The name Newport will be familiar to yachting types as the well-to-do Rhodeby meant the 1987 challenge was staged in Fremantle, inspiring the French horologist Jean-Claude Herbelin to commemorate Newport’s long-standing role in the event with a watch named after the city and designed along the lines of the portholes found on transatlantic liners. This new Newport chronograph model, measures an anchor-like 43.5mm in diameter and gets a brushed and polished stainless steel case that’s water resistant down to 100m.
