Avid readers of WatchTime, especially those who devoured luxury author Aaron Sigmond?s best-selling hardcover book, DRIVE TIME: Watches Inspired by Automobiles, Motorcycles and Racing in 2016, and its expanded edition in 2018, will be lining up to dive into its sequel, SEA TIME: Watches Inspired by Sailing, Yachting and Diving ? a volume that teams Sigmond (who also penned last year’s horological history tome, Bulova: A History of Firsts for Assouline) with WatchTime?s own Senior Editor Mark Bernardo as co-authors and features the most comprehensive collection of nautical-inspired timepieces ever assembled between two covers.

With a foreword by legendary adventure novelist Clive Cussler (whose most famous literary creation, Dirk Pitt, helped make the Doxa Sub famous in dive watch circles), photographs by fine art photographer Peter Eaton Gurnz, and additional essays by a curated collective of watch-industry insiders and experts, including Analog/Shift’s James Lamdin, Gear Patrol’s Jacob Sotak, and Monochrome’s Xavier Markl, SEA TIME offers a wide-ranging look at an enduringly popular timepiece category, its historical impact, and its most legendary standard-bearers. The authors delve into more than 100 vintage and modern watches, starting with ?The Icons? ? a dozen industry classics, including the Rolex Submariner, Blancpain Fifty Fathoms, Panerai Luminor, and Patek Philippe Nautilus ? before expanding the scope to focus on such specialized genres a...