Zenith Mega Port Royal Tourbillon: Expensive Answer To Question No One Asked

Say, why don’t they have a jumbo sized square tourbillon watch with cage bars on the crystal? Oh, well Zenith does, and this odd homage to goth time-telling befuddles my sense of association. On the one hand, you have the underpinnings of a high-quality Zenith Port Royal watch. This handsome tank watch is a modern [...]

Well Done Double Retrograde From Pierre DeRoche: New Brand On The Scene

I have to applaud a new grand that releases relatively sober and legible timepieces. The Double Retrograde from the new Swiss watch brand Pierre DeRoche is an obvious “homage” to Gerald Genta, but well done nonetheless;making for a legible watch that strays from the norm.
A retrograde watch is one that has a hand that [...]

LVMH Gobbles Up Hublot: Louis Vuitton Corporate Bag Gets Even More Stuffed

Here in San Francisco you see an interesting trend since the dot com boon of the late 1990s. You have companies that are started, only to be sold. The whole intent of the company is to paint itself in flattering colors only to attract a large buyer. This odd corporate mating ritual reverses the traditional [...]

Start Your Engines: Racing Inspired Temption Classic Chronograph Watch Available

Perhaps there is not too much classic about it save for the fact that it uses an ETA Valjoux 7750 movement. Temption is a supreme German watch maker, not a marketing agency right? So we can forgive the odd name and focus on the beautiful watch.
Here is a PVD black with yellow trim model, one [...]

Review of the Ball Engineer Master II Diver From WatchReport.com

I came across Ball watches when I was looking for something distinctive and unique; something that combines the tradition of a good automatic movement with modern functionality; something that stands out without being ostentatious. The result was the Ball Engineer Master II Diver you see here.

Review of the Kobold Soarway Diver From WatchReport.com

I was very lucky to find this extremely special Kobold Soarway Diver. Of course, I couldn’t pass it up.

Botta Design Watches Available Through Kenmar Watches

It is easy to talk about nice watches, it is harder to tell you where to get them. If only the watch industry had volume and distribution like the electronics industry. Perhaps someday. Until that point, you’ll hear from me when I learn about a store online selling a desirable watch brand. Of course you [...]

New Linde Werdelin Sea Instrument: Luxury Computer Diving Instrument

As if the existing range of diving computers was not enough, Linde Werdelin felt it necessary to expand their “Instrument” lineup with the Sea Instrument to compliment the Land Instrument. Sounds reasonable enough. If you recall, the Linde Werdelin Land Instrument (discussed here) is a high-end computer that sits on your wrist either in a [...]

Oris Regulateur “Der Meistertaucher” - Big Is Beautiful

The polls have been counted, the results are in and the verdict…size matters! Well, at least underwater, according to Oris. The swiss watchmaker, well known for producing high quality yet at the same time surprisingly affordable diving watches, has just released its new diving watch, and its the largest ever! At 49mm the Regulateur “Der [...]

Omega Wants You! Pays George Clooney To Look Goofy For The Cause

What times we live in. Who would have ever thought to see a celebrity endorse a watch company’s recruiting efforts. Sure we are all used to celebrities modeling watches, even attending watch public relations events. I even wrote about watch companies like Audemars Piguet making watches for US presidents, who then plug the brand (for [...]

This Must Be Citizen Campanola Month: Grandaddy Of Campanola Grand Complication Watches Available

I know what you are thinking. With all these CItizen Campanola watches that I keep talking about, how could they be as rare as I say they are? Well they are rare, but great ones seem to be showing up alot lately. So lets be fortunate for that. If it was November, I would say [...]

Citizen Campanola Grand Complication Watch Model AH4010-58L Available

The Grand Complication line of Citizen Campanola watches houses the most complex movement that Citizen has to offer in the Campanola range (their highest range). I glowingly mention the Citizen Campanola range of watches with frequency, and hope that more of these watches become available. Until that point however, we are limited to the limited [...]

Trendy Ocean7 G-2 Diver Chronograph Watch With Carbon Fiber Face Available

I’ve got to hand it to Ocean7 for doing it right. What right you ask? Well starting a watch company and successfully selling watches online. While selling online directly to the consumer while taking fan feedback into consideration is not a novel concept, it is in the watch world, and that is exactly what Ocean7 [...]

Rare Grand Seiko GMT Spring Drive Watch Available For Sale

One of my favorite watches that I describe as the Japanese Rolex GMT Master II is available on eBay as lightly pre-owned. I discussed the Grand Seiko GMT Spring Drive watch here. These are a very limited edition, Japan-only watch, and seldom come to the US. In fact, this one is being sold from [...]

Limited Edition Limes Endurance Rallye Chronograph On eBay: Quality Heritage Racing Watch

I cannot say that I frequently look at my watch while driving. If I did, all that would ensue is a traffic hazard from my prolonged glare. However, drivers on a track often use their watches to measure speed. Why not use a speedometer? Well that would be just too easy. Using a tachymeter on [...]

Tag Heuer Meridiist Mobile Phone Is Official: Costs More Than Your Tag Watch, Watch Out Vertu

This could be an answer to a question the market did not ask, or it could be a great device that is (economically) ahead of its time. When Vertu came out with their ultra-high end phones, the mobile phone enthusiast world scoffed. A) why pay so much money for a phone that is going [...]

Vulcain Cricket Diver X-Treme Watch Is Attractive, Not Very Extreme

I would imagine that the typical watch consumer is intelligent. At least understanding words and meaning. What do you think of when you hear “extreme” or the even more extreme iteration of extreme, “xtreme?” Well I think about objects that takes a beating, and do so while functioning well. Not fancy gold watches with mechanical [...]

Ultra Cool, Ultra Rare Seiko Spectrum E-Ink Limited Edition Concept Watch Available: A Woman’s Watch You Pretty Much Want To Wear

You don’t have to think of yourself as “pretty girl” for wanting to adorn this awesome watch. For Basel 2007, Seiko unveiled this incredible watch bracelet to show off the power of what e-ink (electronic ink) will provide to watches in the near future. The demand for the watch resulted in a limited production of [...]

Titanic DNA Day & Night - What Time Is It You Ask. At This Price, Does It Really Matter?

Earlier this year saw the release of the incredible, yet arguably excessive, new timepiece series from Romain Jérôme, the Titanic DNA, a unique offering that uses parts of the actual ship in its construction. In what seems to be a year of firsts for this relatively new brand, Romain Jérôme has introduced its own special [...]

Suunto Core Line Is Anything But Middlestream Wrist Computer

Last year Sunnto released the Core series of watches, attempting to merge style with Sunnto’s almost legendary mixture of features and functions in what they call “wristop computers.” The Core line does a great job of combining the functions that Suunto is known for. You get an altimeter (measuring altitude), barometer (barometric pressure for weather [...]

Breguet Grand Complication Ref. 1160 Pocket Watch: Return Of A Legend In Spirit And Actuality

1783 France - Louis Abraham Breguet is contacted for the commission of the world’s most elegant and complicated timepiece to be handed to Queen Marie-Antoinette. A task commissioned by Count Axel de Ferson, an officer in the Queen’s high guard, and a suitor to the queen. Price and time meant nothing, “make the most spectacular [...]

New 2008 Citizen Promaster Diver Watches: Eco-Drive + Atomic Accuracy

There seems to be a constant feature ballet involving Citizen, Seiko, and Casio. The dance involves elegantly weaving in an increasing amount of technology into watches while making them look appealing at the same time. For a while Casio was prevailing in the feature category, but most of the watches succeed in looking “cool and [...]

Seiko Velatura Diver Watch: Innovative Kinetic Direct Drive Movement Gets More Manly Exterior

New for Basel 2008 Seiko has released a bevy of new watches. Even in the shadow of some of the new Seiko Spring Drive watches, the often overlooked Velatura line has a wonderful new diver watch. The Velatura line was introduced last year, the highlight being the Kinetic Direct Drive movement discussed by aBlogtoRead.com here. [...]

Orbita Privee RX Watch Winder Review: High On Looks, Low On The Rest

Orbita is a well regarded watch winder manufacturer here in the US, as many of you know. They recently released their Privee RX single watch winder to a limited number of people for a discounted price. I was eager to get my hands on one of these luxury watch winders as I could never pay [...]

Flashlight With The Spirit Of A Fine Watch: The Lumencraft GatLight V3 Titanium

Watch lovers like myself seem to have tendency to love anything “engineered.” Sort of like the nerd equivalent of “designer.” I just get excited anytime I see a relatively simple item which has so much thought and effort (and hopefully quality) put in to it. We like nice watches, because they take the simple concept [...]

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