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  • Smartwatch shipments up, Apple pulling away

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    Selling consumers on smartwatches has proven much more difficult than selling them on smartphones a decade ago, but the market is gaining traction. Counterpoint Research says that smartwatch shipments grew by 48% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2019, but… Read More ›

  • The Wild World of Vintage Watch Collectors

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    Today, Eric owns Wind Vintage, a company dedicated to offering exceptional watches for sale at all price points and providing advisory services to top vintage watch collectors worldwide. On FOMO Sapiens, Eric talks about the FOMO-inducing culture of high-end collecting,… Read More ›

  • The Omega Memomatic

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    I spotted the above Omega Memomatic in a local jewellers today and was surprised at how taken I was with it. The grey dial is simply stunning and the unique inner orange hands, to set the alarm, add to the… Read More ›

  • The Green Room Interviews

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    This is not a new video, but it highlights why some people do get the watch bug and why it sticks with them.

  • 1969 Was a Watershed Year

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    So many significant world events and developments occurred in the legendary year 1969 that Billy Joel could write a song simply by listing them — hell, he could probably even dedicate a verse to watches. This was the year that… Read More ›

  • Time for a change

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    I have been collecting Enicar watches for five years. In 2015, I first took my passion for the brand to Instagram (@vandervenus) and in 2017 I started the website http://www.enicar.org, where I share the great stories of this former Swiss… Read More ›

  • Mad Paris

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    MAD Paris was born of the passion for emblematic watches. In a world that is ever more uniform, becoming standardized, MAD seemed obvious, like a breath of audacity and impertinence in the sphere of prestige watch making… More here. I… Read More ›

  • How Fast Does a Watch Need to Be?

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    Mechanical watches on the extremely high end of the spectrum run at a frequency of ten Hz or more and measure time down to 1/20th of a second. That’s extraordinary, though—most mechanical watches run at 2.5 to 4 Hz (18,000… Read More ›

  • Modello Uno ref. U1-MY

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    Modello Uno ref. U1-MY is a collaboration watch made together with Japanese designer Mihara Yasuhiro. It is a made in Italy professional diving watch. Features a high readability navy blue matte dial with markers in cream old radium tint Super-LumiNova®… Read More ›

  • Chimaera Nylon Zulu Strap thoughts

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    This is not a review of a nato strap as such, but rather some thoughts on how well the colour matches the Tudor Black Bay Red. I have tried a few straps with my Black Bay, but this one has… Read More ›