Tag: Review

  • Owner Review: Sinn EZM 3 S by @tapir_ffm

    Owner Review: Sinn EZM 3 S by @tapir_ffm

    My friend (and partner in (watch-)crime) Wolfgang calls this „a watch directly from hell“. Well, he’s kind of right: this watch is „hellishly cool“: This watch is fully black. Dial, bezel, case, bracelet, clasp … everything black.  And as it is a Sinn, it’s black hard coating on a hardened surface („tegiment technology“), which means

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  • Owner Review: Merkur Pierre Paulin Star Wheel by @timetothethree

    Owner Review: Merkur Pierre Paulin Star Wheel by @timetothethree

    Wandering Hours, Centred Design In a watch market flooded with sterile reissues and gimmicky complications, the Merkur Pierre Paulin Star Wheel stands out as a rare gem, a watch that confidently straddles vintage aesthetics and mechanical intrigue without losing its soul to overproduction or trend-chasing. Who Is Pierre Paulin? Pierre Paulin was a celebrated French

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  • Owner Review: Serica 5303 by @danghorology

    Owner Review: Serica 5303 by @danghorology

    As someone who owns more watches than pairs of socks (don’t judge), I’ve always told myself I don’t need another diver. Which is exactly why, one sleepless night, I found myself messaging a good mate and buying his barely-worn Serica 5303. He wore it once, decided it was too small for his big ol’ wrist, and

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  • Owner review: A. Lange & Söhne 1815 Small Seconds by @watchesandwords

    Owner review: A. Lange & Söhne 1815 Small Seconds by @watchesandwords

    “The Swiss make the world´s best watches – so do the Germans” This once was the funny slogan of a well known newspaper and journal campaign by A. Lange & Söhne in the mid 1990s. It shows the two watches “IWC Da Vinci” and “Lange 1” side by side. Of course, the add compares two

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  • Owner Review: Seiko SPB151 “Willard” by @brewedtime

    Owner Review: Seiko SPB151 “Willard” by @brewedtime

    The afternoon sun was ferocious. I wiped the beads of sweat from my brow and took a moment to gather myself and take in my surroundings. The Mekong Delta was unforgiving but breathtaking. My shirt was wet, and I had lost all sense of time under the torture of the sun, so I glanced down

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  • Owner Review: Glashutte Original Senator Automatic by @watchesandwords

    Owner Review: Glashutte Original Senator Automatic by @watchesandwords

    Thinking wrong because … A German watch, a watch made in Glashütte, Saxony, an elegant time only execution, center seconds, clear bright dial, Roman numerals, railroad minute track, heat blued steel hands. I bet that every reader will now have a specific brand in mind. Exactly! I mean this brand. It’s exactly the brand that

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  • Owner Review: Casio G Shock MRG B5000BA by @le.bleu.a.deux

    Owner Review: Casio G Shock MRG B5000BA by @le.bleu.a.deux

    In the early 90s, every cool kid in school had a G Shock on their wrist. Being the only Asian kid in school was not easy in the eyes of my parents. Dad worked hard to land a watch on my wrist when he learned about the “wrist game”; the Casio had a semicircular rubber case and a rectangular

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  • Owner Review: Vintage Longines Tank by @danghorology

    Owner Review: Vintage Longines Tank by @danghorology

    Ah, the Longines vintage gold Tank—a relic from the 70s, a shimmering portal to an era of disco balls and questionable haircuts. And now, thanks to my father-in-law, this golden time traveler has landed on my wrist, making me the latest curator of its storied journey. Given as part of the “Three Watches for Thirty”

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  • Owner Review: Hautlence HL08 by @brownsvillewatchguy

    Owner Review: Hautlence HL08 by @brownsvillewatchguy

    A quick history of Hautlence first. Founded in 2004, its name is an anagram of Neuchatel. It’s a brand known for TV shaped cases with jumping hours and retrograde minutes. In 2013 it was acquired by MELB Holding (Meylan family), H. Moser’s parent company. Now the beautiful thing about Fifth Wrist is that I can flat

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  • Owner Review: Fears Brunswick 38 Silver Sector Topper Edition by @time_chapter

    Owner Review: Fears Brunswick 38 Silver Sector Topper Edition by @time_chapter

    The Fears Brunswick 38 ‘Silver Sector’ Topper Edition BS23800B is the third watch in the ongoing partnership between the Bristol-based watchmaker and Topper, the Californian jeweller. It is a departure from their two previous collaborations with a contemporary sector dial and sub-seconds that is reminiscent of Fears dials produced in the ‘30s and ‘40s, which

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