Many watches. Fewer wrists.
Earlier this year, IWC came out with their new DaVinci line of timepieces. And I was a bit bummed. Continue reading “Quick Review: The IWC DaVinci Chrono – Is it Ugly? I don’t think so… I bought it twice.”
What is it about square (or tonneau) shaped watches? I love them. Maybe it’s because we don’t see a lot of them. Infrequent or not, the advent of the Apple Watch is making tonneau (especially square-shaped ones) faces more en vogue.
Continue reading “Review: Glashutte Original Vintage Seventies Chronograph Panorama Date”
Wow. That’s a big name. For a big watch. And one of only two gold watches in my collection. (Well, not including a two-tone Rolex Datejust I received for graduation decades ago…)
Continue reading “Review: IWC Pilot’s Watch Chronograph Edition Antione De Saint Exupery”
The El Primero movement is legendary – driving the first generation Rolex Daytonas for many years. A striking 10th complication – where that seconds hand FLIES around the dial once every 10 seconds is awesome (and I am sure my watchmaker will agree as no telling what it’s longevity might be. Continue reading “Review: Zenith El Primero Striking 10th”
Seiko threw everything but the kitchen sink at the SBGC001 and thankfully, most of it stuck. Continue reading “Review: Grand Seiko Chronograph”
This is a duplicate of a post I made on Watchuseek forums on April 5, 2015.
Sad day as my new Limited Edition Homage to Nicolas Rieussec Montblanc has gone to the big mainspring in the sky…
Continue reading “And my Montblanc Nicholas Rieussec Limited Edition died…”
I take a more in-depth look at the Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Chrono in this video.
When I worked at Coca-Cola, there was a colleague of mine who had an IWC watch. He was based in Hong Kong and obviously knew his watches. At the time, I was plugging away with my very nice Rolex GMT IIc but was blissfully unaware of the WIS condition lurking in my body, preparing to spring just a few years later. Continue reading “Review: IWC Portuguese Chrono”
When Breitling announced they were going to make a slightly bigger version of the legendary pilot’s watch, I was interested. Continue reading “Breitling Navitimer 01”
Don’t get me wrong – I love the new Omega Planet Oceans. Ceramic bezels, display backs, more technically advanced movements – these are all very good things about the new POs. Continue reading “Omega Planet Ocean Chrono”
