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Diesel DZ4665 Spiked Chronograph Brown Strap Watch - W11298
Ref. DZ4665
Sits in Diesel’s upper tier here — more premium than three quarters of the Diesel watches we list, which start at £119.
Price range £119 to £399 across 62 Diesel watches in stock.The Spiked collection is Diesel doing what Diesel has always done with particular conviction — taking the proportions and attitude of industrial hardware and building a watch around them. The defining element here is the structural casing pieces that overlap the dial perimeter, part bezel, part sculptural frame, giving the case a presence that reads closer to jewellery than engineering even as it borrows the vocabulary of both. At 49mm and 100 grams on the wrist, this is unambiguously a large watch, and it is designed for exactly that experience. The two-tone treatment — silver-tone steel with gold-tone plating on the spiked components, repeated through the baton indices and hands — gives the dial a cohesion that stops it reading as busy despite everything competing for attention. The brown leather strap softens the industrial character slightly, and the tang buckle keeps the wrist feel honest. The luminescent coating on the hands and indices does its job, and the chronograph layout is legible enough for practical use, though the watch's real function is aesthetic. This is worn because of the way it looks arriving in a room.
- Reference
- DZ4665
- Brand
- Diesel
- Collection
- Spiked
- Case size
- 49mm
- Case thickness
- 13mm
- Lug width
- 24mm
- Case material
- Two-tone
- Case shape
- Round
- Dial
- Silver
- Crystal
- Mineral
- Movement
- Quartz
- Functions
- Chronograph, Date
- Water resistance
- 50m
- Bracelet / strap
- Leather strap
- Strap colour
- Brown
- Clasp
- Buckle
- Lume
- Luminous
- Retailer
- F.Hinds
Learn more about Diesel
Renzo Rosso founded Diesel in Molvena in 1978, building a denim brand on deliberate irreverence. The watches, produced under licence by Fossil Group, carry that attitude directly.
Where most fashion watches aim for restraint, Diesel does the opposite: oversized cases frequently past 50mm, blacked-out finishes, exposed screws, multiple crowns, and dials that prioritise visual impact over legibility. The Mr Daddy models stack four time zones onto a single dial.
Whether that appeals is a matter of taste, but the design intent is consistent and unmistakable, which is more than can be said for much of the category.
- 1978
- Renzo Rosso founds Diesel in Molvena.
- 2007
- Fossil Group begins producing Diesel watches.
- 2013
- The oversized Mr Daddy 2.0 launches.
Also in 6 collections
This watch appears in the Diesel Spiked range (8), Back in Stock (3,734), Chronograph Watches (953), Leather Strap Watches (860), Watches 44mm and Over (603) and Silver Dial Watches (576).
Manufacturer’s guarantee
What the specifications mean
Strengths
- Luminous hands and markers for low light
- One of Diesel's more premium watches
Worth knowing
- 50m suits rain and handwashing, not swimming
- 49mm is a large watch with real presence
Diesel DZ4665 Spiked alternatives
Watches from other brands at a similar price, style and size, so you can see what else your budget can buy.
| Specification | DZ4665 | GW0796G2 | RGS10068/03 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | £210 | £245 | £199 |
| Case size | 49mm | 48mm | 46.7mm |
| Water resistance | 50m | 50m | 50m |
| Movement | Quartz | Quartz | Quartz |
| Strap | Leather strap | Stainless steel bracelet | Leather strap |
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Frequently asked questions, and things you should know about this watch
Can I swim with it?
Showering yes, swimming no. 50m covers splashes and brief immersion, but a swimming stroke generates well above the pressure that figure describes.
Water resistance explainedWill the glass scratch?
It can, over time. Mineral glass handles daily wear but will pick up fine scratches that sapphire would not.
Sapphire, mineral and acrylic comparedDoes it need a battery?
Yes. It is quartz, so expect a battery change every two to three years at a jeweller.
Quartz, automatic and solar comparedWhat size strap does it take?
24mm. Any strap of that width will fit, and on most modern watches quick-release bars make the swap a two-minute job with no tools.
Cheapest place to buy
F.Hinds is the only UK retailer we track stocking this reference, so there is nothing to compare it against today.
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