The landscape of high-end luxury sport watches has hit a fever pitch in recent years, but while the mainstays continue to dominate the basic conversation across your IG feed, there are a handful of genuinely interesting watches that fly under the radar. Brands like Parmigiani Fleurier, Piaget, and Girard-Perregaux all make some seriously compelling sport watches with no shortage of horological chops to back them up. Sure, they?re still expensive, and might not triple their value in as many years, but if you care to look beyond the price/hype/investment nonsense you may be surprised at what you find.

Girard-Perregaux is celebrating their 230th anniversary this year, a milestone it shares with the discovery of the material titanium (hat tip to English clergyman, William Gregor, there). To acknowledge the shared anniversary, Girard-Perregaux has introduced a pair of limited edition watches to their Laureato Absolute collection dubbed, fittingly, the Ti 230. As you might have surmised, the Ti 230 watches are constructed of Grade 5 titanium which allow for a mixture of blasted and polished textures to be applied, which G-P has taken full advantage of. 
The titanium case measures 44mm in diameter and features flat polished facets against a bead blasted base providing a subtle contrast not often associated with titanium cases. The case of the Laureato provides plenty of opportunity on this front, thanks to the unusual shapes the comprise the watch, from a rounded, inte...