At SIHH 2016, Cartier announced the release of the Drive de Cartier line, exciting many watch enthusiasts with its relatively accessibly priced entry-level models. Well, I spent some time with a piece nearing the upper range of the line, other than the flying read more…
Welcome to another installment in our series of Car & Watch reviews. As you shall see, the new Mazda MX-5 ND car and Citizen Eco-Drive Satellite Wave F900 watch are each class-leading products with a lot in common.
It was about 2012 when Rado first released the HyperChrome collection of watches which, in my opinion, represents an interesting character and dimension to the brand. The Rado HyperChrome Automatic Chronograph continues the brand’s strength in ceramic, an honor it earned long ago, for a new generation of mechanical watch lovers.
I never assumed that a world timer dive watch would be useful, but consider the fact that it is popular enough for Ball watches to have produced a second run of them. It was several years ago that Ball originally released the Ball Engineer Master II Diver Worldtime, and earlier in 2016 they came out with a slightly tweaked version.
It very well may have been a Xemex that was one of the first luxury timepieces I ever noticed as a young adult. I recall walking through a shopping mall here in Los Angeles as a teenager and seeing a read more…
Casio recently celebrated the 20th anniversary of the MR-G family of top-grade G-Shock watches. The story of the MR-G is part engineering, part marketing, and all passion from the dedicated designers at Casio who make durable G-Shock watches.
Revealed at Baselworld 2016, the TAG Heuer Aquaracer 300 Caliber 5 Titanium WAY208C reference seemed a fitting match for a trek up the canyon, whose rugged outcroppings are cleaved in two by the meandering waters of Clear Creek. This stealthy “desert diver” was a quiet addition to TAG Heuer’s 2016 Baselworld announcements.
In 2015, Bulova made headlines when an obscure watch they produced for the NASA Apollo missions, and which was worn by astronaut Dave Scott on the moon, sold at auction for over $1.6 million. In late 2015 Bulova announced that they would be releasing a “Special Edition” Bulova Moon Watch that aBlogtoWatch and I’d like to now follow up with a full review.
aBlogtoWatch team members got to pick a version of the Omega Globemaster they wanted to wear, and for me it had to be the all-stainless-steel model with silver dial and bracelet. Other members of the aBlogtoWatch team will also weigh in with their thoughts on Omega’s Globemaster collection and their respective models and experiences.
Parmigiani Fleurier remains one of the watch industry’s top producers of movements and parts, as well as being a watchmaker. Their watch brand, Parmigiani, remains a distinctive and often evolving, integral element of the company which began as a romantic notion of the wealthy Sandoz family and Mr. Michel Parmigiani.