• Owner review: Grand Seiko Diver SBGA229

    Owner review: Grand Seiko Diver SBGA229

    When I first started looking at Grand Seiko and their Spring Drive watches, it wasn’t the Snowflake that caught my attention, it was a large dive watch with the reference SBGA029. Even though I had seen many black dive watches before, this stuck in my head. I searched for every post with this watch that

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  • R&R – Union Glashütte 1893 Johannes Dürrstein Power Reserve

    R&R – Union Glashütte 1893 Johannes Dürrstein Power Reserve

    Welcome to the horology world’s ultimate watchmaking podcast network. On this episode of Rob & the Regulator, Artisian Watch Technician Alex and Ex Richard Mille employee Rob talk about the latest releases from the watch industry. Including the amazing new Union Glashütte 1893 Johannes Dürrstein Power Reserve.. The fine quality alcohol consumed sensibly on this

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  • Owner review: Ochs und Junior Settimana

    Owner review: Ochs und Junior Settimana

    Preface: this review is being written on behalf of, and in cooperation with, the owner of the Ochs und Junior Settimana – my wife My wife doesn’t like watches – she rolls her eyes when I show her an amazing A. Lange und Sohne complication, or try to express my excitement when I got to

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  • Owner review: Tudor Tiger Prince Date Chronograph

    Owner review: Tudor Tiger Prince Date Chronograph

    Daytona..Daytona..Daytona.. Admit it – you want one. Everyone wants one. Heck, I want one too. 🙂 But gone are the days wherein you can walk to a Rolex AD and get yourself the watch of your dreams to celebrate that promotion or event in your life. Yeah, it’s been like that for a number of

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  • Owner review: Glycine Combat Sub GMT

    Owner review: Glycine Combat Sub GMT

    I used to travel a lot for work and when I started collecting watches (not so long ago), I was always intrigued by a GMT complication, but most of them were out of my budget. I also liked Glycine Combat Subs but I was kind of intimidated by the size. Then I discovered that they

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  • Owner review: M.A.D.1 Red

    Owner review: M.A.D.1 Red

    A lot has already been written about how the M.A.D.1 Red watch came about, and the relationship to Max Busser and MB&F so I won’t rehash it here. Suffice to say, I was one of the people who emailed MAD Galleries when the original M.A.D.1 Blue was released, to express interest in purchasing one if they

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  • Rob & The Regulator – HYT Gave Me Hastroids

    Rob & The Regulator – HYT Gave Me Hastroids

    Welcome to the horology world’s ultimate watchmaking podcast network. On this episode of Rob & the Regulator, Artisian Watch Technician Alex and Ex Richard Mille employee Rob talk about the latest releases from the watch industry. Including the new HYT Hastroid.. The fine quality alcohol consumed sensibly on this podcast is provided by Milton Rum

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  • Owner review: Nomos Orion Neomatik Silvercut

    Owner review: Nomos Orion Neomatik Silvercut

    I’m no stranger to Nomos, the Nomos Orion Neomatik Silvercut is the fourth one I’ve owned. It came up for sale from a fellow watch collector, barely used, so I just went for it. I’ve been looking for my next Nomos, but wanted something different from my Club and Lambda. The fact that the Nomos Orion

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  • Owner review: Pagani Design PD1685

    Owner review: Pagani Design PD1685

    How many Divers actually get pushed to their 200m-300m subsurface claims? How many GMT’s are actually set to an important alternate timeline? How many chronographs are actually timing the speed of an aircraft? As I type this I am wearing a Bulova LP that cannot even tell me the date! But, I digress. This review

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  • Owner review: Bulgari Octo Finissimo S

    Owner review: Bulgari Octo Finissimo S

    I didn’t set out to buy this Bulgari Octo Finissimo S. No, I was on a mission to buy a rose gold dress watch. You see I’m 40 now and after a decade collecting watches in my 20’s and then avoiding watches for mountain biking/skiing in my 30’s, I had now decided that was deserving

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