Formex is a relatively new, niche brand, within the grand scheme of the watch world. They were founded in 1999 and have focused primarily on the development of extreme sports racing watches, which is right there in their name Formex – which stands for “forme extrème” in French. You see a lot about them online, […]
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Detrash Watches: Hands-On with a Recycled Watch you Probably Want
Welcome to 2025 guys! We ended 2024 by reviewing the highly sought after Rolex GMT-Master II Pepsi, but we’re starting this new year by going hands on with a rather peculiar pick. Today we have with us the Detrash Midnight Sky, a watch made with 80% recycled materials – but it doesn’t have a resin […]
Raymond Weil X Largo Winch: Hands-On With a Limited Illustration Imbued Watch
For the last few weeks I’ve had the pleasure to go hands-on with the Millesime Tri-compax Chronograph, a very unique and surprising watch from Swiss watchmaker Raymond Weil. We don’t hear very much from this brand, with new releases often being drowned out by the likes of trending re-issues from industry heavies such as Longines […]
The Rolex GMT Master II 126710BLRO: A Commemorative Acquisition for Our 10 Year Anniversary
10 years is quite the milestone for a blog, if we may say so ourselves. In a world of high paced social media, reels, and competitive mainstream media publications, sticking to a blog for a decade requires persistent determination, stubborn will, and at times help from those within our special watch community. Today I’m quite […]
What is the Most Useful Complication on a Mechanical Watch?
There’s been an ongoing debate within the watch community regarding what can be considered the most useful complication on a mechanical watch in our modern era. To be a useful complication it should be easy and quick to operate, provide actual value in its use case, and preferably a complication that’s quite common to come […]
Daily Wear Review: The Seiko 5 Sports SRPK91K1
Sometimes I feel like I’ve taken the unorthodox route to watch collecting and discovery. Most budding enthusiast tend to enter the hobby with a brand like Seiko, and eventually if circumstances allow, exit or self refine themselves to brands like Rolex, Patek, and Audemars Piguet. While I dabbled somewhat with some affordable brands like Hamilton […]
Hands-On with the Timex x Pan Am Fly Back Chronograph
Traditionally, for us over here at the WRB, October has always been a hectic month. We have logistics issues to deal with for our WATCHPOD accessories brand, and we usually have an influx of watches to review as well. Add a couple seasonal viruses into the mix, as well as an increase in topics to […]
The Audemars Piguet Acquisition Experience: A Disappointing Start
Just a few weeks ago I was in New York City for the release of Norqain’s Independence Skeleton Chrono, and I had pre-booked a visit to the AP House located on the border of the Meatpacking District and West Village. We don’t actually have any Audemars Piguet boutiques in Canada, so this was my one […]
Top 5 Best Watch Books to Own for Collectors
As my watch collecting journey has progressed over the last decade, an unusual side shoot has also naturally manifested itself into the foundation of my hobby – and that happens to be the hoarding of various watch enthusiast books. Today we’ll take a look at what I believe to be some of the best watch […]
2 Week Analysis: The Hublot Classic Fusion Essential Grey
Hublot carries along with it, let’s say, an interesting stigma within the watch collecting community. They’re generally known for creating rather extravagant watches, with designs that veer far away from familiar classic shapes produced by other brands in similar price segments like JLC and Vacheron Constantin. Today we have with us one of their new […]
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