WindUp NYC 2026: Meighan vs. Gabe's Best Watch Picks
Time+Tide sent Meighan and Gabe to the WindUp Watch Fair in NYC to curate collections across four categories. Meighan favored watches with color, unique materials, and strong design, while Gabe gravitated towards technical specifications and capability. The article details their picks for dive and dress watches, inviting readers to decide who curated the best selection.
- Meighan's dive watch pick: Le Forban Sécurité Mer La Marseillaise
- Meighan's dress watch pick: Pequignet Attitude Tiger's Eye
- Gabe's dive watch pick: Yema Skin Diver CMM.20
- Gabe's dress watch pick: MeisterSinger Pangaea Steel Blue
- Le Forban Sécurité Mer La Marseillaise price: €940 (excl. TAX)
- Yema Skin Diver CMM.20 price: US$2,750
- Pequignet Attitude Tiger's Eye price: €3,950
- MeisterSinger Pangaea Steel Blue price: €2,590
The Le Forban Sécurité Mer La Marseillaise is inspired by the brand's 1979 Monnin-cased diver and features a blue sunburst dial fading to black, a traditional aluminum dive bezel, and C3 Super-LumiNova.
The Le Forban Sécurité Mer La Marseillaise's strap is a reworked military-style bund made of FKM rubber, featuring a removable central pad.
The Yema Skin Diver CMM.20 revives the 1960s skin-diver style with its compact, unguarded-crown case and measures 39.5mm.
The Yema Skin Diver CMM.20 is powered by Yema's French-made CMM.20 automatic calibre with a 70-hour power reserve, visible through a sapphire caseback.
The Yema Skin Diver CMM.20 features a sapphire bezel insert with Yema's push-to-unlock locking system and a slimmed-down Scales bracelet with tool-free micro-adjustment.
The Pequignet Attitude Tiger's Eye has a genuine tiger's eye stone dial, offering unique shifting brown, red, and gold tones for each watch.
The Pequignet Attitude Tiger's Eye has a restrained 39mm polished steel case, measuring 9.2mm thick and 46mm lug-to-lug.
The Pequignet Attitude Tiger's Eye is equipped with Pequignet's French-made Calibre Initial automatic movement, offering a 65-hour power reserve and a skeletonised rotor.