I didn’t expect the arrival of the Fitbit Versa to cause so many conflicting thoughts in my mind, but I am a fickle character so am left pondering much more than just a simple fitness tracker. The Versa is a… Read More ›
Watches
The new Helvetica Smartwatch
Eternally more interested in hyperbole and emotion than actual facts, Mondaine didn’t know by what margin, but the new watch is 40mm, compared to the 44mm of the original. In watches 4mm makes a huge difference, and this new model… Read More ›
WAKMANN YACHTING
Wakmann did numerous versions of this watch. With that said, this particular version, the blue dial with the Wakmann signature, is quite a rare watch. There’s also a very similar black version which is common and would often pop up… Read More ›
A Concise History Of The Smartwatch
The watches that had caught my attention were a Seiko wrist computer called MessageWatch and a prototype of a phone watch developed by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. in Japan that would ultimately be called Wristomo. “The ‘new quartz’ trend… Read More ›
The Nixie Brick
Even if you get your hands on one of those prized vintage Nixie clocks from the 1950s, its vintage appeal might not suit your modern style. A better option might be the Nixie Brick. It’s a retro-modern clock giving us… Read More ›
Longines HydroConquest (L3.742.4.96.6) review
Full specifications. Price £840.00 My watch got too big for me. My beloved Oris Aquis Date which ticked all of the boxes for me suddenly felt ridiculous on my wrist and I knew I needed to change it. I have… Read More ›
Why no watches?
Watches just ain’t my thing, but I appreciate the interest in kind of a metaway (similarly I don’t indulge very often but find 420 jokes great and songs in praise of weed kind of great.) So why not watches (for… Read More ›
Why watches?
I am often asked why I have such a fascination with mechanical watches and it is a difficult question to answer. It’s not like I am adversed to modern technology, as you well know, but there is something about a… Read More ›
Bólido
Bólido was intended to be bold and out of step. Adding a second rotative axis not only tilts the face of the watch to facilitate time-reading in situations like car-driving, etc., it also increases the case height at the top… Read More ›
The attack of the SuperFakes
“Once you see a good fake it’s actually scary to think about how many people are walking around with a fake watch that they think is real and they will sell or pass down to someone thinking it’s real,” he… Read More ›
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