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Owner review: BOLDR Venture Field Medic
I was introduced to Boldr Supply Co. at Wind Up’s Pop Up Watch Shop in SoHo, NYC last summer. The BOLDR Venture Field Medic Camo-Green is a ruggedly handsome chronograph and field watch combination that immediately caught my attention, simultaneously scratching my field watch and chronograph itches. While browsing other watches, I pondered if I…
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Owner review: Benrus 3061 – The Bullitt Benrus
When I was young, one of my favourite movies was The Great Escape with Steve McQueen, especially when you watch him run away from the Germans on the recently commandeered motorbike. To me he was one of the coolest people to ever live, his style, the cars he owned, there just will never be anyone…
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Owner Review: Hamilton Skymaster GMT and Colac Dan
Soaring 10,000 feet above the endless dark sea, famed aviator/explorer “Colac Dan” Wellington grabbed his flight map and glanced down at his wrist to note the time. “Damn it all,” he muttered to no one as he peered down at the new Hamilton Skymaster GMT. “Can’t see the GMT hand worth a s***.” He held…
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Owner Review: Laine Gelidus 2 – An Entry To Independent Watchmaking
Sometimes watches just appear. In 20+ years of collecting it’s often the unplanned purchases that bring the most satisfaction. Usually, this is not completely blind, by that I mean the watch or brand would have already been familiar to me. Rather, these are purchases where I wasn’t actively chasing the watch or even considering it…
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Owner Review: Marathon Navigator Tritium
The Marathon Navigator Tritium is quite simply, one of the best field watches you can buy, at almost any price point. Let that sink in for a minute. You could easily spend more money, much more and have nothing as rugged, dependable or field ready. Marathon now produces Navigators that are much better spec’ed, you…
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Owner Review: Formex Field Automatic 41mm
Formex is one of the more exciting independent/microbrands today and the Formex Field Automatic 41mm is a welcome addition to the Formex lineup. With unique designs, and a willingness to try new things, it stands out in an increasingly crowded space. It also stands out for its longevity – Formex Watches was originally established in 1999,…
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Owner review: Ratio Skysurfer
Flieger watches are iconic in their own right, but making a good-looking flieger is not an easy thing – make it too fateful to the original design and you risk it looking just like all other fliegers on the market; make it too different and suddenly you don’t have a flieger watch anymore. It’s a…
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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…
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Owner Review: Timex Expedition North Field Post Solar
Timex are at it like rabbits of late, turning out countless models and re-editions to rival the swatch group. While some are questionable, its latest releases titled ‘Expedition North’ instantly caught my eye with their IP coated and stainless steel cases, choice of solar powered or mechanical movements and varying sizes. I hit ‘add to…
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Owner Review: Sears Tradition Skin Diver – A 1970s Cult Classic
If your parents ever dragged you to the local Sears department store for back-to-school supplies in the 1970s, somewhere among the endless racks of discounted tie-dye shirts and bell-bottom jeans, you may have seen this handsome Sears Tradition Skin Diver sitting in a display case. “Tradition” was Sears Roebuck’s private label for their line of…
