The best ... heirloom watches

Here are five of the best heirloom watches, including the diamond-studded Beluga Caviar.

KonTiki Diver

Borrowing “technology from the automotive industry,” this watch uses a “miniature version of a shaft seal” to stay waterproof for up to 3,280 feet.

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Flight Timer R4118

Named after the “legendary” World War II fighter plane, this watch from Oris lets you live out your “flyboy fantasies.” The clock face on its crown is meant to be set to the time zone of your traveling destination, in the manner of “traditional cockpit clocks.“

Price: $3,600 Contact: Oris.ch.

Source: Trader Monthly

Beluga Caviar

Ebel’s reinvention of its diamond-studded “’80s cult classic” comes with “larger rocks,” an “onyx-dotted face,” and a band of “gleaming black stingray skin.”

Price: $50,000 Contact: Ebel.com

Source: Elle

ww.tc Financial Automatic Chronograph

This watch displays the times in key business cities throughout the world’s 24 time zones and “tracks the hours during which financial markets—New York, London, Hong Kong, and Tokyo—are open for business.”

Price: $14,650 Contact: Girard-perregaux.com

Source: Forbes Life

Pontos Décentrique GMT Limited Edition

This titanium design’s date ring sits “flush with the dial,” so that the current date flips over, “Vanna White–style, as it turns.”

Price: $8,350 Contact: Mauricelacroix.com

Source: Trader Monthly