Author: mediumwatch

Owner review: Rolex 16234 DateJust

Are you tired of looking at your boring, unremarkable watch every day? Do you long for something that will make you the envy of all your friends? Well, look no further because the Rolex 16234 DateJust is here to save the day (or rather, the time)! Ah, Rolex. The name alone conjures up images of…
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06/01/2023
Owner Review: Sō Labs Layer 1

Given the numerous options in my collection, whenever I select a watch for the day, I want to feel excited about it, and to be able to explain why it is special. The Sō Labs Layer 1 is special enough that when I am about to embark upon a low-key day, I am often eager to wear…
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22/06/2021
Owner Review: Rolex Explorer 114270

The Rolex Explorer 114270 is the perfect go anywhere, do anything watch – until the day it is not. Weighing 3.6 ounces (102 grams), this 36mm watch affords the opportunity to own the lightest, nimblest sports watch that Rolex produced in the 21st Century. Its successor, the 214270, weighs 4.7 ounces and has expanded to…
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02/01/2021
Owner Review: HMT White Pilot – Very Rare, Yet Very Affordable

India’s Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru believed that building watches domestically was a national imperative. Thus, Hindustan Machine Tools (HMT) was founded as a state-owned enterprise to ensure an adequate supply of economical watches. The watches were made by the millions, in classic designs, at prices that many people could afford. The subject of this review,…
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18/08/2020
Owner Review: Ochs Und Junior Selene Tinta

Picasso was once asked why he was charging so much for a painting that took 30 seconds to make. Picasso replied, “you are wrong – it took me 40 years.” Dr. Ludwig Oeschlin, the inventor of Ochs und Junior’s designs is a practitioner of radical simplification in this vein. Time is invested in design and…
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13/06/2020
Owner Review: IWC Ingenieur Perpetual Calendar 3540

The Kurt Klaus perpetual calendar movement which lies at the heart of the IWC Ingenieur Perpetual Calendar was engineered to be easy to set and manufacture. Through a twist of the crown, and the date, day of the week, month, moon phase, year, and century advance forward. Each day that passes across the face of…
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05/06/2020
Owner Review: Gerald Genta Biretro G3734

In 2019, Bulgari released the Gerald Genta 50th Anniversary Watch, featuring a biretrograde, jump hour complication in an Arena case. For less than 10% of the cost of this new watch, a Gerald Genta Biretro G3734 can be yours. Although slightly smaller (36mm, versus 41mm for the 50th Anniversary watch) and made out of steel…
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03/06/2020