This week, German Jeweler Wempe unveiled its latest collection under the in-house Wempe Glashütte label, bringing forth the latest addition to the burgeoning luxury-sports watch market ? the Iron Walker collection. The new family capitalizes on a growing trend and demand for integrated-bracelet steel sports watches, offering 16 total new models divided into four distinct designs, including a chronograph, a super-compressor dive watch, a and time-only models for both men and women. The Iron Walker line, which Wempe says it’s been developing for a decade, takes its name and inspiration from the first American construction workers building steel skyscrapers, without much in the way of either safety equipment or regulation, in the early parts of the 20th century. (Wempe’s New York showroom is located in one of the city’s first high-rise buildings with a steel skeleton.)
Iron Walker Automatic Chronograph

The first model in the new collection we?ll be taking a look at is the Automatic Chronograph, whose striking look caught the eyes of many enthusiasts upon its initial release earlier this week. The model uses a 42-mm faceted steel case, with integrated lugs, rectangular pushers, crown guards protecting a deeply grooved crown, and a smooth steel bezel. The watch is available with either a sunray blue or matte black dial, with an outer angled tachymetric scale and applied rectangular hour markers broken up by a printed white chronograph minute ring. Al...