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Owner Review: Longines 30CH Chronograph

Longines chronographs with the 13.33Z, 13ZN and 30CH calibers are (imho) the most beautiful in-house, hand-winding chronographs ever produced. Today I am talking about my mid 50s Longines 30CH Chronograph steel ref. 5982. I often use it in rotation with other Longines chronographs in my collection. I wear it on any occasion but not when
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25/12/2019
Owner Review: Seiko 6138-0030 Kakume blue

I first came across a Seiko 6138-0030 Kakume, when a friend had me pick one up for him. He lives in Germany, and the seller didn’t ship Internationally. He had given a fair few bucks for it! So I was wondering what all the fuss was about? I opened the box up and saw that
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23/12/2019
Owner Review: Nomos Club Campus Ace

If you have yet to explore the range of watches that the Glashutte based Nomos offer, I would commend you to lose an hour of your life on their website – in fact, one learns a lot about the culture, history and sense of fun that permeates through Nomos from their website. This is a
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18/12/2019
Owner Review: Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Barakuda

The story of the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms is a rarity in that it is undisputed. The Fifty Fathoms series were the first watches designed specifically for diving. This latest Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Barakuda Limited Edition harks back to the FF watches of the early 1960’s when diving equipment company Barakuda were suppliers to numerous elite military units,
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13/12/2019
Owner Review: TAG Heuer Aquaracer – the watch that saved Heuer

It’s the late 1970s (long before the TAG Heuer Aquaracer) and the quartz crisis is taking hold. Heuer is a brand known for its mechanical stopwatches and chronographs, what can it do survive? The solution, launch a quartz dive watch, the Heuer 1000. The Heuer 1000 was intended to be an affordable yet robust dive
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09/12/2019
Owner Review: Tudor Submariner 7016/0 Snowflake

In 2017, my passion for vintage grew. My good buddy was a keen watch fanatic, who especially loved vintage. I tried on his vintage Submariners, and like any watch enthusiast, once you try on a watch, and if it clicks with you, you know it instantly. The watch I tried was a 1980 Tudor Submariner
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05/12/2019
Owner Review: Bulova Sea King UHF 262khz

So here I am with my third Bulova Sea King UHF 262khz. My Dad had one in the 70’s, and I wanted one like his, I just loved that little Whale on the dial. Sadly it looked tiny on my elephant trunk wrist! So I decided to do a bit of research on what larger
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04/12/2019
Owner Review: Tudor Black Bay GMT

Introduction Tudor Black Bay GMT was one of the hottest watches to be released at Baselworld 2018 alongside the Black Bay 58 and its cousin, the Rolex GMT Master II “Pepsi”. My attention was instantly with the Black Bay 58, but over time the GMT pulled me away and eventually led to me parting with
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27/11/2019
Owner Review: Eberhard Scafograf 200 – The iconic big crown

In the early 50’s the Ernest Hemingway novel “The old man and the sea” renewed the charm of the challenge between man and the sea. In response to this incredibly successful novel, many watch maisons created diving watches. One such watch was the iconic Eberhard Scafograf 200. Eberhard & Co launched the Scafograf collection composed
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25/11/2019
Owner Review: Hamilton Super Compressor – Deeper than you think..

The Hamilton Super Compressor is known by a few names – Aqua-Date, Cape-Horn and Hamilton 600 to name a few – this EPSA cased super compressor dive watch has a lot going for it. Once you start getting into vintage super compressors (especially of the Ervin Piquerez variety), one of the first things you’ll notice,
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21/11/2019