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Owner Review: Seiko SBQJ015 – Quartz Watch Packed with Features
The Seiko SBQJ015 is a rarity that deserves some attention. You won’t find much in the Seiko line-up these days that matches the SBQJ015’s impressive specs, or beautiful design. The watch uses a high precision quartz movement (accurate to within 20 seconds per year), model 8F56, and is also a GMT and perpetual calendar. I…
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Owner review: Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch 321
The thought that every watch enthusiast should experience a Speedmaster ignited my quest for the “perfect Speedy.” The countless hours spent researching and obsessing over minute details such as long indices, applied logos, and symmetrical cases shortlisted my options to a “pre-professional” Speedmaster. Unfortunately, the anxiety of venturing into murky vintage waters was enough to…
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Owner review: Tissot PRX Quartz
The blue dial Tissot PRX Quartz is one of my favorite watches in my collection. It holds a special place in my heart. Having just returned home from a successful business trip to Anaheim, CA, I was exhausted. The week-long event was an unforgettable experience, and I wanted to cap it off with something to…
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Owner Review: Swatch x Kid Robot Gary Baseman
Many decades before the incredibly popular Black Panther character appeared on the now infamous limited edition Audemars Piguet watch dials, Swatch were already masters in watch and pop culture collaborations. The subject of this review is the Swatch x Kid Robot Gary Baseman edition from 2011. It came in a blank ‘Hits and Hots’ box…
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Owner review: Swatch Sistem 51
When I first read about the Swatch Sistem 51 I found the challenge given by Nicolas Hayek to his engineers intriguing. What he basically asked them to do was to reinvent the Swatch that had successfully challenged the cheap quartz watches from Asia, but this time with a mechanical watch that could be produced at…
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Owner Review: Seiko 0853-8000 King Quartz
I had a tendency in the first lockdown to spend some spare time at my new ‘home office’ scrolling through sales and auction sites while muted on Zoom calls. Sounds familiar to a lot of people I bet. This had, of course, the usual side effect. Packages containing watches, parts of watches, and watchmaking tools…
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Owner Review: Christopher Ward C60 Trident 300 Quartz
Christopher Ward C60 Trident 300 Quartz; A short story. It’s been a long day. You get home and peruse your liquor cabinet, undecided on the libation of choice for the evening. As your eyes glide from bottle to bottle, a scent-memory of a favourite wool sweater, fresh salt-tinged sea breeze and old leather comes to…
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Owner Review: Swatch Sistem51 – The worst watch ever made?
Catchy title, but after experiencing this watch for a long time, it’s the only conclusion I have come to. This watch is a piece of crap, and let me explain why. The Swatch Sistem51 first came out in 2014 and I have been the owner of the classic black variation since its debut, long before…
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Owner Review: Tissot Everytime – My First Night Out with a New Watch
I’m completely sober waiting with my unbalanced and slurring friends outside of a nightclub. My white button-down shirt is stained with someone else’s vodka and Coke. I look down at my Tissot Everytime. The dial reads 11 o’clock. We have been standing in line since before 10. We’re in an alleyway standing next to a…
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Owner Review: Seiko 7A28-7029 – The Golden Age of Quartz
Ah, the 1980s. Cruising down Sunset Strip in your Testarossa to catch your reservation at Spago; Barking orders at your broker on your Motorola brick (hopefully buying AAPL by the truckload); And admiring this nice little Seiko 7A28-7029 quartz chronograph on your wrist. This is no ordinary quartz chronograph though. This golden beauty houses the…
