If you know me, you know I’m open to watches of all types. Whether it’s haute horology or whether it comes from a brand new microbrand, a good watch is a good watch. So when Ignite Watches came to my attention, I wasn’t put off by the fact that the company is basically one guy. […]
Undone X Simple Union Urushi Watch Review
On April 28th, up-and-coming watchmaker Undone announced the third in a series of collaborations with Japanese craft house Simple Union. This began in 2019 with a focus on the Japanese concept of Wabi-Sabi (impermanence and imperfection). In 2020, their second collaboration, a 300-watch limited edition, sold out within two days of its launch. And as […]
Longines Legend Diver 42mm Ref. L3.774.4.50.0 Watch Review
The Longines Legend Diver Ref.L3.774.4.50.0, or “LLD” for short, is a contemporary redesign of a venerable old classic. In the late 1950s, Longines released the Nautilus Skin Diver. This was their response to an explosion of dive watches at the time. Indeed, the period from the 1950s to the early 1960s gave us some of […]
Vaer D5 Tropic Dive Watch Review
Vaer is a new, up-and-coming microbrand that was founded in 2016, when friends Reagan Cook and Ryan Torres pooled their savings, and built a prototype dive watch. These guys weren’t just watch enthusiasts; they also loved the ocean, and made waves by testing their watches in the real world as well as in their lab. […]
Oris Carl Brashear Cal. 401 Limited Edition Watch Review
Carl Brashear spent his entire life breaking barriers and progressing his professional diving career. Born in 1931 to Kentucky sharecroppers, Brashear grew up battling not only poverty, but a segregated society that treated him and other black men as second-class citizens. In 1948, he joined the recently-desegregated US Navy, and became the first black sailor […]
Frederique Constant Highlife Heart Beat Watch Review
Founded in 1977, Frederique Constant is one of the youngest watchmakers in the business. But in that short time, they’ve launched an impressive number of high-quality watches. The Highlife Collection was one of their first, launched in 1999 when the company was only two years old. The Highlife Collection included a handful of watches with […]
Zenith El Primero Chronomaster 42mm Watch Review
The El Primero is a very special watch, it plays an important role in the history of the watch industry and watchmaking itself. With Zenith being the first ever watch brand to create an automatic chronograph movement inside a wrist watch, implemented into its El Primero model. There were of course some very close competitors, […]
Introducing the Zenith Chronomaster Sport
For luxury Swiss watch brand Zenith, established in 1865, the goal is to move towards the future of watchmaking. The brand’s latest watch is another push in that direction. Just this week, they announced the new Zenith Chronomaster Sport. This watch collection has the impressive features you would expect from this world-renowned brand. It is […]
Bravur BW003 Watch Review
It is always a delight to find new and interesting brands in the horology landscape, even more so when they provide real value by taking care of the small details while manifesting a strong personality of their own. Today I have the pleasure of examining the midnight blue variant of the BW003, released in 2017 […]
Longines Spirit Prestige Edition Watch Review
I love a brand new watch, whether it’s a microbrand, tool watch, or haute horology. I love to get my hands on them, learn about them, talk about them, and wear them. But sometimes, the most exciting watch isn’t actually new. Sometimes, it’s a reissue of an already beloved vintage watch. Such is often the […]
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