Timex has leaned directly into the current 1990s revival with a Space Jam 30th Anniversary Q Timex Limited Edition, a playful quartz release that treats the 1996 film’s visual language with surprising restraint.
The week’s broader mix also brings a first look at Tony, a new Anthony Bourdain biopic, a premium over-ear headphone release from Bowers & Wilkins, a look at Bravur’s shift from minimalist watches to cycling culture, and the closing chapter of HBO’s Dean Potter docuseries The Dark Wizard.
The Space Jam Q Timex Keeps the 1996 Energy Intact
The most charming thing about the Space Jam 30th Anniversary x Q Timex Limited Edition is that it does not try to sand down the movie’s era-specific graphics.
Bugs Bunny appears at 9 o’clock taking a shot, while a basketball fixed to the seconds hand circles the dial and meets the hoop at 3 o’clock.
It is a small mechanical joke delivered through a quartz watch, and it works because the design feels like it could have lived in a mall display case during the film’s original run.
Production is limited to 1,000 pieces, and with pricing under $300, it lands squarely in the sweet spot for collectors who want something fun, nostalgic and easy to wear without turning the purchase into a major decision.
Tony Reframes Anthony Bourdain Before Television Fame
The first trailer for Tony shifts attention to Anthony Bourdain’s teenage years, focusing on the summer he spent working in a restaurant in Cape Cod.
That choice is interesting because it steps away from the better-known television persona and looks instead at the early experiences that helped form his appetite for kitchens, travel, risk and storytelling.
Dominic Sessa, who made a strong impression in The Holdovers, takes on the lead role, a casting decision that should bring added attention to a film carrying plenty of emotional weight for viewers who still miss Bourdain’s voice in food and travel media.
Bravur’s Road From Minimalism to Cycling Watches
Bravur remains one of the more interesting independent watch brands to track because its identity has changed without feeling random.
The Swedish brand’s early watches leaned heavily into clean, minimalist design, but its current direction is more closely tied to cycling through its Grand Tour and Team Heritage collections.
That shift has given Bravur a clearer niche than many small brands manage to find, especially in a watch market crowded with vintage cues and familiar sports-watch formulas.
Px8 S2 Headphones and HBO’s Portrait of Dean Potter
Bowers & Wilkins has added the Px8 S2 to its headphone lineup, an $800 over-ear model with a slimmer profile than Apple’s AirPods Max and the expected suite of premium listening and call features.
It is aimed less at casual earbuds replacement and more at the person who spends large parts of the day moving between meetings, podcasts, music and video, but still wants something that feels considered rather than purely tech-driven.
On the documentary side, HBO’s The Dark Wizard wraps its look at Dean Potter, the free soloist, highliner and BASE jumper whose reputation in climbing was equal parts magnetic and complicated.
Potter died with fellow climber Graham Hunt on May 16, 2015, during a wingsuit flight in Yosemite Valley, and the series examines both the scale of his achievements and the human cost behind the myth.
Taken together, this week’s picks are connected less by category than by tone, with a playful Timex, a formative Bourdain story, a maturing independent watch brand, premium everyday audio and a sobering climbing documentary all orbiting around memory, risk and the objects or stories that stay with us.
