Hamilton Ventura

One of the most recognizable watch designs of the 20th century, and unlike anything else. Hamilton launched the Ventura in 1957 as the world's first battery-powered electric watch, wrapped in a dramatic asymmetric shield-shaped case that still looks like the future. It became a pop-culture fixture, worn by a 1950s rock-and-roll legend and later a running gag across the Men in Black films. The modern Ventura keeps that wild silhouette in quartz and automatic versions (the automatics run Hamilton's 80-hour H-10 movement), in steel and PVD, including skeletonized and oversized takes. It's a design statement first and a watch second, and there's genuinely nothing else like it at the price.