Value Proposition – Crafter Blue Hyperion Ocean 600m, Launching on Kickstarter

Crafter Blue was founded in Hong-Kong in 2014. The company started its activity crafting rubber straps for dive watches. Just two years later, they launched their own watch, the Mechanic Ocean 300m. The brand now launches on Kickstarter their first Swiss made dive watch (manufactured with a partner in La Chaux-de-Fonds), the Crafter Blue Hyperion […]

5 years ago

Introducing – MB&F HM7 Aquapod now In Platinum and Red Sapphire

When presented back in 2017, the MB&F HM7 Aquapod was a proper surprise… Like a shock, really. This watch, a jellyfish-inspired timepiece, with a diving bezel, a vertical movement with tourbillon, a decent water resistance and an organic design, looked like nothing else on the market. Bold, weird, spectacular, artistic, ugly… I’ve rarely experienced a watch […]

5 years ago

Buying Guide – The Summer Edition, 5 Accessible Sports Watches of 2019

Summertime and the livin’ is easy… As the holiday season is fast approaching, it’s all about making your style cool and effortless, but also having watches that can survive adventures (a splash of mojito, perhaps?). To help you out, we have rounded up 5 watches that will make great daily beaters for sunny days, without […]

5 years ago

Hands-on – Seiko “Save The Ocean” Special Edition – Take Three

I’m not sure if it’s sheer coincidence or a marketing strategy adopted by Seiko. In 2018, Brice covered the Turtle version of the first “Save The Ocean” Special Edition. In February 2019, Seiko presented a black version, which was basically the same watch with a black PVD coating and blue and grey bezels. It is […]

5 years ago

Hands-on – Delma Blue Shark III 4000m – An Affordable, Rugged Deep Diver

Based in Lengnau, Delma is an independent family-owned watch brand with a long tradition of crafting dive watches. A rugged, technical professional dive watch, the Delma Blue Shark III is the brand’s latest professional dive watch (and as its name suggests, the third evolution of the model). Replacing the previous 3000m version, it was officially […]

5 years ago

Hands-on – The Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean 600m Chronograph, Now in Grey and Orange

During the “Time To Move” event organized by the Swatch Group, Omega unveiled most of this year’s novelties. This included, among others, the fully redesigned Seamaster Diver 300M Chronograph. Still, this wasn’t the only diving chronograph that Omega was going to launch… It also had this cool, fresh-looking Seamaster Planet Ocean 600m Chronograph in orange […]

5 years ago

Buying Guide – 5 of the Best Vintage-Inspired Dive Watches Launched in 2019

As the trend for vintage-inspired watches consolidates, brands continue to dig into their archives to find inspiration and breathe new life into past glories. Ready to travel back in time to the golden age of dive watches? (Yes, that means the 1960s) Here are the top five vintage-inspired dive watches of 2019. Doxa Sub 200 […]

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