Phew — that was quite a set of 365 days! From an exciting Watches & Wonders filled with brands large and small to a jaunt over to Hong Kong with Dubai Watch Week to a non-stop auction season, 2024 ...

This guide reveals five dedicated tool watch brands that perhaps aren’t as well known as they should be. They all make some of the toughest purpose-built timepieces in the business.

For example, have you ever heard of Dan Henry Watches? The microbrand was started in 2016 by a Brazilian watch collector – called Dan Henry – who had spent 30 years collecting over 1,500 watches.