I?bet most of you have your underdog. A decent smaller watch that you all hold on to, even though you don't wear it often. The bumper Alpina Rensie is one of the earliest vintage watches I?bought. Every time I?see it in a drawer, my heart skips a?beat.?Early automatic watches with the so-called bumper movement are always fun. As explained in the Alpina History Brand Book, “they relied on an

Today Breitling has released the new, bigger brother to its popular Chronomat. The new Super Chronomat is the boldest and, perhaps most ambitious, addition to the Swiss brand’s sports chronograph collection.?Breitling says that the Super Chronomat is the “ultimate choice for those who want a timepiece mastering the balance between sturdy and stylish”. Marketing spiel aside, IR

There is something magical about watches with a moon phase. But what if you combine it with the unique approach to watchmaking that defines Meistersinger? The brand from Munster in Germany showed us the first example of it with their Lunascope introduced in 2018. Now the brand takes it one step further with the introduction of the new Meistersinger Stratoscope. It combines the best of both worlds,

In 1966 Seiko's 62MAS dive watch accompanied researchers on the eighth Japanese Antarctic Research expedition. Seiko's very first diving watch debuted the year before, and it marks a very important moment in the history of the brand. So it doesn't come as a surprise that this remarkable instrument shows up 140 years after the birth of Seiko in a celebratory collection of four. The Seiko 140th Anni

It all started with a conversation in the office. An office that’s full of people who are crazy about watches, what they are, and what they can do. The functional core of a watch is, of course, telling time as accurately as possible. The ultimate goal of any watchmaker is to build a watch that tells time perfectly. This was the case in the past when a watch served an essential purpose, but i

This series was actually my idea, and boy, do I regret it! The premise of this idea is to help guide a watch-loving newbie down the right path to a hypothetical starter collection. I'm normally not indecisive, but here, the word doesn't even start to explain my situation. As I am in the middle of a personal consolidation of my collection, it makes the concept even more poignant. But when I try to

There's something instinctual about wanting to take photos of watches. Photography, after all, is all about storytelling. And I'll be damned if timepieces weren't rich with stories. Today, through the power of modern smartphones, taking and sharing photos of watches is easier than ever before. And yet, taking good watch photos is seemingly just as hard as it's ever been. Layer on the nuance of ref

Roughly one year ago, the new MING 22.01 GMT debuted and was available for order. Now the watches have started to ship, and I was fortunate enough to receive my Gilt variant. It’s time to go hands-on with this piece, and I hope that the pictures do it just an ounce of justice because this is a really impressive watch.It’s not every day that I receive an email from Praneeth Rajsingh fro

We all love Gerald Genta, but in fact, this article started very differently. My idea was to write about the best of Genta, which is a decent-enough approach. But nerd-diving into Royal Oak references and the immense charm of a brown-dial rose gold Nautilus has been done before, right? Nothing against his well-known grails; I've tried to dislike the Nautilus but still love it, no matter how inacce

If only watches could tell stories! This watch, which belonged to Titanic passenger John Jacob Astor, would certainly have a story to tell.On April 14th, 1912, the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg. It was just after 11:40 that night. The ship, which had been touted as unsinkable because of the leading technology used in her construction at the time, had foundered by 2:20 the next morning. Sadly, 1,52

As a fan of Armin Strom, I have had the pleasure of reviewing many of the brand’s previous models. Back in 2019, I was following the story of the then-new Gravity Equal Force, and while the watch was and still is out of my financial reach, I was amazed by what the Biel/Bienne Maison presented us. With the latest release, Armin Strom is upping the ante by introducing the Gravity Equal Force U

I know quite a few people who can't wait for the return of the Swatch Neon collection, and the 1992 Grand Prix SCJ101 is the most famous of them all. Nacho is a big fan, has a few, and still wants more. RJ is also a fan but has never found one in good condition. Last year, the Neon To The Max revived the original in a revamped design, but it didn't hit all the right notes, according to the connois

Ferretti Francesco, an avid Panerai collector and seller, does some showing off on his vintage watches at Paneristi.com.Click here for the full thread

Although James Bond is probably perceived as one of the most stylish men around, he certainly messed up his watch in Goldfinger. In Goldfinger, he was wearing a Submariner (ref.6538 probably) on a NATO strap. On several Forums, the close-up below shows the watch with as much detail as possible:I don’t like NATO straps at all, and find them far from stylish, but I guess that there are a lot

Gassan Diamonds was founded in 1945 by Samuel Gassan and turned into the most important watch and diamond dealer of The Netherlands. With approximately 450 employees, Gassan Diamonds is able to process the 300.000 350.000 visitors each year to their head quarters in The Netherlands, housed in a former steam-driven diamond factory in the center of Amsterdam. With shops through-out Amsterdam, Schiph

Watch blog Monochrome celebrates their 5 year and 5 months anniversary with a very cool give-away! With some sponsorship of MB&F, Monochrome is giving away a Seiko Discus Burger, or ref SCBS007 if you want.Of course you have to do something to win the Seiko:Subscribe to the Monochrome newsletter to receive the newest posts in your mailboxBecome a fan of Monochrome on FacebookBecome a fan of MB

This is what happens if you put 5 fans of Gerald Genta designs in one room. Yesterday, our very own watch photographer Bert invited us over to his crib for the perfect BBQ (no vegetables) and show all our Genta stuff while enjoying good food and drinks.As you can see, we brought the usual suspects. 2x Patek Philippe Nautilus 3700/1A, 2x Nautilus 5711/1A, 1x Audemars Piguet Royal Oak 5402ST, 1x Roy

Speedmaster 311.30.42.30.01.004Remember our post about the Speedmaster Racing a few weeks ago? Well, there’s more to it! During our appointment with Jean Claude Monachon (Head of Product Development) of OMEGA we’ve heard the true story about the OMEGA Speedmaster Professional 311.30.42.30.01.004 ‘Racing’ that was introduced during Baselworld 2013.Tintin – Destination

It seems like it happened longer ago, but in fact it was only a year ago this past February that one of our rivals, albeit a friendly rival, published an article that seemed to send shockwaves throughout the vintage watch collecting hobby. Perhaps, but perhaps not, I'm overstating things and it only affected a narrow slice of the market, but it certainly caught my attention. The article I'm referr

SIHH and Baselworld are behind us and with a few exceptions and later introductions planned for this year (wink wink), we’ve seen all watches for 2018. Time to make up our mind on the Top 5 Baselworld and SIHH 2018 watches. Mike will give an overview of his Top 5 watches that were shown to him in Baselworld and RJ will show his Top 5 watches that were introduced during the SIHH in Geneva.Top