My favorite high-end Citizen watch with a quartz electronic movement gets a new limited-edition reference with the AQ4091-56W “The Citizen” Chitose Midori Green timepiece. Produced as part of Citizen of Japan’s celebration of 50 years of light-powered watch technology (now known as Eco-Drive),...
For the past several years, Seiko has been creating modernized expressions of its most famous dive watches. The Japanese manufacturer has just unveiled a premium rendition of the Marinemaster as its latest release of 2026. Officially known as the Seiko Prospex Marinemaster 1968 Heritage Diver’s...
Another Friday, another list. For this week’s Top 5, we look at another Rolex classic. The Cosmograph Daytona is one of the brand’s most iconic pieces in the watch world. The stainless steel versions of the racing chronograph are notoriously difficult to source through a Rolex dealer, and...
Japanese culture is full of superbly interesting and ancient crafts, which every now and then find their way into a watch. Some of the best-known examples are Urushi lacquering, Washi paper, and Arita porcelain, but there are dozens of other crafts deeply embedded in the country’s history and...
For its latest release of 2026, RZE has reimagined the Type A pilot’s watch to bring one of the industry’s oldest purpose-built designs firmly into the modern era. Originally created in 1940, the Type A dial was designed to provide military pilots with at-a-glance access to the time. However,...
The Dominique Renaud Pulse 60 has the same rhythm as a normal resting human heart, which is around 60 beats per minute. The slow-beating 1Hz watch also has deluxe-industrial looks created with Haute Horlogerie methods. The Pulse60, which comes in a Grade 5 titanium or pink gold and Grade 5...
It’s easy to think of watches as falling purely within the accessory realm, valued for their aesthetic and their finish detail. Sure, they fulfill a practical utility by telling the time, but that could be considered a redundant byproduct these days, as most of us are rarely outside of reach of...
A common critique leveled at Seiko over these last few years is that they’ve abandoned the affordable enthusiast dive watch market and have been creeping toward a higher priced product. Honestly, it’s fair. Those of us of a certain age can fondly remember the days when an SKX diver could be had...
If you have been following us for a while, you are likely well versed in Squale’s divers, vintage-inspired designs, and limited edition runs. The brand has quietly been a leader in the realm of dive watches since the 60s with a cult following from hardcore dive watch nerds. In the past decade in...
Blancpain, founded in the Swiss village of Villeret in 1735, has been making timepieces for almost 300 years, but perhaps its most impactful contribution to wristwatch history was relatively recent — and began its heralded life as a military tool rather than a luxury item. In 1953, Blancpain was...
More than just a game, Mahjong is a cultural bridge connecting global Chinese communities and the East and West, historically serving as a crucial medium for social bonding. And today, it serves as a source of inspiration for the creation of a new watch, or to be precise, the hand-carved Mahjong...
