This review is written from an owner?s perspective. There will be bias. 
When Sinn revealed the U50 earlier this year, a much wider audience than the German brand usually taps into stopped and took notice. The watch represented their trademark diver aesthetic popularized by the U1, packaged in an approachable 41x11mm case at an accessible price point around $2,000. This was the watch many of us had been asking for, and Sinn delivered the goods in spades. As the U50 began to ship over the summer, I took the opportunity to add one to my own stable, having long been a fan of the blocky yet modern design, but never quite able to pull off the bulkier dimensions of the U1. In many ways, this is a watch that lives up to the hype, and whose success could signal a broader sea change in the genre.
Sinn U50 T and U50 SDR

You?ve likely noticed a trend that?s taken hold in much of the industry in which brands are resurrecting references from their back catalog, releasing their greatest hits with modern movements and better build quality. Buyers and enthusiasts, myself included, have celebrated this return to what many of us see as the glory days of watch design. Looking back at watches from the ?90s and early ?00s it?s not hard to see how we ended up here. Past attempts at novel designs left many of us waxing nostalgic, and the past 10 years have represented a return to the ?60s and ?70s aesthetic, including pre-aged lume, should you desire. If you?ve found yourself asking ?...