Quill & Pad
My Wife the Watch Collector and Her Collection
MrsG's watch collection includesJaeger-LeCoultre, Blancpain, Alain Silberstein, Audemars Piguet, and more. Here GaryG explains a bit more about the hows and whys of her watches.
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The Unintentional Watch Collector: An Unplanned Watch Collection Spanning Eight Decades
Colin Alexander Smith never set out to collect watches; in fact, he suspects that deep down he aspires to being a one-watch guy. He has only bought himself a new watch on two occasions in his life. Nevertheless, through a combination of new and used purchases, gifts, hand-me-downs, and inherited pieces, Colin has managed to accumulate a selection of watches that rather neatly spans eight consecutive decades of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Find out what is behind each of these watches remaining in Colin's collection right here.
Monochrome
Just Because – My Lost Watch, an Endless Quest to Find a Perfect Daily Beater and a Personal Tale about the Seiko Sea Horse
We, at MONOCHROME, rarely publish so-called “guest posts” and prefer to use our Collector’s Series as a platform to share our readers’ adventures with a watch. Today, we had to make an exception. The reason is simple. The story was just too good to not be shared. It tells a tale about a watch, something […]
Deployant
TGIFridays: How to use tilt/shift lenses for architecture and watch macros
We first take a closer look at the Fujifilm Tilt/shift lenses: what they are, why they are useful for shooting architecture and watch macros and how to use.
Worn & Wound
Aquastar’s New Benthos 500 Founder’s Edition is the Release Dive Watch Fans Have Been Waiting For
If you’ve been following the reestablishment of Aquastar over the last few years, today marks an important milestone in the brand’s new chapter. After a series of well regarded divers offering takes on both Aquastar’s actual history and a sort of imagined version of it, we’ve finally come to the Benthos, perhaps the brand’s most famous watch, at least among the cult of divers and sports watch fanatics who have always held the brand in such high regard. This release, the Benthos 500 Founder’s Edition, very much feels like the watch that Aquastar has been building toward for the last few years, and it’s quite impressive in the metal. First, a little background on the Benthos for those unfamiliar with its history. The Benthos was introduced in 1970 as a diving chronograph, but it uses one of the most uncommon executions of what is a fairly common complication that we can recall. This is a monopusher chronograph with a centrally mounted minute hand, and no chronograph seconds hands. That means that when you activate the chronograph, the user has the strange experience of wondering if anything just happened. But wait a minute, and you’ll see that minute hand tick over to the first minute marker, and the functionality here becomes a little more clear. For most divers who would need to engage a chronograph underwater, it’s the minutes that truly matter, and a chronograph like this gives you exactly what you need, and none of what you don’t. The other piece...
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Hands-On With Every New IWC Watch For 2026 With Global CEO
A walkthrough of the entire IWC 2026 lineup with Chris Grainger-Herr, including the Pilot, Portugieser, and Ingenieur novelties.
Monochrome
Just Because – Your Complete Guide to Watches and Wonders 2024, And Everything Happening During The Geneva Watch Week
Here it is… the most exciting time of the year for watch enthusiasts, retailers, and journalists is upon us once again. The most important event of the watch industry calendar, Watches and Wonders 2024 is set to kick off on April 9th, 2024 at 08:30 AM Europe Time. The event gains even more importance this […]
Time+Tide
Tudor is now the Official Timekeeper for Inter Miami CF, and there is a new pink watch!
A Tudor x Inter Miami CF partnership is hardly surprising considering Beckham's longstanding ambassadorship, but a new pink Tudor?!The post Tudor is now the Official Timekeeper for Inter Miami CF, and there is a new pink watch! appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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[Video] The Rado Anatom, and What the Next Vintage Watch Revival Might Look Like
When you write about watches for a living, it’s impossible not to think about the concept of vintage reissues and vintage inspired watches on an almost daily basis. For the last ten years, at least, vintage inspired watches have been the key driving force in the watch market, even if you take a somewhat narrow view of what a “vintage inspired” watch really is. They have been ubiquitous for a long time now. But that’s changing. We no longer live in an environment where every other watch that finds its way into my inbox is based on a design from the middle of the last century. They’re still there, to be sure, but it’s not nearly as overwhelming as it once was. It’s been gratifying to see many brands, a lot of them small and making watches at affordable price points, introduce popular contemporary designs that are original and have resonated strongly with the community. By the same token, the best makers of watches inspired by designs from the 1950s and 1960s have established themselves more firmly, and carved out niches for themselves in the enthusiast community where their watches don’t feel like knock-offs, but part of a long tradition, and possessed of their own unique design language. It occurs to me though that my perspective on this could simply be that of someone who is getting older. I’ve rounded 40 now, and am shocked on a weekly basis to learn that albums and movies that meant a lot to me in high school and college are now celebrating 20 and 2...
Time+Tide
The Ball Roadmaster Marine GMT is a tough titanium worldly beater watch
Welcoming those who crave the hyper-masculine, stern and tough, the Ball Roadmaster Marine GMT is a tough titanium watch to look into.The post The Ball Roadmaster Marine GMT is a tough titanium worldly beater watch appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
Fratello
Dear Watch Fans, Pace Yourselves And Beat The FOMO - A Watch Is Not A Pair Of Sneakers
Dear watch fans, it’s time to take a breather. Just sit back, relax, and listen to the 8-track - and you can do that while listening to Me’shell Ndegéocello’s song “I’m Diggin’ You (Like an Old Soul Record).” The reason I’m writing this is that the fast-paced digital world seems to be taking its toll […] Visit Dear Watch Fans, Pace Yourselves And Beat The FOMO - A Watch Is Not A Pair Of Sneakers to read the full article.
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Oris Revives A Watch of the Past - The New Star Edition
On this channel, we review watches that are available for purchase on TeddyBaldassarre.com
Fratello
Fratello Editors Share Their Five-Watch Collections: Thomas’s Picks From Rolex, Omega, Panerai, And VPC
When Morgan accidentally started the #fivewatchcollection trend on Instagram, I wasn’t planning on sharing mine. Until the concept crossed over to Fratello, that is. You can gauge my social media trendiness by my tardiness to this game, but here I am nonetheless! These are the five watches in my collection that currently form its backbone. […] Visit Fratello Editors Share Their Five-Watch Collections: Thomas’s Picks From Rolex, Omega, Panerai, And VPC to read the full article.
Monochrome
Introducing – Arnold & Son Enters the Integrated Sports Watch Game with the Longitude Titanium
No brand, it seems, is immune to the allure of the luxury sports watch, sporty-chic watches with integrated bracelets. The latest brand to dip its toe into the highly infested luxury sports watch waters is Arnold & Son, which introduces its first integrated sports watch at Watches and Wonders 2024. Christened the Longitude in honour […]
Fratello
Fratello On Air: Our Favorite Watch And Strap Or Bracelet Combinations
This week, Fratello On Air returns with a new episode inspired by one of our listeners. We’re talking about our favorite watch and strap combinations. Of course, we’re allowing bracelets to enter the conversation as well. As always, we also have several other topics on tap. So, what are our favorite watch and strap combinations? […] Visit Fratello On Air: Our Favorite Watch And Strap Or Bracelet Combinations to read the full article.
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Exclusive: Top 50 Swiss Watch Companies of 2023 and Future Forecasts With Oliver R Müller | Part II
Presenting part two of Wei and Oliver R Müller’s insightful discussion, where they delve into the triumphs of the Swiss watch industry in 2023. From the dominance of the ‘Big Four’ luxury watch brands to intriguing surprises within the industry, join them as they unravel the fascinating narrative behind the success story of Swiss horology. […]
Quill & Pad
WatchCharts March 2024 Watch Market Update
The WatchCharts March 2024 watch market update discusses a potential stabilization in secondary market prices, the recent interesting dynamics of the Rolex Pepsi market, and share some of the best and worst performing brands and collections of last month.
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Why I Started a Watch Club and How You Can Join
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New: Citizen 100th anniversary limited edition Pocket Watch
The Citizen 100th Anniversary Limited Edition Pocket Watch is a remarkable tribute to a century of watchmaking. This exquisite timepiece is a modern reinterpretation of Citizen's first pocket watch from 1924, limited to just 100 pieces.
Monochrome
In-Depth – Diving with the Sinn U50, The Smaller Version of THE German Dive Watch
If you’re on this website, reading the latest article in my diving test series, there’s a pretty good chance that you have at least a passing familiarity with Sinn watches. There is an equally good chance that most of your non-watch-nerd friends, family, and colleagues do not. Flying just under the radar, Sinn has been […]
Time+Tide
The Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix is on this weekend – and we’re on the watch beat
Watches and F1 go hand in hand, so we're on the ground sniffing out watch stories at Albert Park.The post The Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix is on this weekend – and we’re on the watch beat appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
Time+Tide
Did you know Coldplay’s Chris Martin co-designed a dive watch collab?
Chris Martin of Coldplay is known as an ambassador of love and now there is a Time For Love watch benefitting the Love Button Global Movement.The post Did you know Coldplay’s Chris Martin co-designed a dive watch collab? appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
Teddy Baldassarre
Watch Lume 101: The Complete History and Primer on Reading Time in the
Luminous material on watch dials - referred to in shorthand as “lume” by both industry insiders and avid enthusiasts - is an element taken for granted nowadays. It can be said without hyperbole that a watch dial without lume is a stylistic outlier in this modern era, but this wasn’t always the case. Discerning the time in the dark presented a major problem for watchmakers in the early days before the widespread use of electricity in homes, and at first the only solution that could be offered was an audible rather than visual one: watches that chimed the time on demand, like minute repeaters and sonneries. Only a handful of wealthy individuals could afford these highly complicated timepieces, however, so a more widely accessible technology was needed as wristwatches spread to the general populace. Around the dawn of the 20th Century, watchmakers turned their attention to making watch dials that could be read in the dark, paving the way for the luminous materials that are still used commonly today. The road to perfecting the technology, however, would not be easy, and at times would even be dangerous. Radium The first material applied to watch dials for nighttime luminescence was a paint made from radium with zinc sulfide, which, thanks to radium’s half-life of 1,600 years, offered a long-lasting glow during that period before dimming - the catch being that radium, as its name implies, is radioactive. One of its earliest uses can be traced to a pioneer of devel...
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Top New Bargain Watch Releases That Are Too Cheap! Affordable Watches You Should STOP Thinking About
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Japanese peer-to-peer watch rental company Toke Match shuts down, with watch owners left in the lurch
An arrest warrant has been issued for Toke Match's founder, who has allegedly sold customer's watches rather than returning them.The post Japanese peer-to-peer watch rental company Toke Match shuts down, with watch owners left in the lurch appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
Fratello
Back To Basics: How To Tell If A Watch Is Good
In this installment of Back to Basics, we will go into a seemingly simple question that has a deceptively hard answer. How do you tell if a watch is good? As always, this article is aimed at newcomers to the watch hobby, but I see many veterans still struggle with this too. We see watches […] Visit Back To Basics: How To Tell If A Watch Is Good to read the full article.
Fratello
Hands-On With The Glorious Zenith Chronomaster Sport Titanium - A Watch That Plays Clever Mind Games
If you are not a fan of titanium watches, the Zenith Chronomaster Sport will confirm the number-one issue you might have with them. Straight out of the box, this new Chronomaster Sport feels super lightweight. If you want a watch to have some substantial heft, this is not the watch for you. But that’s the […] Visit Hands-On With The Glorious Zenith Chronomaster Sport Titanium - A Watch That Plays Clever Mind Games to read the full article.
Fratello
How A Colorful Watch Strap Can Lift Your Timepiece Game
Watch enthusiasm is often marked with periods of restlessness. A desire to expand a watch collection can lead to either a sense of achievement or sometimes regret. Before taking the plunge, it is also worth considering a colorful watch strap to mix up the look of your existing collection. It could save you thousands. It […] Visit How A Colorful Watch Strap Can Lift Your Timepiece Game to read the full article.
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Watch Spotting: Bill Murray Wearing An Oris Big Crown Caliber 473 On Set Of Upcoming Movie, ‘The Friend’
Great Danes and a great watch collide in this behind-the-scenes photo.
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