As we approach the end of 2017 and prepare for a new year of watch releases in 2018, we wanted to take a look back at some of the most noteworthy timepieces that came out this year. Check back each day of this week for a new list focused on everything that 2017 had to offer. ? The WatchTime editors
The holiday season is synonymous with travel. Whether it’s driving across town or around the world, pretty much everyone is headed somewhere. One way to make the burden of travel easier" A world timer or pilot’s watch on your wrist. After all, you can only watch Planes, Trains and Automobiles so many times.

First up, a modern re-issue of a chronograph that Longines produced in the 1930s, the Avigation BigEye (?Avigation? is a portmanteau of ?aviation? and ?navigation,? which are the two functions the original watch was engineered to serve). The modern watch is distinguished by its extra-legible, semi-glossy black dial with big luminous Arabic numerals and an extra-large 30-minute chronograph counter at 3 o?clock (presumably, the ?big eye? referred to in the model name). The dial, protected under a domed sapphire crystal with several layers of nonreflective coating, also has a 12-hour counter at 6 o?clock and a subdial for running seconds at 9 o?clock; a central hand counts the chronograph seconds; the hour and minute hands, like the hour numerals, are coated with Super-LumiNova. The 41-mm stainless steel case is water-resistant to 30 meters and features two pro...