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Owner review: Dryden Chrono Diver Series 1

In the watch world, micro-brands can be a bit of a minefield for consumers. Questions abound, and without the opportunity to walk into a boutique and try the product on, we find ourselves questioning if taking a risk on a new watch is worth it, even at a more affordable price point when compared with…
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20/12/2021
Owner review: Hamilton Jazzmaster Traveler GMT

The Hamilton Jazzmaster Traveler GMT totally challenged my notion that no watch is perfect. As watch enthusiasts, we are conditioned to know that no watch is perfect. Be it in the design or the features, there’s always something missing from a given piece. And no watch can have it all – it’s almost like an…
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09/12/2021
Owner review: Timex Expedition North Field Post Solar 41mm

The Timex Expedition North Field Post Solar 41mm is an ideal watch for me. I’m an engineer, which means most days I am on a skyscraper construction site, or at a blown-up oil refinery, or standing along the edge of an aeration basin at a wastewater treatment plant. I also have a toddler to get…
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07/12/2021
Owner review: Visitor Vale Park Officer

The Visitor Vale Park Officer is a watch that has a no nonsense military feel about it. It gives off the sense that it’s up for any kind of adventure that you are willing to share with it! I have not doubt that the the Visitor Vale Park Officer design is polarising. Some will see…
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06/12/2021
Owner review: Sinn 8820 – Maybe the most underrated diving watch

The Sinn 8820 was the first new, mechanical watch I ever purchased. I have, however, sold it in the meantime, but maybe my experience is of value for some of you anyway. The Sinn 8820 also was (as far as I know) the first titanium watch from Sinn, released shortly after Lothar Schmidt took over…
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04/12/2021
Editorial: A visit to Hentschel Hamburg

HOROLOGY IN HAMBURG A marine chronometer is very different from a chronograph. Some watch collectors do genuinely get mixed up and don’t realise that a chronometer is a precision timepiece that is carried on a ship to help determine the ship’s position by celestial navigation. The chronometer is used to determine longitude by comparing Greenwich…
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03/12/2021
Owner review: Tissot PRX Powermatic 80

The Tissot PRX Powermatic 80 is a watch you can actually buy! We live in a world now of horological shortages which are affecting a number of high end Swiss watch brands such as Rolex, Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet, FP Journe, and even Vacheron Constantin. It doesn’t stop there. Even Tudor’s popular models such as…
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30/11/2021
Owner Review: Echo/Neutra Averau 39 Moon Phase

The brand is Echo/Neutra and it’s pronounced ‘echo noy-tra’. Their new watch designs are inspired by the mountain ranges of Italy………interesting, however the watches themselves are very pleasing. Echo/Neutra’s current catalogue consists of 7 watches; with the latest Kickstarter backed watch the Averau 39 Moon phase coming in 3 variations with 3 dial colour options,…
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24/11/2021
Owner Review: Doxa Sub 300T

There are brands that are universally known, whether you’re a watch collector or a just casual watch wearer. Then there are those that live in the space that only watch collectors, aka watch nerds, occupy. The Doxa Sub 300T is definitely a watch nerd watch. Doxa is a brand that you’re not going to see…
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23/11/2021
Owner review: Glashütte Original PanoMaticLunar

What first attracted me to the Glashütte Original PanoMaticLunar was the movement – cal. 90-02. It is possibly the most well balanced automatic movement I’ve ever seen. It is not just the finish, which is of course immaculate, but the whole composition of the pretty big micro-rotor, that works perfectly with the ¾ plate. In comparison,…
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22/11/2021