Red Bull Racing Team. The watch is home to a combination of colours like the blue sun-brushed dial decorated with vibrant yellow and red accents. The Arabic numerals in white further add to the dial’s colour contrast. It also marks a direct inspiration from racing car speedometers. Crafted in a 43mm stainless steel case, the Formula 1 watch is available in two straps options; stainless steel bracelet and a blue rubber strap.

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Casio G-Shock “Matchday: Inside FC Barcelona”

Casio celebrates Matchday: Inside FC Barcelona — a look into the inner world of the famous Spanish football club — with a brand-new G-Shock collection that includes the GBD-H1000BAR and the GBD-100BAR.

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The two timepieces belong to the G-SQUAD line of watches from G-Shock and feature a blue and garnet colour combination that is in line with the colours of the FC Barcelona team. Additionally, the bands are designed in tandem with the team uniforms from the past and present. They are stamped with the club motto “Més que un club” (“More than a club”) in the Catalan language. Each band loop on both the watches also house four red stripes of the Catalan flag.

The GBD-H1000BAR model features a metal bezel in bright gold ion plating that offers the watch a shine like a trophy cup. Regarding the technical functions, the two watches feature accelerometers and a Mobile Link function, which can be paired with smartphone apps for daily health activity logs, step counts, information on calories burned, and more. The bright gold version of the collection also features a heart rate monitor and GPS tracking.

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Longines HydroConquest XXII Commonwealth Games

The association between Longines and the Commonwealth Games began in 1962 with the Games in Perth (Australia). Since then, the two have been collaborating for various editions of the Commonwealth Games, including the 2014 edition in Glasgow (Scotland) and the 2018 edition in Gold Coast (Australia). The recent announcement of Longines staying on as its Official Timekeeper in the Commonwealth Games of 2022, 2026 and 2030 was historic.

Keeping in tune with this legacy, Longines, in association with the 2022 Commonwealth Games scheduled to be held in Birmingham, England, released the exclusive HydroConquest XXII Commonwealth Games limited-edition timepiece. The new edition is available in a 41mm steel case with a black ceramic bezel that displays vivid colours of the event logo.

This design direction extends to the multi-coloured minute track on the black sunray dial. Modern in its overall appeal, the watch also features water resistance to 300 metres with a screw-down crown and case back, double security folding clasp and an integrated steel bracelet. The Longines HydroConquest XXII Commonwealth Games edition is limited to just 2022 pieces.

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Hublot Big Bang UNICO Golf (Orange Edition)

When it comes to sports collaborations, Hublot has been at the forefront with a visionary plan to infuse itself into the critical events of our time. These include its association with FIFA World Cup, UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Euro Championship. Despite Hublot’s immense love for football, the game of Golf has always held a special place for the brand. It unveiled the world’s first mechanical golf watch – the Big Bang UNICO Golf – in partnership with the most successful golfer of his generation, Dustin Johnson.

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Hublot continues the story of its Golf watches with the launch of the 2022 Big Bang UNICO Golf Orange Carbon – a truly mechanical golf watch that can keep track of your score over the course of an 18-hole round. How does this work? The brand mentions, “The shot-counting mechanism is activated by a yellow putter-shaped pusher at 2 o’clock, which also advances the yellow stroke counter visible through an aperture at 3 o’clock. When it’s time to move to the next hole, another putter-shaped pusher at 4 o’clock resets the shot indication to zero and advances the hole indication at 9 o’clock by one hole. The cumulative score goes up by one with every recorded shot, and is shown through an aperture at 6 o’clock. At the end of a round, the display can be reset to zero via the pusher at 8 o’clock. This pusher can be locked by rotating it 45 degrees to avoid accidentally resetting your score during a round.”

All of this can be achieved with the help of the ground-breaking Hublot MHUB1580 automatic movement sitting within the 45mm Orange carbon case structure.

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