Tag: Review

Owner Review: Armand Nicolet JS9-41

The Armand Nicolet JS9-41 is a 41mm sport diver designed and built in Tramelan Switzerland. Armand Nicolet has roots back to 1875 when the company namesake set up as a watchmaker in Bernese Jura. The business remained family owned and run until 1987 when it was sold to Italian businessman, Rolando Braga. If you live…
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21/06/2021
Owner Review: Tag Heuer Formula 1 Cayman Limited Edition

It was 2017, our first cruise and a port stop in Grand Cayman. Somehow, I got it in my head that I was 40 and didn’t have a “nice watch”. So after a planned excursion, we planned on a bit of shopping before heading back to the ship (side note – on board the ship…
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20/06/2021
Owner Review: Omega Seamaster Diver 300M 007 Edition

Long before I picked up the Omega Seamaster Diver 300M 007 Edition, I have always had a fascination with wristwatches. My first memory of a watch was an Omega, probably a Seamaster, a simple 3 hander in Gold. Growing up, for me, Omega was the watch brand. There was some vague knowledge of their watches…
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12/06/2021
Owner Review: Halios Fairwind – 39mm blue beauty with killer bracelet

I first saw the Halios Fairwind on Instagram. While Jason Lim at Halios doesn’t post very often, somehow the IG algorithm read my mind and dangled this shiny object before my eyes. Halios watches tend to re-sell at a premium, but what really drew me to the Fairwind is the bracelet with on-the-fly adjustability. EVERY…
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06/06/2021
Owner Review: Omega Seamaster 300m 007 Edition – No time to try.

Just to make the point, I’m not a James Bond fan boy (not that there’s anything wrong with that). I do have a military background however, so I do have a bias / preference towards military inspired dive watches. These are my thoughts and impression of this piece after 1 week of ownership. I’ve been…
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20/05/2021
Owner Review: Longines Heritage Military – Connected to the Past

Piercing pain of singing cicadas, dry and dusty smells of a silver mining town and the scorching hot grass leading under the constantly cool corrugated iron water tank that supplied the house. All these memories are seared into my being. Various things remind me from time to time of my childhood but they are somewhat…
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11/05/2021
Owner Review: Rolex Sky-Dweller 326934 Stainless Steel

The word and brand Rolex invoke different things for different people. Most commonly when people think of Rolex they think of wealth, money, excess, rich movie stars and performers. For me Rolex is all about the great solid watch they make. A watch I can buy and wear for 20-30 years and then pass on…
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07/05/2021
Owner Review: Tudor Black Bay Blue 58 – One You Can Marry

Winner of a 2020 GPHG award and perhaps more impressively, the Fifth Wrist Diver of the Year at the 2020 Wristies Awards, the Tudor Black Bay Blue 58 is one of the most talked about watches to come out of 2020. But are we all just falling victim to Insta-hype? As 2020 drew to a…
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03/05/2021
Owner Review: Seiko Chronograph 7A28-7040

A black dialled watch with sub-dials at 3, 6, and 9… Could be a Speedmaster? Or a Daytona? Or any number of copycat derivatives. Not this one, this is the Seiko Chronograph 7A28-7040. In early 1983, Seiko unveiled the world’s first analogue quartz movement with integrated chronograph function. Up until then, unbelievable as it seems…
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02/05/2021
Owner Review: Hamilton Khaki Field Mechanical White Dial

Almost all watch enthusiasts (and YouTube reviewers on a slow day) have given this one a thought at least once – what is the ideal apocalypse watch? A G-Shock? No, the battery will eventually run out. Something solar-powered, then? Perhaps, but what if the sun is blocked by a dust cloud from a cataclysmic event…
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29/04/2021