Autodromo sells 2 watches, an anodised-aluminium ana-digi at $450 and a numbered 43 mm automatic at $895, and nothing in between. Both carry a lug-to-lug shorter than their diameter suggests, 40 mm on a 38.5 mm case, and that figure decides who can wear them.
Checked 20 September 2026 · list prices on the maker's site that day unless marked street
Autodromo is Bradley Price's brand, an industrial designer in Brooklyn who launched it in November 2011 with Hodinkee, and the watches are motoring instruments before they are watches. It sells direct from autodromo.com and through retailers, Windup Watch Shop among them, alongside gloves and apparel, with a 2-year warranty on the Monoposto page. Assembly is not stated on the brand site, and the price range is $450 to $895 with nothing between the 2.
Two things the spec sheets settle. Both watches have a sapphire crystal, a 20 mm lug and a 50 m rating, so both are for the road and not the water. The lug-to-lug figures are the useful ones: the Group C is 38.5 mm across and 40 mm long, and the Monoposto is 43 mm across and 46 mm long. A 43 mm watch with a 46 mm lug-to-lug is shorter than most 40 mm divers, and no watch on this site with a case of 38 mm or more is shorter than the Group C; the Monoposto's dial is large and its footprint is not. Stock at check: Group C in grey and silver, gold backordered; Monoposto in Azzurro, Moss Green backordered.
Founded2011
BasedNew York, USA (Brooklyn-based industrial designer Bradley Price)
AssembledNot stated on the brand site
MovementsMiyota 9039 automatic (Monoposto Series Two), Quartz analog-digital, caliber not stated (Group C Turbo Sport)
Price range$450–$895
SoldDirect plus retailers (Windup Watch Shop lists the brand)
The table has 2 rows and 2 movements. The Group C Turbo Sport is quartz analogue-digital, calibre not stated, with a 1/100-second chronograph, an alarm, 3 time zones and an EL backlight, in an anodised aluminium case on a steel caseback. The Monoposto Series Two is a Miyota 9039 automatic, 24 jewels and no date, in stainless steel, made 150 per colour and numbered, with a numbered collector box. The 9039 is the no-date 9015, thin and high-beat, and it is what keeps a 43 mm automatic to 11 mm.
Ø38.5 mm · quartz · 50 m · $450 · Cheapest · ana-digi · 40 mm lug-to-lug
Autodromo Group C Turbo Sport
38.5 × 40 mm · ref 40 × 47
MovementQuartz analog-digital: 1/100s chronograph, alarm, three time zones, EL backlight
Case38.5 mm
Lug to lug40 mm
Thickness11.4 mm
Lug width20 mm
Water resistance50 m
CrystalSapphire
BezelFixed
LumeEL backlight
Case materialAnodised aluminium (gold, grey, silver), 316L caseback
Price$450
The one to buy if the appeal is the 1980s prototype-racer look in aluminium: $450, 38.5 mm, 40 mm lug-to-lug, 11.4 mm thick, 50 m, sapphire, quartz ana-digi with a 1/100-second chronograph, alarm, 3 time zones and an EL backlight, in anodised aluminium (gold, grey or silver) with a 316L caseback, on an FKM rubber strap tapering 20 mm to 18 mm. The 40 mm lug-to-lug is the shortest on this site for a case this size; it fits a 6-inch wrist. Casio's GA2100 at $110 is the ana-digi for a quarter of the money with 200 m; RZE's UTD-8000 at $279 is titanium and 200 m. Autodromo's $450 buys the aluminium, the sapphire and the design.
Ø43 mm · automatic · 50 m · $895 · The automatic · 150 per colour · 43 mm
Autodromo Monoposto Series Two
43 × 46 mm · ref 40 × 47
MovementMiyota 9039 automatic, 24 jewels, no date
Case43 mm
Lug to lug46 mm
Thickness11 mm
Lug width20 mm
Water resistance50 m
CrystalSapphire
BezelFixed
LumeNot stated
Case materialStainless steel
Price$895
The Autodromo proper, numbered 150 per colour: $895, 43 mm, 46 mm lug-to-lug, 11 mm thick, 50 m, sapphire, Miyota 9039 automatic, no date, stainless steel, on handmade Italian leather tapering 20 mm to 16 mm with a polished roller buckle. The 46 mm lug-to-lug on a 43 mm dial is the whole case argument: it is 2 mm shorter than the 39 mm Halios Fairwind at $775 and the same length as the 39 mm Lorier Hyperion. Traska's Commuter 38 at $700 runs the same 9039 in a hardened 38.5 mm case, 46 mm long, for $195 less; Halios's Universa II at $995 gives a Sellita SW300-1. The Monoposto gives the dial and the number.
Autodromo is for the buyer who wants a motoring instrument rather than a tool watch, and who is drawn to a large dial on a short case: the Monoposto's 46 mm lug-to-lug fits a 6.5-inch wrist that a 43 mm figure would normally rule out, and the Group C at 40 mm fits anyone. Look elsewhere if you swim, since both are 50 m and the RZE UTD-8000 at $279 is 200 m; if you want a Swiss movement for the money, since the Halios Fairwind at $775 and Universa II at $995 run Sellita; or if you want a range to choose from, since Autodromo makes 2 watches and the second one is 150 per colour.
Where it sits against the field
At $450 the Group C has no direct rival in aluminium; its ana-digi competition is the Casio GA2100 at $110 and the RZE UTD-8000 at $279, both 200 m and both plainer, and the Tissot PRX quartz at $450 is the same money in steel with 100 m. At $895 the Monoposto sits between the Traska Commuter 38 at $700 (same Miyota 9039, hardened steel, 46 mm) and the Halios Universa II at $995 (Sellita SW300-1, 38 mm, 48 mm), and the Tissot PRX Powermatic 80 40 mm at $850 is the Swiss automatic for $45 less. None of the 4 is 43 mm on a 46 mm case, which is the Monoposto's argument and its limit.
Questions people ask
Where are Autodromo watches made?
Autodromo is based in New York; founder Bradley Price is a Brooklyn industrial designer, and the brand launched in November 2011. Assembly is not stated on the brand site, so this page does not name a country. The movements are a Miyota 9039 (Japan) in the Monoposto and an unnamed quartz analogue-digital module in the Group C.
Is the Autodromo Monoposto limited?
Yes, 150 per colour, individually numbered, with a numbered collector box. At check Azzurro was available and Moss Green backordered. It is $895, 43 mm across, 46 mm lug-to-lug, 11 mm thick, rated 50 m, on a Miyota 9039 automatic with no date and a handmade Italian leather strap, and carries a 2-year warranty.
Autodromo Group C vs Monoposto: which one?
The Group C is the quartz one, $450, 38.5 mm and 40 mm lug-to-lug, in anodised aluminium with a 1/100-second chronograph, alarm, 3 time zones and a backlight. The Monoposto is the automatic, $895, 43 mm and 46 mm lug-to-lug, in steel, numbered 150 per colour. Both are sapphire, 20 mm lug and 50 m; the $445 is the movement, the steel and the number.
