A couple years ago, the most in-demand Zodiac watch was a GMT version of its popular retro-revival Super Sea Wolf diving watch series. That came in 2019 with another revived Zodiac classic, the Zodiac Aerospace GMT (aBlogtoWatch hands-on here).... -
As far as contentious Top 5 lists go, this is about as divisive a topic as I can think of. My Top 5 Rolex watches EVER. And yeah, you really do need to SHOUT the “ever”. Why" Because if you go into a list like this half-cocked, you’re going... -
July has been a rather exciting month because Tudor has finally announced the highly anticipated follow-up to the first Black Bay 58 of 2018. This, and a whole lot more in this month\'s round-up.
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There is something magical about salmon-colored dials. It’s not a dial color you see very often, but the love for them amongst enthusiasts is palpable. I also love a beautiful salmon dial. So I was more than happy to see Montblanc add the Heritage... -
Norqain has announced their latest release, a limited edition, green dialed watch in their Independence collection. Norqain is a relatively new brand, releasing their first watches in 2018, but have quickly gained a reputation for producing... -
Despite its longtime affiliation with pilots’ watches, Breitling counts its vintage-flavored divers’ watch, the Superocean Heritage, among its most popular modern timepieces. Recently the brand announced the release of a new limited edition in... -
This week, I am looking at brands that have designed watches for the Stuttgart-based sports car brand, Porsche. I partly took inspiration from Tomas? #TBT article on the Porsche Design by IWC reference 3704 that you can read here. Scrolling through... -
Outside of watchmaking, one of Switzerland?s best-known cultural exports is of course gourmet chocolate. Swiss chocolatiers are nearly as famous as the great houses of Swiss horology, and, for its latest 2020 novelty, Chronoswiss has aimed to... -
Through the years, we’ve seen many incredible watches. But some of them certainly love the camera more than others do. Cases, colors, reflections, you name it. All manner of things can affect a watch’s performance in front of the lens. To... -
Carl F. Bucherer introduced its Manero Flyback model in 2016 and has rolled out a virtual painter’s palette of colorful variations on the elegantly styled chronograph since then. The latest, debuting at retail this summer, feature dials in bright... -
A tough Casio MQ-30W from the 1980s, a quirky one-hander Zeno Solo from the 1990s, and a promotional “lugless? Audi from the early 2000s. Open your mind and have fun with three special picks from my collection. It?s listed in the 1984 Casio... -
There they are. The delivery guy with that box you?ve been waiting for. Pangs of excitement run down your spine, a touch of fear grips you, but you?re ready. The doorbell rings, you collect yourself, act unexcited when you sign the slip –... -
In the span of two short years, young Swiss independent NORQAIN has built an impressive reputation among enthusiasts for its team of major industry players in leadership roles, its stellar finishing and construction work, and its dedication to... -
Limited to just 50 pieces, this particular version of the Breitling Superocean Heritage II watch was designed in collaboration with Breitling’s boutique retail partners in Los Angeles and honors the opening of the still-new Breitling boutique in... -
I regard myself as an enthusiastic cynic. I don’t like much, but what I do like, I love. The Norqain independence 20 watch has some elements that really speak to me and others that don’t appeal personally. Fundamentally, though, this watch... -
Following up its partnership with mechanical movement manufacturer, Kenissi, the independent Swiss watchmaking brand Norqain is presenting its first timepiece fitted with an exclusive manufacture caliber, whose sporty design is enhanced with a... -
Ball?s newest watch, the Engineer III Marvelight, is in many ways a ?typical? Ball watch. That?s not a slight, it?s just that the watch seems to capture the aesthetic of the brand in a really natural and simple way. The brand describes the... -
There is something intriguing about a watch brand’s collaboration with a clothing company. These two worlds are so close in some ways yet far away from each other in many others. This brings an exciting ambiance to the partnership. That’s what... -
When it comes to watch design, we often don’t know what we’d like to see next. Sure, we all want to be surprised by something new, something we haven’t seen before. A brand that has proven recently that something new actually can feel very... -
