Aston Martin

Aston Martin has built cars since 1913, when Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford set up in London, and the name has carried a particular kind of British grand touring ever since.

The watches are a licence rather than a workshop. Aston Martin does not make movements or cases; it signed a long-term agreement with Timex Group in 2025, with the first watch and jewellery collections arriving that autumn. Timex holds similar licences for several names sold well above its own price point.

What you are buying is the design language rather than the engineering: chronograph layouts, tachymeter bezels and colours lifted from racing liveries, on quartz movements at a price a long way below the cars. Judged as accessible motorsport-styled watches they do that job well; judged as watchmaking they are a licensed accessory, and worth knowing as such.

Aston Martin holds 39 models, from £99 to £530. Half cost less than £260, and a quarter less than £215. 6 of 39 are automatic. 12 are stocked by more than one retailer, giving 51 offers in total. Prices are checked nightly against the retailers’ own feeds.

1913

Founded in London by Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford.

1948

The DB series begins under David Brown's ownership.

2021

Returns to Formula 1 as a works team.

2025

Signs its watch and jewellery licence with Timex Group.

2025

First licensed watch collection reaches retailers.