Looking at the Apogaum is kind of like watching the Japanese do comedy – the cues are alien, the laughs are strange and manic, and the effort seems over the top but fascinating. No slight against the Japanese – their shows kick ass – but to see a Swiss via Hong Kong Panerai knock-off with a GMT hand and enough odd design cues is enough to spin your aesthetics like a top and is definitely disorienting.
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A bottle of wine, eBay, and a desire for a GMT lead me to order three separate, inexpensive GMT watches. My fool-hardy adventures in bidding are your gain, friends, as I begin the GMT round-up, starting with a beefy Panerai-alike that many of us have eyed on the ‘Bay but never risked buying. We’ll be posting reviews of these watches over the next week, so keep your eyes peeled.
#1 – Review – Apogaum Militaire GMT – Score: 2.5/5
#2 – Review – Vostok 24 Hour Aviator – Score : 3/5
#3 – Review – Aeromatic 1912 GMT – Score: 2/5
I’m not going to comment on the design, but it appears to be chock full of information on everything from ummm… I don’t know? Some sort of store? To forums?
Question: Did Speedy’s ever have display backs?
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Make your own Barcode Clock with Javascript.
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This thing is kind of dopey: magnifying glass + LED makes for a geeky, kind of useless watch. But I suppose this is for older folks or whatever. Anyway, thought I’d share this piece that came via WristFashion.
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WristFashion, which I’m glad to see is coming back with a vengeance, posted this discussion of the Pope’s bling.
Observers are saying that there are signs that the new Pope, Joseph Ratzinger may be more progressive than his record would suggest. These signs or indications or what have you, aren’t based on insider information but on what designer accessory the Pope is sporting:
- Pricey Serengeti sunglasses (the brand Val Kilmer wears)
- Pope’s reading glasses are Cartier’s Santos
- A stylish retro wristwatch with black hands, dial and straps (No word on what brand but our little elves are working on it)
- and a pair Black and gold cufflinks.
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Very cute piece with two rotating disks designed by Issey Miyake. Priced at $350, I like the recessed band.
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I wrote a profile of Blancier for InSync magazine, one of the best titles out there for U.S. watch coverage—I’m not just saying that, either. Go and get yourself a copy and read some of their great Basel coverage and to read my interviews with Willem Kamerman and Till Lottermann, two of the coolest watch ninjas out there.
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A very cute barcode clock. The bottom LEDs show the hour and the minutes appear in green. Now if they could REALLY show the time in barcode and made you figure it out, that would be cool. But what do you want for $35?
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A buddy of mine, Juergen, has created an incredible eBay auction dealie that only shows auctions that are under $1 and have under 1 hour to go. Need a bunch of crappy watches for .99? Check it out. There actually might be some good deals on there…
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It’s as if this damn MP3 watch is infiltrating pockets of the world and people don’t realize how absolutely shitty these things are. I mean Fiddy could sell some kind of squirt gun or whatever, make little gang bangers, and yet he decides to flog a crappy MP3 watch. Are the manufacturers giving these things out for free?
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Watch ninja Chris Cantrell over at WatchReport got a nice write-up in the New York Times today.
I caught him reading articles at a watch review site called Watchreport.com.
Confronted, he pointed to his rubberized wristband.
“It’s ripping apart,” he said.
Upon inspection, this proved true. But the model I saw on screen was no mere replacement. According to the review, the new $200 Casio G-Shock GW-400J came with features like a vibrating alarm, a countdown timer, a thermometer and a moon-phase indicator. To synchronize daily, it received radio waves transmitted by atomic clocks.
The only thing that stood between my husband and that watch was that Casio had released the GW-400J for sale only in Asia.
“I bet you could find it for me on the Internet,” he said.
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An excellent review by Alex on TimeZone of a sub-$1000 chrono. I love the red hands.
Dial: This is the interesting part of the watch. I haven’t seen a black dial chronograph watch with all red color writings and hands. Since Glycine names this watch model as Combat Chronograph, I guess the red-on-black color scheme matches its name well, and it looks cool.
The Combat Chronograph also came in other color dials, but in my opinion the red/black dial is the coolest looking one.
There is a Tachymeter on the inside ring of the bezel. It creates a deep and sporty bezel appearance, another nice touch.
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