Hands-On With The Breitling Navitimer 01 Blacksteel

Although you’ll find Breitling not very often covered on this – and other – websites, they are still highly in demand according to the numbers we showed you last week. The Navitimer is our favorite Breitling model and comes in many variations. One of the models that looks a tad bit different from the others […]

8 years ago

#TBT Rolex Daytona 6265 Big Red – A Watch Worth the Hype?

Silence. It’s the sound of the Rolex Daytona 6265 Big Red upon opening the safe deposit box and it’s sadly the noise, or lack thereof, that this highly finished chronograph creates 99% of the time. In the roughly 20 years since giving way to automatic followers, the formerly unwanted manual wind Cosmographs have become icons […]

8 years ago

The Facebook Diver’s Watches Group – the Power of Social Media

It’s true that when Gil Scott-Heron wrote in 1970 that, “the Revolution Will Not be Televised”, he wasn’t referring to the watch industry. With what we’ve seen lately, though, it’s looking more and more like the revolution is likely to take place via Social Media – or perhaps we’re already in the thick of massive […]

8 years ago

Hands-On Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Deep Black Review

The Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean collection is over 10 years old. In this article we already gave you some background on the Seamaster and Planet Ocean in particular. A fact you should know is that in 2007, the models were slowly upgraded to Omega’s in-house calibers (8500 and later on, in 2011, 9300). Other improvements […]

8 years ago

The Top 10 Vintage Seiko Watches You Should Buy Now

It’s the New Year and as many people put together resolution lists, we thought we’d do the same and kick off the year with a look at 10 Vintage Seiko watches you should buy right now. Our admiration for Seiko is pretty transparent – from its new releases that we anticipate each March at Basel […]

8 years ago

#TBT Wittnauer 235T Chronograph – a Possible Moonwatch?

Here we are in the last week of 2016 and we’re going to kick it old-school style by looking at a classic chronograph, the Wittnauer 235T. We’ve featured a watch from the brand before with a look at the remarkably unique and bold 242T and while today’s watch might not trigger any “grail alerts”, it’s […]

8 years ago

Hands-On With The Baume & Mercier Clifton Chronograph Complete Calendar (10280)

When the Clifton was introduced by Baume & Mercier’s CEO Alain Zimmermann in Geneva, he introduced it as a watch in the category of affordable luxury. Back then, the Clifton series started below 3000 Euro for the most basic version. Later on, complications (including a tourbillon) were added. Today, we take a look at the […]

8 years ago

Fratello Watches Christmas Special – Rolex Submariner 14060M Review

Two years ago, watch collector and connoisseur Mike Stockton contributed a wonderful write-up about his Rolex Submariner 14060M. A 2000 word write-up about the classic Rolex Submariner 14060M, from the very early moment he laid his eyes on this iconic diver from Rolex, the moment he bought it (years later) up to now, years of […]

8 years ago

Hands-On Victorinox I.N.O.X. Professional Diver Review

Not that long ago, we reviewed the Victorinox I.N.O.X Paracord watch. Today, we have a look at the I.N.O.X Professional Diver. This is basically the bigger (45mm) brother of the 43mm I.N.O.X (Paracord) and comes with a uni-directional rotating bezel. I.N.O.X. Professional Diver This watch is very similar to the I.N.O.X. Paracord that we reviewed in this […]

8 years ago

Hands-On With The Limited Edition Grand Seiko Hi-Beat 36000 GMT SBGJ021

Almost identical to the Grand Seiko that won the “Petite Aiguille” award in the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève in 2014, Seiko now introduces the Grand Seiko Hi-Beat SBGJ021 with a special dial and oscillating weight. The design of this Grand Seiko is based on the 1967 Grand Seiko 44GS. Let’s have a look at this […]

8 years ago