labeg creates watches from paper and tends to replicate well-known models. He posts the results on Instagram and what I like most is that he is happy to highlight the fact they are made from paper by not aiming for… Read More ›
Watches
God said his congregation should buy him a luxury watch
“Rev. Carlton Funderburke condemned his congregation not because they had sinned too much, loved God too little or done too few good deeds out in the world. Instead, Funderburke rebuked the ‘cheap sons and daughters’ of the Church at the… Read More ›
The Sony Wena 3
It attaches to an existing watch face (Sony doesn’t mention how), and its three-line screen can communicate with your iOS or Android phone via Bluetooth. It can display notifications, measure your steps and heart rate, connect to Siri or Alexa,… Read More ›
The Horage SUPERSEDE
To surpass the developments of the past you need to create a category of your own.After hundreds of years of watchmaking finding newness is a task not to be taken lightly. Only through innovation and a keen understanding of the… Read More ›
Beaten up watches can look better
I like watches beaten up! Well, some of them. By “beaten up”, I mean watches that have aged well as a glorious result of daily use. There aren’t that many watches around that can take wear and tear well. The… Read More ›
A ‘not quite working properly’ watch can beat them all
I picked up a Tissot Seastar Navigator from 1974 last week for a price that was hard to ignore. It was from a dealer I know well and is a genuine example of a watch that is growing in popularity,… Read More ›
The RM UP-01 Ferrari
The RM UP-01 Ferrari is 1.75mm thick, $1,888,000 and appears to be somehow good value for money. Genuinely, it’s ridiculously amazing. Sporting mechanisms that are as elegant as they are immediately recognisable. An identical obsession with excellence, precision, reliability and… Read More ›
When design fails
Take a look at the above watch I bought last week for £50. It’s a 1972 Avia Swissonic which is an electric watch and which was arguably right at the cutting edge of technology at the time. Electric watches were… Read More ›
Hamilton Khaki Field Auto / Garmin Vivosmart 5 / iOS 16
The Hamilton Khaki Automatic is, to me, the quintessential watch. I owned one when I first got into watch for approximately 1 hour. A purchase from eBay, but alas the one I bought was way out and lost over 10… Read More ›
Code41 Mecascape
With its unique design and size, the Mecascape is unlike any other watchmaking project. With a length of 106mm and a width of 69.3mm, it is around 4 times bigger than a standard watch case! An unprecedented technical challenge, the… Read More ›
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