Zenith was “the first manufacture“, one of the greatest watch companies in Switzerland, and the economic force behind Le Locle. Then it was purchased by an American electronics company and ordered to destroy its mechanical watchmaking assets. This is the… Read More ›
TAG is back with a special edition watch and handily has managed to exemplify everything that is wrong with the watch industry. All that is carried over into the new TAG Heuer Formula 1 Special Edition, which has a 43mm… Read More ›
A Vancouver Island senior is six figures richer after parting with a rare Rolex wristwatch that was once instrumental in his brief but successful career as an octopus wrestler. The Rolex Explorer, circa 1953, sold at a New York auction… Read More ›
This is an excellent throwback, but I do not agree with the ‘Lady’ referencing. At 34mm many men could wear this and it would not look out of place at all. I may sometimes struggle to understand gender neutrality, but… Read More ›
* Warning: if you are not interested in watches it would be advisable to jump to the next article. If you are interested, I hope you enjoy it * The title sounds like hyperbole and the words of someone who… Read More ›
Co-designed with Australian lifestyle brand Deus Ex Machina, the custom motorcycle and surf outfitter, the Top Time Deus is a nod to Breitling’s original 1960s watch and a true tribute to the nomad spirit… More here. One of those watches… Read More ›
The title of this article is somewhat hyperbolic and to suggest that there would be no watches without Rolex is not what I am saying. What I am asking is if the watch industry we know would be anywhere near… Read More ›
This is a clever and funny advert which ironically sums up the majority of watch marketing. The advert below, however, is unusual because it is actually quite clever and makes a lot of sense- the punchline is brilliant and a… Read More ›
As a fan of watch design, I have developed a healthy obsession with the first generation Omega Constellation Manhattan. The Constellation Manhattan is Omega’s biggest icon introduced in the 1980s. But it’s also one of the few introduced in the… Read More ›
A friend of mine, Russ, recently inherited his Dad’s Tudor watch. It is a 1958 Tudor Oyster Prince 7909, the ‘Prince’ word denotes that it is self-winding. This is of course a fairly common occurrence, but it highlights just what… Read More ›
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