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NOW: The Watch Buying Guide
Up until last week, NOW was only available as an actual object in our shop (there are a mere 300-odd out of the original print run remaining if you’re keen), but we’ve decided to open it up to the masses,… Read More ›
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Is Swatch just a novelty?
I have heard a lot spoken about Swatch over the past few weeks on podcasts and thought I would spend some time in a store to see what all of the fuss is about. Swatch to me has historically been… Read More ›
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Boxes and bits
If there is one thing that annoys me about watches, sometimes, it is the extras that some brands throw in for no good reason. I see it all the time from lesser brands who are trying to make the actual… Read More ›
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The Black Bay Red – it’s the little things that matter
When I first became interested in watches there was a watch that seemed like a distant dream. It was an unobtainable watch from an unattainable brand to me and so it sat in the back of my mind for the… Read More ›
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The date window
I don’t think I’m the minority opinion here. If, by some miracle, we were able to get access to an apples-to-apples comparison – say, the sales figures for the Rolex no-date Submariner versus the date version – I suspect that the latter… Read More ›
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Nearly 4 months to service a Seiko?!
The wait for service on this one is crazy, but the price is perhaps crazier still.
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How The Crown Makes Superlative Chronometers
The regulating organ is the beating heart of a movement, and as such, it is amongst the most important parts of a watch. Comprising the escapement and the oscillator, it defines the speed at which the watch runs. As such,… Read More ›
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The Root Beer GMT Master
My son showed me the above video which is new today from Watchfinder and I was stunned. For whatever reason the root beer GMT Master has passed me by and I could not take my eyes off it. This is… Read More ›
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My watch story: a Bulova Accutron Snorkel 666 feet
When I was a child, my father used to wear a Bulova Accutron Snorkel 666 feet which I was always fascinated by. He treasured it a lot and I remember watching him staring at it for much longer than he… Read More ›
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The very funky Wakmann Regate
While this isn’t the first time we’ve offered a regatta timer on our site –we rather like them and are constantly seeking them out– we haven’t come across too many of the super cool, jumbo sized Wakmann Regates from the… Read More ›
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