First Look – The Dashing Black & Golden Rado Captain Cook High-Tech Ceramic Skeleton

Named after the famous British explorer, Rado’s 1962 Captain Cook was the brand’s first dive watch with an impressive depth rating of 220 metres. Produced in very low numbers, the Captain Cook drifted off the map in 1968. With its consolidated reputation for high-tech streamlined ceramic watches, Rado took a surprising tack in 2017 by […]

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Buying Guide – The Very Best Of The Tissot PRX Collection

When launched just a couple of short years ago, the Tissot PRX pretty much became an overnight sensation. Its sleek design, robust mechanical movement and above all its very modest sticker price skyrocketed the PRX to become one of the best-selling watches not only for Tissot but in the whole industry for years. Pretty much […]

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First Look – The New, Retro-Cool Eska Amphibian 250 White Shark

Although Eska is a “newcomer” today, it’s actually a historic Swiss brand that goes back over a century. In early 2024, the first watch from the revived brand (now based in France) emerged as the Amphibian 250 (ref. 1094), a close remake of the 1959 Eska Amphibian 600. That watch was inspired by the Blancpain […]

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The Petrolhead Corner – The HWA Evo Is A Full-Blown Restomod, Honouring Mercedes’ Legendary DTM-derived Super-Saloon

The name Hans Werner Aufrecht might ring everyone’s bell immediately, but it should. Simply put, Hans Werner Aufrecht is the ‘A’ in AMG, a company closely associated with, and wholly owned by Mercedes-Benz. Since the takeover, Hans Werner Aufrecht has shifted focus to his new engineering firm called HWA Ag. Founded in 1999, HWA develops […]

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