Tag: dress

Owner Review: Norqain Freedom 60 – A modern watch with a vintage feel.

Norqain is a new brand established in 2018 and is starting to grow rapidly in that short 2 years. Available in most major retailers around the world including the Hodinkee shop, the brand has that freshness to it that I find appealing. It has a lot to offer (for a new brand) – they are…
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07/07/2020
Owner Review: Glashütte Original Panoreserve

Many would say that the best watches that come out of Glashütte are A. Lange & Söhne. I will not disagree, but on the other hand, I will argue that Glashütte Original make some watches of almost the same quality and finish. The main difference is that GO make their models in steel where ALS…
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06/07/2020
Owner Review: Jaeger LeCoultre Ultra Thin Reverso Tribute To 1948

I’m not a huge fan of re-editions, homages and tribute watches because I feel the watch industry should be looking forward with “nods” to the past not exact copies. However, this JLC Ultra-Thin Reverso TT48 is just different. When you put the original next to the tribute you can see that, while it is a…
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04/07/2020
Owner Review: FP Journe Chronometre Souverain

Although sports and tool watches are currently all the rage, there seems to be a growing interest in beautiful simple dress watches, such as this FP Journe Chronometre Souverain. So if you are looking for that one meaningful watch that you will wear on special occasions, what will it be? For me, the choice was…
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03/07/2020
Owner Review: Laine Guilloche – The Swiss Chameleon

When tilted to light, the green moire guilloche dial of my first independent watch acquires a beautiful bluish hue, much like a chameleon or perhaps like its Finnish maker, Torsti Laine, a former computer engineer, who altered the hue of his own life after attending the Finnish School of Watchmaking and moving his family to…
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02/07/2020
Owner Review: Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Control Date

To give you a little background before I get to the Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Control Date, I am currently in my late twenties so in the beginning of my career. I wear a suit for work and my first years out of university was all about saving up for different suits in order to have one…
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28/06/2020
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: 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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09/06/2020
Owner Review: Roamer Competence La Grande

At 44mm, this Roamer Competence La Grande is not a particularly discrete watch. The model name La Grande translates as “The big one”, and it uses the tried & true pocket-watch Unitas 6497. Of course there are bigger, thicker, and more in-your-face watches out there, and this one carries off its generous curves with the…
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08/06/2020
Owner Review: Seiko SARB035 – Discontinued, but not Discontent

The Seiko SARB035 is a modern classic for a reason. A definitive meeting of form and function, all while remaining humble and unassuming. The SARB035 is a classically sized watch in a world of dinner plate dials. At 38mm in diameter, there is enough size to give some presence, but it doesn’t scream for attention.…
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07/06/2020