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 […]
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 […]
Rotary Super 7 Scuba Pepsi Watch Review
Founded by watchmaker Moise Dreyfuss in 1895, Rotary is one of many Swiss watchmakers to be founded during this time period. They came to international prominence in 1940, when Rotary became the official watch of the British Army for World War II. An entire generation of young British men received a Rotary watch during their […]
Rolex Submariner 114060 Watch Review
You know that feeling you get when you work really hard on something and it doesn’t work out in the end? That’s how I felt when I first began my search for my next big watch purchase, the Rolex Submariner 114060, I’ve documented the full acquisition story here. Luckily the story took a turn for […]
Mido Ocean Star Decompression Timer 1961 Diver Watch Review
Mido watches have been famous for decades, particularly for their expertise in water resistance. In 1961, they released the original Ocean Star Skin Diver watch, also known as the Rainbow Diver. With its multicolored dive meter display, it became an instant hit, and the unique dial remains iconic to this day. The newer model has […]
Glashütte Original SeaQ Watch Review
Over the past few years, vintage-inspired dive watches have seen a meteoric rise in popularity as manufacturers have rushed to modernize and rerelease their 1950s and 1960s models. With the SeaQ, Glashütte Original has not only entered the fray but has elevated the trend to meet the standard of quality and precision for which the […]
Oris X Momotaro Divers 65 Watch Review
The Oris Divers 65 is already a great watch, when introduced with this new green fume dial it just brought it to the next level. The level that watch collectors actively seek. It’s a twist on a classic design, and when some brands sometimes get it wrong, this time Oris got it very right. This […]
Audric SeaBorne 500m Tool Watch Review
Audric watches are based in Singapore with a watch startup factory based in Neuchatel, Switzerland. At Audric, they are committed to delivering high quality and rugged watches and will be launching on Kickstarter soon. The watch we’re looking at today is the SeaBorne 500m tool watch. It’s not a watch for the smaller wristed people […]
Isotope Goutte d’Eau Orange Watch Review
Isotope watches is a very young independent brand based in England that was founded in 2016 by José and Joana Miranda. The brand name derives from science: isotopes are different forms of a single element. Translate that into horological terms and Isotope is ‘Always determined to explore new paths and become first among equals’. So […]
Oris Chronoris Date 39mm Black Dial Watch Review
Founded in 1904, Oris is an independent watchmaker that’s not a member of any larger company or group. They’re based in Hölstein, Switzerland, with a secondary factory in the neighboring town of Holderbank. In 1970, they released the Chronoris, their very first chronograph. At the 2017 Baselworld event, Oris announced a re-release of the Chronoris […]
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