Layered Damascus Steel Makes For A Beautiful Timepiece In The Angular Momentum COLOR-TEC Collection Damascene

It should be clear that Angular Momentum is one of those luxury brands that feel comfortable with endless experimentation. I am amazed at the sheer wealth of watch designs the company has offered over the years. That combined with their one-off pieces and limited editions make for a brand that is worth watching constantly. I [...]

Award Winning Limited Edition Seiko Spring Drive SNR017 Watch Available

This is probably the most beautiful Seiko Spring Drive movement based watch to date. It is also offers the wonderful mechanics of the Seiko Spring Drive 5R67 (5R67A) movement. The watch is so impressive that it won this years “Golden Balance Wheel Award” in the up to 5000 Euros watch category. The Golden Balance Wheel [...]

‘Real Avant Garde’ German Temption CGK204 Watch Available

Tag Heuer’s marketing slogan is “Swiss Avant Garde…” Maybe I understand avant garde differently, but while a lot of Tag Heuer watches are really nice, I would not consider most of them to be avant garde. The term avant garde is one I use with particular frequency, and the concept is simple. The phrase itself [...]

Thomas Prescher Tourbillon Trilogy Watches Are The Most Elegant And Refined Tourbillon Watches I’ve Ever Know

Thomas Prescher is another one of those lucky watch making prodigies. The type of person who just innately understands how to design, make, and improve watches. The young watch maker began the brand in about 2002 after working at a few of the top watch manufactures. This is the typical path for gifted watch makers. [...]

Explaining The aBlogtoRead.com Good Value, Bad Idea, And Seal Of Approval Award System

New feature starting today on aBlogtoRead.com. You’ll begin to see some award icons on select posts. The system is meant to place emphasis on various products, brands, services, events, innovations, etc… that represent one of three ideals. I am going to be selective when it comes to awarding these icons, so just because an article [...]

Bell & Ross BRS Gold Series Is Beautiful; Shows Makers Serious About Men’s Fashion

The newly released Bell & Ross BRS range of watches was a beautiful addition to the Bell & Ross line which is typically focused on instrument watches. The BRS line was strictly fashion oriented in design. You could see this trend starting with the BR-03 that was a smaller (42mm) size version of the BR-01 [...]

Pip-Boy 3000 Wearable Watch & Desk Clock: From Fallout Universe To Reality

For those of you in the know, Fallout 3 is the newest installation from Bethesda Softworks, and one of the most sophisticated and involving games out there. While no longer just for your computer, the Fallout games are set in an intriguing post apocalyptic universe where legacy technology mixes with nuclear mutants, in a role [...]

Bell & Ross Instrument Gets Fancy New Skin With The BR01-94 Pro Titanium

Well hello there Bell & Ross! I see you have a little new card up your sleeve this year. I didn’t really think you’d get too many buyers for your exorbitantly expensive uber-tourbillon watch with unnecessary features like a “trust indicator.” I trust you enough already… You really just wanted to do a design study [...]

Piaget Altiplano Petit Seconds Fills Market Gap For Expensive, Slim, Stylish Watch

Piaget is a watch maker I love. I may give it a hard time because it reminds me petite European man in flamboyant attire, but Piaget makes nice looking watches. Piaget came to the watch scene from a jewelers perspective, so everything had to look nice. Their watches each embody a degree of minimalism with [...]

Marcello C. Nettuno 3 Review: About The Best Watch Available For Under $1000 MSRP

Instead of being clever in the title of this review, I wanted to make it clear how good this watch is considering the price. I have handled a good deal of watches, perhaps not as many as I would like, but enough to know that price does not always equal quality of construction. Meaning you [...]

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