Author: mr.c.mojo

Owner Review: Tudor Black Bay GMT

In 1954 Rolex launched the GMT-Master ref. 6542. It featured a 38mm steel case with a 6mm screw down crown, slim lugs, no crown guards and a red and blue bezel. The 24hr hand and two tone bezel was developed in partnership with Pan Am for their pilots. The red half of the bezel representing…
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02/01/2021
Owner Review: Tudor Black Bay Bronze Heritage

Tudor unveiled the Heritage Black Bay Bronze at Baselworld 2016. I can remember seeing the press coverage on various watch websites and Instagram, the watch seemed to be generally well received. Personally, it wasn’t instant love for me, but I was intrigued and I wanted to learn more. Beyond knowing that Tudor was the sister…
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02/01/2021
Owner Review: Seiko SKX007 – What’s left to say?

What can you say about the Seiko SKX007 that has already had so much written about it before? According to Jack Forster “It’s probably the single best value at any price point”. I don’t think you would find many people who would disagree with Jack’s view. It has also been a popular choice of watch…
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02/01/2021
Owner Review: Seiko 5 Sports SRPD “5KX”

I am an engineer and I work in an office with a lot of engineers and project managers. It probably won’t be a big surprise that there are quite a few watch fans in my line of work. From the people that wear different fashion watches every day, to the guys with their one good…
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02/01/2021
Owner Review: Hamilton Khaki Field Mechanical H69429931

The Hamilton Khaki Field Mechanical H69429931 is one of those watches that’s had a lot of articles written about it. Which is totally understandable, it’s a great watch. It’s a modern reincarnation of a classic military spec watch, in a super comfortable size. Well suited to many wrists due to its slim profile and decent…
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02/01/2021
Owner Review: Tudor Prince Oysterdate

I have touched on the relationship between Rolex and Tudor in some of my previous Fifth Wrist reviews. Tudor is the sister company of Rolex. Their watches have always been intended to be as tough as a Rolex but at a more affordable price point. I think the Tudor Prince Oysterdate really embodies this philosophy.…
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06/04/2020
Owner Review: Bamford Mayfair

In this wacky world of watches there are two main schools of watch modifying – there are the DIY home modders, switching out bezels and handsets to create their own personalised watches, and then there are the high end watch customisers that take luxury watches and make them that little bit extra. I think cars…
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24/03/2020
Editorial: 2019 Watch Trends

So here are the watch trends of 2019. Well, my take on some of the watch trends, at least. I should start this article with a caveat – I haven’t done any kind of statistical analysis in terms of the number of releases or sales, this article is purely based on my observations from the…
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05/01/2020
Owner Review: TAG Heuer Aquaracer – the watch that saved Heuer

It’s the late 1970s (long before the TAG Heuer Aquaracer) and the quartz crisis is taking hold. Heuer is a brand known for its mechanical stopwatches and chronographs, what can it do survive? The solution, launch a quartz dive watch, the Heuer 1000. The Heuer 1000 was intended to be an affordable yet robust dive…
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09/12/2019