NAOS Pro GMT Automatic dark blue silver / Bridle 20 dark brown

Navy and dark brown is the combination that makes a travel watch look lived-in rather than newly issued.

The NAOS Pro GMT is the most complicated watch in the Naos family and still the least busy-looking, which is the point. Sternglas has designed watches in Hamburg since 2016 around Bauhaus-inspired clarity, and the brand refuses to let an extra indication turn a dial into a diagram. Everything on this one earns its place or is not there.

The dark blue dial changes character with the light, going from a deep marine tone in the sun to something nearly black under a lamp. The case is polished 316L stainless steel at 38 mm, capped with a domed sapphire crystal carrying double anti-reflective coating, and the automatic movement inside shows the date. Water resistance is 5 bar. The dark brown Bridle leather strap, 20 mm at the lugs, warms the blue and gives the watch an unhurried, well-traveled look.

Suited to someone whose calendar spans two countries and whose wardrobe leans toward brown shoes.

Perfect for: dual time zone watch shoppers, navy dial and brown leather pairings, compact automatic travel watches.