Being infected by the hobby of her husband, Fleur started her interest in watches a few years ago. While owning a , TAG Heuer Aquaracer, and an Omega Speedmaster she found that she could easily change the look of her watch by switching straps. Shortly after, the idea was born to start her own little webshop, with only those straps she likes and are of good quality.While going through piles of stra

I'm staring at the Bulova Sea Hunter chronograph and, frankly, I'm lost. This watch has to be the most polarizing vintage watch that I own. It defines strange, but I see an almost elemental beauty in its simplicity. That being said, what the hell is this thing?!?! Where did it come from and why had I neither seen nor heard of this watch prior to just a few weeks ago? In this week's #TBT, I'm going

Jeff Kingston visits the Grand Complication Workshop of Audemars Piguet in Le Brassus where the Grand Complications are assembled. He shows us different stages of assembly of the Royal Oak Offshore Grand Complication that debuted at the SIHH in Geneva in 2013. We will get to see different elements and how they come together, such as parts of the Perpetual Calendar, dials, hands and the casing up,

Forget about the level of difficulty concerning perpetual calendar or even tourbillon movements. A chronograph movement is the toughest to design and produce. Perhaps the reason why Audemars Piguet is able to come up with the craziest complications, but not (yet) with their own in-house chronograph. Peter Stas, CEO of Frederique Constant stressed it once more last Tuesday during a diner in Amsterd

Yesterday, Omega announced its new Speedmaster Silver Snoopy Award 50th anniversary watch (click here). The third Speedmaster with the Snoopy theme and the 4th watch commemorating the Apollo 13 mission.I am lucky enough to own the first two Speedmaster Snoopy watches (2003 and 2015) and the Apollo 13 watch from 1995. But, that’s not a reason to blindly buy the next one as well. I need to lik

The Hamilton Khaki Field Titanium Automatic Far Cry 6 Limited Edition watch offers a watch for video game and watch enthusiasts alike. I'm sure that anyone that enjoys the kind of gaming experience that the beloved Far Cry series provides has found themselves wishing they could jump into this world and take part in the adventures themselves. Immersion is a key aspect of video games. It's the feeli

H. Moser & Cie. is all over the place. Literally and figuratively speaking. The brand from Neuhausen am Rheinfall made the Swiss Mad Watch from cheese, the Swiss Alp Watch that made fun of the most popular smartwatch, and made people wonder how a perpetual calendar could work without looking anything like a traditional perpetual calendar; polarizing designs in every aspect. And to literally tr

It all started with the DW-5000C in 1983. This watch is The Origin. The equivalent of Genesis if you will, of the Square, Casio's unbreakable, shockproof watch that grew out to become an icon of contemporary watchmaking. A watch that reached the mainstream and could be held responsible for creating watch collectors - the Square is still popular amongst high-end collectors because this watch takes

Blue and green. To some people, the combination is a serious no-no. Not to this writer, however. Nor to the Seattle Seahawks, whose team nickname I recently hijacked and applied to the NOMOS Glashutte Tangete Update. With that moniker taken, I need a new one for this surprisingly engaging Chronometer-certified Titoni Master Series 94388 Power Reserve model I had the pleasure of spending time with

Which would you pick - the unorthodox lume design on the Favre Leuba Daymatic Waterdeep or a simply structured Citizen dial? Choose your favorite!?In the last #TBT story, I introduced the Juvenia Architect “Protractor”, which has been sitting on my wishlist for quite some time. I don’t know if it was a side effect of the weather, but I slowed down a bit last week. Nostalgia hit m

The finishing quality of a watch is one of the major determining factors in how that watch looks and feels. The term is thrown around all the time but seldom explored. Prices are often justified or criticized on the basis of finishing quality. I am talking about case finishing in particular here - the way the surfaces are polished, brushed, and beveled. If you have not had the privilege of handlin

I have written many stories on Linde Werdelin and its hewn-from-granite Nordic design language. But this time, no, it's not a round retro 38mm field watch. The Oktopus Moon 3DP Black Ink is more of the same, yet different. And that is the clue to Linde Werdelin persisting in its niche space of futurist tool watches in a world of retrospective wristwear. For fear of repeating myself, I love LW̵

Seiko offers professional dive watches all over the price spectrum, ranging from around $550 to over six grand. But is the best of them necessarily the most high-end, or can we find the sweet spot somewhere in the middle? Today, we’ll look at the Marinemaster line, from the very first reference to today’s Prospex SLA021J1. Priced at $3,200 / US$3,100, I believe the current model offers

Another Friday, another Top 5! Last week’s list focused on field watches, a very popular genre for people who are not looking to spend a fortune on a luxury watch. This week, we’ll shift our focus to something completely different. This Top 5 focuses on the best recently released German watches. Scanning the landscape of German watchmaking is interesting. There are a lot of great brand

The new Longines Spirit Flyback Titanium is a really attractive watch. It shows how Longines, with each release, is becoming more of a force to be reckoned with. As prices from Omega and others have moved upmarket, Longines is seemingly positioned to take on the likes of Tudor, and the brand has started bringing the goods. Will today’s chronograph keep the string of hits going, or will it le

There are 94 watches in the current Roger Dubuis lineup. Say what you will about them, but in any case, they're remarkable and unmistakable. Since vanilla is not a favorite flavor at Roger Dubuis’s HQ in Meyrin, all 94 watches in the RD catalog are polarizing creations - or are they? The new Excalibur Monobalancier Titanium is perhaps the least upsetting watch that RD makes. With its gray ti

Fifty years after Sir Roger Moore's first appearance as secret agent 007, Bonhams auctioned off some of his belongings in the “Sir Roger Moore - The Personal Collection” auction. Among them was a mohair dinner suit jacket he wore in Octopussy, a personal Gucci notebook, his Olympia SM3 Deluxe typewriter, his passport (from 1991 to 2001), shoes, lots of (sun)glasses, and his Omega Speed

This year, Zodiac celebrates 70 years of the Sea Wolf, one of the very first dive watches as we know them today. But it’s not the only thing the brand can be proud of in 2023. Expanding the range of materials that Zodiac uses in its watches was also a major touchpoint. We’ve seen ceramic, titanium, meteorite, and bronze added to the range. Currently, a complete revamp of the Super Sea

Today, Baltic introduces the Hermetique Tourer collection. This is an adventure-focused everyday watch that comes in four colors. As we have grown accustomed to from Baltic, the styling and proportions are distinctly vintage. Still, the lack of faux patina makes these watches feel fresh and current at the same time. And all of this comes at a price lower than the average regular service. Time to

Going on a holiday is always something I look forward to. I work in quite a hectic field (daily international news), so any break is always welcome. After a recent trip, I have realized that sometimes it’s also nice to take a break from the watch hobby - taking some time off from time, so to speak. Wearing a watch on holiday is not always a given.Recently, I went on a break with my partner t