Author: southslope.nyc

Owner review: 1967 Bulova Snorkel 666 “J”

Did you know that America runs on Bulova time? Or so went Bulova’s motto in the world’s first ever television commercial broadcast on July 1, 1941 during a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies. These days, America runs on Dunkin and the Dodgers play for Los Angeles — but we can still…
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05/01/2023
Owner Review: Zenith Chronomaster Revival Shadow

There are few watch brands out there who can tell a truly compelling origin story. Take for example, Gerald Genta’s ground-breaking designs, credited for rescuing AP during the Quartz Crisis; or Seiko’s meteoric rise during the 1960s from scoffed-at outsider to dominant force at the Swiss Chronometer trials; and who can forget Omega’s famous exploits…
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16/10/2021
Owner Review: Seiko Lord Matic 5216-8020

Tokyo, summer, 1976. Hiroshi toils away late into the night performing tedious cost calculations at the offices of Yamato Construction, desperately trying to impress the boss. If only he could prove himself to Yamato-san, he’d surely get that big promotion. He looks down at his wrist to check the time; He’s going to miss the…
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13/09/2021
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…
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10/05/2021
Owner Review: Tudor Black Bay Blue 58 – One You Can Marry

Winner of a 2020 GPHG award and perhaps more impressively, the Fifth Wrist Diver of the Year at the 2020 Wristies Awards, the Tudor Black Bay Blue 58 is one of the most talked about watches to come out of 2020. But are we all just falling victim to Insta-hype? As 2020 drew to a…
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03/05/2021
Owner Review: Benrus Military Field Watch

Beloved for its clean utilitarian aesthetic, the field watch is one of the most iconic styles of watch produced today and it’s available in a dizzying array of variations from many watch brands, large and small. However, whereas the modern-day field watch is worn primarily for fashion, the aesthetic was born out of a need…
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18/03/2021
Owner Review: Lorier Falcon V1 – A young brand with an old soul

Lorier is a young micro-brand started by husband and wife, Lorenzo and Lauren Ortega in 2018. I had the opportunity to meet Lorenzo and Lauren at the Wind-Up watch fair in New York in 2019. Our chat was brief but what struck me most was their sincerity and humility. It was clear to me that…
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02/01/2021
Owner Review: Omega Speedmaster Reduced

The Omega Speedmaster Reduced 3539.50 is somewhat of a sleeper in the watch world. It evokes a lot of the same classic styling of the iconic 42mm Speedmaster Professional “Moonwatch” but sporting an automatic movement in a versatile 38mm form-factor instead. Unfortunately, the Speedmaster Reduced has long been discontinued but at least they’re still pretty…
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02/01/2021
Owner Review: Timex Q x Hodinkee – Can We All Just Get Along?

I’m bound to raise a few eyebrows among the Fifth Wrist Writers Guild with a review of the Timex Q x Hodinkee. Fifth Wrist’s number one raison d’être is to remove brand marketing intervention from watch journalism and it’s no secret that Hodinkee is leaning hard into the brand marketing side of watch journalism lately.…
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08/12/2020
Owner Review: Baylor Chronograph – I Want a New Drug. 💊

After nearly seven months of being cooped up due to a global pandemic, I’ve come down with a strange new symptom of my watch-addiction madness. I have now acquired an inexplicable predilection for obscure vintage store-brand watches such as Baylor. It can lead to any and all of the following complications: 1) All-night sessions researching…
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18/10/2020