Hamilton, once one of the largest American watchmakers, has a long tradition of accessible, robust field watches and military-inspired timepieces, a style that’s been crucial for the brand with its Khaki Field Collection. While most of the models are modelled after the mid-20th-century Hamilton...
Confession time: I hardly ever play golf anymore. With my busy schedule, tennis has completely taken over. But when a dedicated golf watch landed on my desk, it was a great reminder that I should play more. The Vaer G2 Fairway GMT is a clever golf watch with a bezel that lets you keep track […]...
Put an IWC Mark XV next to a Rolex Explorer ref. 114270 on a table, and you might wonder why anyone would bother comparing them. One is a Schaffhausen pilot’s watch built around a military lineage. The other is Rolex’s purest expression of the no-nonsense sports watch, worn by mountaineers and...
The Singer Reimagined brand is a bit nuanced to wrap your mind around at first. Singer Reimagined began as an offshoot of the Singer Vehicle Design Porsche modification company based here in Los Angeles. That said, the products, designs, and manufacturing of the Swiss-based Singer Reimagined...
Over the past year, Seiko has refined its Prospex 1968 Heritage Diver’s GMT with several editions, including the 60th Anniversary SPB509 and the SPB534 Seashadow. Following the white-dialled SPB519, the latest additions, the non-limited references HBC001 and HBC002 in classic black or green...
Just like an actual bumblebee, Tudor’s new Black Bay Chrono 39 appeared out of nowhere at the beginning of June. We hadn’t even had a chance to recover properly from Watches and Wonders yet. Tudor, on the other hand, was ready to go again with one of the most exciting releases of the year....
If you were placing bets on where the next great independent tool watch was going to emerge from, your finger was probably hovering over a map of the Jura Mountains, or a workshop somewhere in Glashütte. You almost certainly weren't looking at San Juan, Puerto Rico. But while many European watch...
If there’s one thing I’ve learned from being in the watch industry, it’s that you never know when you’ll have the opportunity to do something unique, and that saying “yes” to something without having all of the details might result in a rare, or even once in a lifetime experience. With that in...
[toc-section heading="Introduction: The Boutique Battlefield"] If you were to sit in a boutique and have the sales associate slide two black-dial watches across the tray before you, both may look completely identical to the naked eye, even if they’re not. They might reflect the overhead lights...
