We travel to Lisbon with Breitling’s latest update to the SuperOcean Range and spend some time with a couple of distinctly contemporary watches that re-embody their historical design language.
We take a look at who the real world James Bond is, his background and what he really wears on his wrist!
We spend a week in paradise with a trio of Bremont watches exploring their similarities, differences and what makes them special.
We spend some time with the Oris Diver 65 and find one of the most compelling packages available at this price point.
What happens when a Strap company starts to make watches? We spend some time with the CrafterBlue MechanicOcean to find out.
Seiko have replaced the SKX with 27 watches that are less capabile than the watch they replace. We take a look at why and what this might mean for Seiko.
They say that there are in fact only two kinds of watch enthusiasts, those who have discovered the Seiko SKX, and those who are yet to discover the SKX! The Seiko SKX is one of the worlds most ubiquitous watches. Universally loved by so many around the world, it manages to achieve the seemingly impossible. Let me explain the problem… As a divers watch it is inherently robust, yet the case of the SKX has curved sides ensuring the watch is extremely comfortable when you flex your wrist. The lug to lug dimensions are modest at 46mm meaning it can be comfortably worn by wrists of all sizes (for comparison the 38mm NOMOS Club campus has a considerably larger lug to lug distance of 48.5mm). The crown is offset to the 4oclock position ensuring it doesn’t dig into the back of your hand. The dial is extremely legible and includes both…
…..or “why no one needs a helium release valve but everyone has one!” If you’ve been reading articles in the watch world for a year or more it’s likely that you will have come across at least one article discussing the presence of helium release valves in modern watches. What most of those articles will quite rightly explain is that you simply don’t need one as most divers don’t dive with their watches – mainly because they now use dive computers, and for those who do, less than 1% are ‘saturation divers’ (the type of diving where a build up of helium on a watch is possible and likely). However what I’m going to explain is why they don’t need one either! Firstly let’s cover the basics of what it is for and why a divers watch might need one. When divers operate at great depths, they either live in…