When Sir Edmund Hillary reached the summit of Everest in 1953, he was wearing a watch – a Rolex Oyster Perpetual, if we’re going to be specific. Point being: even in one of the most harsh and remote landscapes on Earth, knowing the time mattered, and it still does in 2015.

Wherever you go in the world and whatever you’re doing, there’s a watch for that – here are a few of our favourites…