Tag: Review

Grand Seiko SBGM221 GMT Review

OK, let me start with my biases. I’m a three-hand guy. Not really, of course, though as a watch addict that would be pretty great. What I mean is that I love simple watches. I have a few divers and chronos but what I really love is a perfect no-date three hander. If I’m going…
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02/01/2021
Owner Review: Jaeger LeCoultre Reverso Classic Small Seconds

The Jaeger LeCoultre Reverso Classic Small Seconds is gorgeous. I love this watch deeply and can’t imagine not owning one. I forgive its flaws because it is just so incredibly beautiful. The way the light plays off the high-polish case, the immediately identifiable shape and proportions, the beautiful guilloche dial and blued-steel hands, there’s nothing…
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02/01/2021
Owner Review: Rado Golden Horse 1957 Limited Edition

I recently passed by my local Rado dealer, simply just to say hi. They told me they had something to show me. What they showed me was a new arrival that instantly stole my heart. The Rado Golden Horse 1957 with the red fumé dial is a new re-issued limited edition from Rado. The curved…
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02/01/2021
Owner Review: Omega Speedmaster Sapphire Sandwich

I’m a sucker for chronographs … there I said it. It kinda feels good to say it out loud. There’s just something about a mechanical chronograph that I find really appealing. To me a chronograph is a precision instrument, it is an object that is purpose built to mean business … or maybe it’s just…
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02/01/2021
Owner Review: Swatch Sistem 51 Blue

Every watch enthusiast should have a swatch in their collection, so why not a Swatch Sistem 51 Blue? Swatch (second watch) refers to the counter of the quartz crisis. The Swatch Group aimed to keep mechanical watches alive by creating an affordable automatic timepiece that could compete with quartz watches. In terms of “modern horological…
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02/01/2021
Owner Review: Romain Jerome Spacecraft

For all those old enough like me who reminisce about their childhood gadgets back in the 1980s, very few know that a now bankrupt but eternally controversial watch brand released the Romain Jerome Spacecraft watch back in 2013 with a limited edition of 99 pieces. The Spacecraft was meant to reference the retro futurism spaceships…
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02/01/2021
Owner Review: Hamilton Khaki Aviation Pilot Day Date

This Hamilton Khaki Aviation Pilot Day Date is a very unique, yet ballsy design! If a German Flieger from WW2 and an American pocket watch were to mate, and have a baby, it would look like this! The case is very nice and wears smaller than the 46mm suggests. Although 46mm is far too large…
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02/01/2021
Owner Review: Rolex Yacht-Master 16628

The all gold Rolex Yacht-Master 16628.. It’s the one to start all Yacht-Masters and the timepiece that started my watch fever as a young man. I selected it as my goal watch because my father said that when I had a real job and proved myself as responsible, he would let me wear it and…
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02/01/2021
Owner Review: Longines Heritage Monopusher Chronograph

The current Longines brand is stuck between a rock and a hard place within the Swatch Group. Those that know within the vintage world are well aware that Longines should be higher up the swatch luxury pyramid due to their historic contribution to fine watchmaking. Their horological input far exceeds that of their adopted big…
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02/01/2021
Owner Review: Rolex Milgauss Z Blue – A Rolex you never considered

Since I got the Rolex bug last year, there has been one watch that has caught my eye since the days that stemmed from getting my Oyster Perpetual 116000 blue dial. There was another blue dial watch that I couldn’t get off my mind. Why? Maybe because the dial is so mesmerizing, with that green…
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02/01/2021