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Dan Henry 1975 Automatic Skin Diver Owner Review by @archiepeterson1303
The Dan Henry 1975 Automatic Skin Diver is a fun, colourful and retro styled skin diver, meaning it features only 150m of water resistance as opposed to the typical 200-300m of other dive watches. This means that whilst you can certainly swim with it, I wouldn’t recommend diving whilst wearing it. However this lack of…
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Owner review: MB&F M.A.D.1 Red
I wish I was a little bit taller, I wish I was a baller, I wish I had an MB&F coz that’s so much cooler… I am neither particularly tall, nor do I excel at ball sports. And I certainly can’t afford to buy an MB&F. Or can I? In the heady days of Covid,…
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Owner review: Foster 11 Atmos Skin Diver
My friend Jonathan turned me on to the the Foster 11 Atmos Skin Diver, the first watch out of Oregon-based Foster Watch Co. To be perfectly honest, I hadn’t heard of the brand or its founders, Everett and Christian. Apparently, Everett co-hosts a popular podcast where they talk about affordable watches. I haven’t listened to…
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Owner review: Canister Fieldmaster
It’s hard for me to be objective about Canister as a brand and their first offering – the Fieldmaster. But I’ll do my best nonetheless and explain why is that along the way. Canister is the first brand I’ve supported on Kickstarter and the only watch project I rooted for to succeed and see the…
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Owner Review: Farer Cobb MonoPusher
So what made me buy a Farer Cobb Monopusher? I wanted to feel like I had “made it” when I bought my first mechanical watch and social influences dictated the criteria of “made it” being a Swiss watch first and foremost, and I wanted my first to be new. All the brands out there such…
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Owner review: Bulova Oceanographer ‘Devil Diver’
This July while on vacation, I took a day trip to Halifax, (Nova Scotia). I had barely left my home province of New Brunswick since Covid started, and a short trip was due. My province only has one good AD. Halifax is the closest city with multiple dealers. The purpose of my trip was two-fold;…
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Owner review: Astor+Banks Fortitude Lite
Astor+Banks Fortitude Lite, the Ultimate Daily Wearer..for me anyways. The Fortitude Lite from Chicago Based Micro/Independent brand, Astor & Banks is the latest iteration of the popular Fortitude Model. They took an already handsome model (the OG Fortitude) and made it more wearable. Prior to this model, I have not owned a micro/independent branded watch.…
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Owner review: Citizen Silver Leaf Lacquer NB1060-12L
The way I typically decide to buy a watch is very deliberate, reading multiple reviews, watching youtube videos and memorizing all the specs. I’ll try on the watch if possible in stores then I’ll hit every manner of website to try to track the lowest prices. That wasn’t the case with the Citizen Silver Leaf…
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Owner review: M.A.D.1 Red
A lot has already been written about how the M.A.D.1 Red watch came about, and the relationship to Max Busser and MB&F so I won’t rehash it here. Suffice to say, I was one of the people who emailed MAD Galleries when the original M.A.D.1 Blue was released, to express interest in purchasing one if they…
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Owner review: Lima Meca Revolt
The young independent brand Lima have released their most compelling design yet, the Lima Meca Revolt diver style watch. Boosting a quirky feature of interchangeable bezels. Inspiration came from the James Bond era defining watches and 1980’s action anime, giving a pared-down diver watch aesthetic. The basic premise of the Lima Meca Revolt is a…
