I think Omega is giving X-33s to astronauts. Unsure though pure speculation on my part since it seems like an odd choice for an astronaut to personally have since we all know the Moonwatch
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The breitling aerospace is a cool ass watch. Slim profile and looks tough as hell in person.
Sounds like you are describing Seiko Astron or The Citizen (not citizen, The Citizen, their Chronomaster line)
Omega X33 Skywalker maybe?
Casinos Oceanus brand is their top of the line watches with things like solar and radio wave tech, they might have something you like
Hublot Big Bang E?
It’s vintage but I recently only came across the omega constellation led
A couple I haven’t seen mentioned are the Tissot PRX digital and a brand called Ventura. I’m not sure if Ventura is still around, but they made some seriously interesting digital watches in the recent past. They were around the $1-2k range I believe. Worth a check out no doubt.
Technically, a Lange Zeitwerk is a digital watch (it really is) 🤓 I'd say that's "luxury" enough 😂 (I know that's not really what you're talking about, just messing around)
Hamilton PSR
Breitling Aerospace.
Devon Tread
Omega speedmaster x-33 springs to mind. There were also speedmasters with the appearance of a round Casio a168.
And nowadays a couple of luxury watch labels came out with smart watches, which fit your question as they don't have touch screens or smart watch appearance, but they also don't fit your question as there is nothing obviously digital about them. Frédérique Constante and Alpine have something: https://www.luxuriousmagazine.com/frederique-constant-and-alpina-announce-the-swiss-horological-smartwatch/
Also Google the Seiko Arnie and you'll find an old digital dive watch from some Schwarzenegger movie, which has quite a connaisseur pricing these days, so it might qualify for luxury (or not)
Yes. Halda.
Not particularly luxurious, but the hamilton PSR is solid!
Hamilton PSR is pretty cool
This one has character. Morgenwerk, made in Germany.
May not be what you are looking for, but the A. Lange & Söhne Zeitwerk is the best, coolest, most unique and high end digital watch ever. Digital, as in displaying the time with digits, rather than in an analog way with hands on a dial. Not so easy, when you think about it, that the watch beats several times a second, but you want to digit displays to stay still for 1, 10 or 60 minutes and then jump precisely to the next number. It's probably not the "feature" you want, but very cool if you read about how it works.
If you want to drool over a high end feature, the Zeitwerk has a minute repeater version, so you press a button and it plays you a tune to tell you the time. Pretty cool, and all without electronics!
We are freaking nerds here, but I get it that you were asking for high end electronic digital watches. I don't really know much about those, but I always thought the form factor of the Omega X-33 was really cool.
Hate to be a technicality asshole but "digital" just means the time is displayed using numbers instead of hands. That is, it's displayed with digits. Not to be confused with having numeral indices instead of stick or dot indices.
And on that note, the most correct answer would be the A Lange & Sohne Zeitwerk
Otherwise it's the Breitling Emergency, which can get you out of a real pickle!
Longines Split 5
Breitling Aerospace and Omrga X33 come to mind
My theory is smart watches are only as smart as the user so by that thought process - I have never worn a smart watch. Follow me for more life hacks
The MR-G line from G-Shock fulfills that specific need, on average 5k $. Some models are bonkers, but others are impossibly good, like the MR-G version of the DW5000. The MTG line is the entry level version (at around 1k $), still pretty solid.
That said, the Skywalker X33 from Omega is probably the best in class for this niche, it's basically a 44mm speedmaster with a boatload of digital functions, money well spent. I am tempted myself.