Breguet is one of the world’s most storied luxury watch manufacturers, originally founded the year before the American Revolution began and whose most famous commission was a wildly complicated watch that Marie-Antoinette of France never got to enjoy. So it might come as a surprise to some that the brand has a beach-ready watch on a rubber strap among their offerings. This 40mm, 10-bar bad boy is made of titanium and is a great choice to wear while windsurfing in St. Barts.

This Overseas is one very versatile, 150-meter submersible piece of eye candy. At 42.5mm of stainless steel and featuring a chronograph movement and reverse panda dial, it makes a statement on the sand. It also comes with two OEM straps—calf skin and rubber—that are a synch to switch out. It don’t get much more versatile than that.

Arguably one of the coolest dials of all time, this 10-bar, 43mm black ceramic Offshore is louder than any beach bum’s boombox blasting “Cruel Summer.” With its rainbow VU-meter dial and rubber strap, it’s like a beach bonfire disco on your wrist.

A tourbillon at the beach, you say? Are you crazy? Why, yes! But this elegant and highly complicated H. Moser masterpiece has a water resistance of 120 meters, so maybe you should live a little. Add the nonpareil cool factor of the Vantablack dial—a shade of black so dark, it absorbs over 99 percent of light—and a rose gold case, and your wrist is surely going to turn heads.

This watch has so much going for it. Like…a lot. Grand Seiko is known for its superior craftsmanship and innovative movements, both of which are on full display here. The legendary Spring Drive movement is a major selling point, with the hypnotically smooth secondhand sweep. The 40mm, 20-bar SBGE257 also has GMT complication, so you can keep track of two time zones while skin-diving.

A preferred timepiece of French oceanographer Jacques Cousteau, this 42mm is a legend unto itself. The 300 was first introduced in 1967—in this electric shade of orange—and it still looks fresh and enticing 56 years later. If, for whatever reason, that underwhelming whodunit you bought at the airport isn’t keeping your attention, get yourself a Dräger rebreather and take this watch to barotrauma depths.

Dating back to the mid-1970s, when luxury sports watches with integrated bracelets were becoming a thing, the Laureato by Girard-Perregaux is an IYKYK in the world of haute horology. This 44mm chronograph beast is made of titanium, belying its heavy appearance, and is water-resistant up to 300 meters. With the red-and-black PVC case, it gives “red sails, thunder ocean” vibes.