The Audemars Piguet Tradition Tourbillon Minute Repeater Chronograph (reference 26564) is one of those watches that will never be in my financial reach, but nevertheless very enjoyable to see and to try on my wrists. It is one of those advantages if you are going to SIHH or BaselWorld, you are able to see and try watches that have 5 digit (sometimes even more) price tags.The Tradition timepiece cl

It’s Speedy Tuesday! This week we have a rare bird for you: the Omega Speedmaster Broad Arrow Rattrapante. To be totally honest with you, we kinda forgot about this one actually. However, friend of the show Ruckdee from Thailand (who contributed with his Speedmaster Mark II before) reminded us of this rattrapante timepiece.The Broad Arrow collection has been discussed before (here and here)

If there is such a thing as the Seiko bug, then I've clearly been bitten and now have a serious case of malaria.? However, it wasn't always this way.? I've been travelling to Japan at least annually since 2004 for business and while my evening and weekend watch pursuits were not nearly as fervent as today, I did not really notice Seiko until 2012.? I bought a quartz Seiko tuna in Fukuoka and have

The last time I reviewed a Yema, the Daytona as it's nicknamed, I came away with a rather lukewarm feeling. The watch was nice, but I likened it to a lookalike product; it's close to the real deal, but somehow lacking in the details. Today, though, we focus on a different model, the Yema Rallye, and I'm delighted to tell you that this watch is far more worthy of praise. Furthermore, the model, in

After the success with the Calypso watch, E.C.Andersson Watch Co. is back with a completely new design, their first professional diver and heavy-duty tool watch, made the Scandinavian way.Mentioning heavy-duty often makes us think of massive steel blocks, the E.C.A Denise is quite the opposite, sophisticated and refined, yet optimized for an active lifestyle.Designed to be a four-season tool watch

The creations that come out of the design department of Davide Cerrato (Managing Director of Montblanc Watches) are spread out on a very wide scale. Some are affordable and modest. Others are complicated both in terms of watchmaking. All I'm saying is, that we should not jump to a conclusion when judging Montblanc and categorize them in one way or the other. Having said that, today we will have a

Fresh off embargo, we have the new Seiko Prospex Diver SPB107 Topper Limited Edition.? For those of you who don't know Topper Jewelers, they're a prominent authorized dealer of many brands and are located in Burlingame, California.? I know the name quite well because a number of years back, Topper bought a load of no-date Longines Legend No-Date Divers and I was too silly not to buy one.? But asid

In 2007, Omega celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Speedmaster family. In my opinion, there is one very special member of this group that is too often overlooked. Perhaps?reference 311.33.42.50.01.001.001 is shunned for its enamel dial. Maybe it’s down to its F. Piguet based 3201 movement. Whatever the cause for its past neglect, it’s about time it got a bit more attention.And, in m

Stop the presses! Bvlgari has something to say…Although I’ve always wanted to say that, I really wish it wasn’t under these circumstances. Minutes ago, the news that Bvlgari will not be attending Baselworld 2020 broke. As one of the most exciting and forward-thinking brands of the past decade, Bvlgari’s absence is a real blow to a fair already reeling from a mass exodus.A d

Don’t feel guilty for not knowing about Zero West. It was only 2015 that the prototype dials started taking shape. Now with an ever-expanding collection that celebrates British engineering, Zero West is hitting its stride.I had a brief introduction to the brand during an event in London. Designer Andrew Brabyn helpfully explained the backstory, and I was excited to go hands-on with a few pie

The new Oris Carysfort Reef Limited Edition is really something special. Not only is it a gorgeous watch, but it also marks the moment in time Oris may have jumped the pricing shark.You’ve heard the term, “jumping the shark,” before, right? That moment a previously credible entity goes a little bit too far and alienates its core fanbase? Well, as much as I love Oris (and the Oris

Before we met, my wife had one modern quartz Cartier Tank from 2010. I think she wore it exactly zero times over the last 12 months. Who is to blame? Today's suspects: the vibrant rectangular Elves, the 1920s Parisienne fashion wonder by Elgin, and a couple of indestructable Prim workhorses from Czechoslovakia. All vintage!My wife recently described her vintage watch renaissance with the sentence,

It will come as no surprise to anyone who might have stumbled across my previous writings on the Czapek brand to know I am a fan. After almost a decade of following the brand since its rebirth in 2012, I feel part of the Czapek family. And while I have gushed over last year’s Antarctique model (entirely unapologetically), and fawned over the Quai de Bergues range responsible for this hallowe

It’s safe to say that we all know Casio’s G-Shock Square. The watch that - almost forty years ago - more or less won the battle against the laws of nature. Designed to withstand a drop from a height of 10 meters, withstand 10 bar of water pressure, and offer a battery life of 10 years. Those three goals amounted to a hitherto unseen level of resistance in a time when watches were still

I have a sizable watch collection. When people ask, which they often do, I tell them it’s around 75 pieces. That’s probably a relatively accurate median, but it fluctuates above and below that number as I churn through the lower realms of my hoard on a regular basis, gifting, selling, or trading watches that deserved a long look but never quite cracked my rotation. But is there any rhy

Did you read my stories on uni-compax chronographs within $1,000 and $5,000 budgets? If so, you might already have a newfound love for this genre. While you might expect this part to have a $10,000 budget, I'm jumping the shark and going straight to chronograph heaven. With a budget envelope saying, The Sky's The Limit, the choices are as difficult as they are dangerously tempting.What if you are

We receive quite a few messages about our personal collections or personal favorites. Based on these requests, our Social Media Manager Sinara asks founder RJ about his personal collection. RJ decided to bring some of his most meaningful watches.Robert-Jan started collecting watches in the late 1990s as a student. His first major purchase was his Omega Speedmaster Professional 145.012-67SP, but he

Collecting vintage watches is something that I truly love. The watches, the people, the endless searching for knowledge are all part of the gig. Making mistakes, getting ripped off, and, again, the people represent some of the pitfalls. Over the past ten years, I’ve been through a lot of it, and have I learned anything? I’d like to think so… sometimes.Vintage watches are my thing

Let me start off this article with a personal question - what would be the perfect watch collection for you? Some of you may have thought long and hard about this already, and you could list off all the watches you could ever desire. For others, it’s a question that may catch you off guard, and you may have to get back to me in a few years. But for me, it’s a question that has constant

I saw the picture of the new Grand Seiko Hi-Beat 36000 80 Hours Green Birch SLGH011 and immediately What A Wonderful World started playing in my head. I don't think the Grand Seiko watchmakers in Shizukuishi are listening to this evergreen song when they're putting together the new Green Birch. But if they are, it wouldn't surprise me, either.I won't get into the part where the beautiful landscape