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Owner Review: IWC Ingenieur Perpetual Calendar 3540

The Kurt Klaus perpetual calendar movement which lies at the heart of the IWC Ingenieur Perpetual Calendar was engineered to be easy to set and manufacture. Through a twist of the crown, and the date, day of the week, month, moon phase, year, and century advance forward. Each day that passes across the face of…
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05/06/2020
Owner Review: Caravelle Sea Hunter – The Devil you don’t know

Throughout the 1960’s and 70’s, Bulova manufactured quality affordable skin divers under their “Caravelle” sub-brand. The basic idea was to apply Bulova’s QC process to assembly lines outside of Switzerland using non-Swiss movements to keep costs down. The Caravelle Sea Hunter is a close cousin of Bulova’s infamous “Devil Diver” of the same era, these…
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04/06/2020
Owner Review: Gerald Genta Biretro G3734

In 2019, Bulgari released the Gerald Genta 50th Anniversary Watch, featuring a biretrograde, jump hour complication in an Arena case. For less than 10% of the cost of this new watch, a Gerald Genta Biretro G3734 can be yours. Although slightly smaller (36mm, versus 41mm for the 50th Anniversary watch) and made out of steel…
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03/06/2020
Owner Review: Seiko Seikomatic DayDate 6206-8040

Simplicity, elegance and precision are the factors that Seiko care deeply about. And today I am going to review their beauty from the 60s – the Seiko Seikomatic DayDate 6206-8040. Take a look at the silver-grey dial with the “baton” indices, as well as dauphine hands. You can hardly miss the Japanese professional watchmaking techniques.…
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02/06/2020
Owner Review: Rolex GMT Master II Batman BLNR 116710

Long before I found the Rolex GMT Master II Batman BLNR 116710 the watch bug bit me when I was relatively young. I was around 17 years of age when my dad got his SUB No date pre ceramic, that’s the first time I felt and tried on a Rolex. Until then I had only…
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01/06/2020
Owner Review: Farer Eldridge Chronograph

I love Farer watches and when they released their 1st range of automatic chronographs I instantly wanted one, particularly the colour combo on this Farer Eldridge Chronograph. I resisted for a while as I felt £1,700 was a bit steep for a microbrand but it nagged away and reassured by the ever improving reputation of…
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30/05/2020
Owner Review: Cyma WWW Dirty Dozen

Military watches such as the Cyma WWW Dirty Dozen are attractive for various reasons. As tool watches they are usually very practical, well designed and legible, but for some pieces the historical aura that comes with the watch is just as important. I have always been fascinated by the Second World War: the RAF, spitfires,…
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29/05/2020
Owner Review: Zodiac Topper Jewelers Sea Wolf

Of all the watches in my collection, the Zodiac Topper Jewelers Sea Wolf is by far the most unique. The obvious lure of the watch is where we’ll start, the bezel. I’ve found that there really isn’t much of an in between with this bezel as you either love it or hate it. Aside from…
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25/05/2020
Owner Review: Orient TY01V0B – A vintage homage of no such watch

The 70’s were a wild time indeed, and, even though marking a golden age for Japanese watch manufacturers such as Seiko and their younger brother, Orient, the never-ending stream of models at the time may be too wild to be universally accepted. So, Orient has made an attempt to re-invent those designs in their Neo…
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23/05/2020
Owner Review: Oris Divers Sixty-Five

I’ve owned many diver-style watches in the past, and several claiming to be re-issues, but not many pull off the 1960’s-1970’s ‘Skindiver’ vibe quite as well as the Oris Divers Sixty-Five series. Although some of the 65 designs are made with more modern watch fashion influences, like their bronze editions. I have a deep love…
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21/05/2020