Watches with Recycled Materials

—Laurie Kahle

With an estimated nine million metric tons of plastic dumped in the oceans annually, dive watch makers are making a splash by recycling that trash into fashionable wrist straps and more. In 2018, Breitling tapped Outerknown, the sustainable apparel company for NATO straps made with Econyl yarn derived from discarded fishing nets and other ocean waste. The Outerknown range of colors and sizes fit any Breitling. A brown Econyl strap outfits the new Superocean Heritage ’57 Outerknown, which takes its cues from the original SuperOcean from 1957 with arrow-shaped hands, oversize indexes and a distinctive concave bezel. The retro-styled COSC-certified chronometer with a bronze dial is available in stainless steel ($4,380) and with an 18-karat red-gold bezel ($5,225). Ulysse Nardin established a research unit dubbed the marine circular economy. Last fall, the…

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