Maritime Bulova 97B168 Men's Wristwatch

Our watch of the week is the Bulova 97B168 men's watch. Under the name Marine Star, the wristwatch also visually suits a maritime flair as a sailing watch. Learn more in this article about sailing watches and, of course, about our watch of the week.

Maritime sailing watches

Sailing watches are not only a very good choice for truly ambitious sailors. These watches are also very popular with collectors. After all, more and more luxury brands are adding these watches to their range, making them interesting as investment pieces for many people as well. For example, there are sailing watches with GPS or with a compass. For that reason alone, a sailing watch differs significantly from watches that are not made specifically for sailors. Since you will mainly wear your sailing watch while sailing on the water, it is especially important that it is as waterproof as possible. The best sailing watches can also impress with the following features:

• visually appealing design
• the dial is easy to read even in adverse weather conditions
• stopwatch function for regattas
• measuring function that can display air pressure at sea level
• temperature display
• tide display
• automatic calendar

There simply is not enough space in the cases of ordinary chronographs or other wristwatches to house the technology required for these functions. Most of these functions are urgently needed not only when sailing on the local lake. On a round-the-world sailing trip in particular, sailors are not only dependent on a sailing watch with GPS; an automatic calendar is also a must. Anyone traveling near the Arctic Circle, where the sun may not set at all, will of course still want to know what day it is.

Our Bulova 97B168

Our Bulova 97B168, however, is not a sailing watch, but merely has the look of one. With its dark blue strap with red stitching and the gold-colored details on the bezel and dial, the watch perfectly complements a maritime flair. The chronograph displays hours, minutes, seconds, and the date, and can also time elapsed periods.