The Rado Captain Cook collection is a skilful blend of retro vibes and high-tech materials. Ok, it’s also available in more conventional stainless steel or bronze but the high-tech ceramic models will always be a bit extra special. It displays Rado’s industry-leading know-how of the material and the brand’s ability to apply it to any […]
Hamilton has a solid reputation for its military-inspired watches covering land, air and sea. As a purveyor of accurate, robust watches to the American military since 1914, Hamilton’s timepieces have seen their fair share of action. The Navy was one of Hamilton’s biggest customers relying on the brand’s marine chronometers and later supplying water-resistant watches […]
One of the best marketing tools for a watch brand is an exciting, real-life action story. Whether providing field, dive, or even marine chronometer watches for US Army and Navy servicemen or appearing in cameos on the silver screen, many of Hamilton‘s historical watches have seen their fair share of action. The Frogman, Hamilton’s tough […]
As we’re about to speak about a collaboration, it feels natural to start by presenting the parties involved. On one side, we have Formex, a contemporary Swiss watchmaker known for crafting rugged tool watches full of innovative features, and yet fairly priced. On the other side is Collective Horology, a place for watch enthusiasts specialising […]
Black Bay, Black Bay 58 and now, Black Bay 54. Tudor continues to expand its signature dive watch collection… by reducing it again. The BB is typically a watch that lives with its times, a watch that follows the trends. When it was first presented, back in 2012, the original Black Bay Burgundy watch was […]
Released in January this year, the SkinDiver Nautique collection marked the second step in the resurrection of the famous, but dormant for year Vulcain brand. This classic, vintage-inspired dive watch followed the all-important return of the Cricket watch, an emblematic model that made Vulcain successful. First presented in stainless steel with either a black or […]
Together with the chronograph, I do believe that the combination of a dive watch with a traveller’s function, a.k.a a GMT complication, makes for some of the most attractive and practical watches. In short, it’s your go-anywhere, do-anything kind of watch. And not only for summer but for any time you want to be a […]
French watchmaking company Yema has been on the resurgence in the past few years, with a range of historically inspired and very well-built tool watches. Add in the factor of in-house constructed movements for some collections, relatively affordable prices and partnerships with both the French Air Force (Armée de l’Air) and the French Navy (Marine […]
Created in 2017 by Frenchman Etienne Malec, Baltic has grown from a micro-brand to a now rather prolific watchmaking company, specialising in accessible, vintage-inspired watches. Recently, we’ve seen an impressive rise in popularity, with the launch of the Calatrava-styled MR01 model and new higher-end automatic chronographs. Today, the brand returns to its roots with a new edition […]
Back in 1964, Orient Star, the higher-end arm of Orient, introduced the Olympia Calendar Diver, which became a very important model in the company’s history. For its 70th anniversary, which was back in 2021, Orient Star decided to honour this pivotal dive watch with the Diver 1964. A modern interpretation of the original from almost […]