Throwback Sundays: Six Recommendations for a Luxurious Tool Watch for Any Occasion, from Our Archives
“Remember the days when the sex was fun and the diving dangerous?”…
Category: Reviews
Sound Investments: The Genius of Patek Philippe Minute Repeaters 1.
When the little known Patek, Czapek & Cie first founded the now eponymous Patek Philippe in 1839, it was with scant knowledge that their humble maison on Quai de Bergues, Geneva would become a purveyor of high horology. After all, the year of their founding was likely reminiscent of our own witnessing of the first iPhones; we had taken…
MY WEEK WITH: The Omega Seamaster Diver 300 “Rio 2016” Limited Edition
Look for a minute at your wedding ring. Do you like it? It’s hard to answer, right? And your answer, if you have one, is almost certainly less about whether you like the design or the material and a whole lot more about what it represents.…
Up Close with the Moritz Grossmann Atum Pure, Affordable Essentials in Stainless Steel
Moritz Grossmann is a newish manufacturer located across the street from A. Lange & Söhne and Glashütte Original, and like many of its compatriots in the same town, is a revival of an old name in German watchmaking. The brand got its start with exceptionally well constructed and finished watches powered by top class movements […]
Review: Christophe Claret X-TREM 1 Pinball
In 2012, Christophe Claret unveiled the X-TREM series that stands for eXperimental, Time, Research, Engineering and Mechanism. This unique concept originated from Christophe Claret’s determination to bring watchmaking to the next level by incorporating innovative ideas and methods to deliver a timepiece that can be easily differentiated from…
Hands-On with the Louis Moinet Memoris 200th Anniversary Chronograph
Louis Moinet was a 19th century French watchmaker who was a contemporary of Abraham-Louis Breguet, but whose name receded into history until the brand was revived in 2004. Louis Moinet’s greatest claim to fame, however, only came in 2013 when the brand’s owner discovered a chronograph capable to measuring a sixtieth of a second, created in 1816 […]
IN-DEPTH: Is this the best heritage watch of 2016? The Oris Divers Sixty-Five 42mm
Story in a second
No risk of second-album syndrome here – this slightly larger take on the Divers Sixty-Five is a worthy, if slightly more mainstream, follow-up to the original release.
There must be something good in the water at Hölstein, because Oris has been on fire lately.…
Up Close with the F.P. Journe Souveraine Minute Repeater
Typical of the brand’s timepieces, the F.P. Journe Souveraine minute repeater is a slim, elegant wristwatch with an ingenious movement featuring Journe’s signature flat hammers and gongs for the striking mechanism that also characterise the top of the line Sonnerie Souveraine. In fact, when the Souveraine minute repeater was first unveiled in 2008, it was the thinnest minute repeating wristwatch […]
Review: Seiko PADI Automatic Diver SRPA21
Seiko watches have always been making waves. Many professional divers actually use their dive watches for their work. The Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) is the world’s leading scuba diver training organization. Both started out serving the diving industry in 1965, and to celebrate this special relationship, Seiko…
Throwback Sundays: Six Recommendations for a Swimming Watch, from Our Archives
The recent victory of Joseph Schooling in the Rio 2016 Olympics coincides has certainly piqued Singaporean interest in swimming. In tribute to our first national gold medal earned by a born and bred Singaporean in the international games, Deployant dedicates this weekend to recommendations for that perfect swimming watch.…