Porsche Design

Porsche Design's military chronograph resurfaces with Hodinkee and a titanium case

The chronograph Porsche Design originally built for NATO pilots in the 1980s just surfaced again, and Hodinkee helped drag it into daylight. This isn't a reissue that sandblasts the weirdness off. It keeps the asymmetrical crown guard, the stark tool-watch face, and swaps in a titanium case because of course it does. The original was a mil-spec beast that refused to be pretty. This one still isn't. That's the point. Hodinkee knows exactly which drawer to rummage through. The collaboration feels less like a revival and more like letting a deep-cut design finally breathe in the open. No hype, no reinterpretation, just a sharp, narrow thing that surfaces fast and disappears if you aren't paying attention. Stay spooty.