If you’re familiar with the Croton brand, and what they’re producing today, you probably associate the Aquamatic line with quartz divers. You may be surprised to know that this line actually hearkens back to the 40′s – and wow, those watches were stunners.
First, we’re going to have a little look at the history of the watch company Glycine. It was founded in 1914 by Eugène Meylan in Bienne, Switzerland. In 1931, Mr. Meylan introduced an automatic wrist watch completely of his own design. Owing to a lack of capital, this particular watch was not widely produced. If you want to jump in on this slice of horological history, Glycine has something up their sleeves. Read more…
Yesterday, we started taking a look at the Orange Watch Co, based out of Australia. If you read that post, you learn more about the company, and why I feel that they have a passion for watches that translates into a product you’d do well to consider.
Late last year, I became aware of the Australian company Orange Watch Co, primarily due to their submariner-inspired model, which is shown in the graphic above. And while we will take a closer look at the watch later, first I’d like to show you a little more about the company, from what I learned in some discussions with the owner, Dan.
Talk about some nice alignment of coincidences – yesterday I brought up our review (parts 1 and 2) of the Ocean7 sapphire-bezeled LM-5, and then I run across an upcoming Lum-Tec model that features a lumed sapphire bezel as well, the 300-M series. Read on for some thoughts on the new model, as well as a great lume shot.
I was quite intrigued when I came across news of a new model from the folks at Ocean7. It seems they’ve brought forth a new Pilot Chronograph, and it’s offering quite a great bang for your buck.
As you may or may not be aware, the Concorde airplane made it’s first flight all the way back in 1969, and was an amazing piece of technology. The Concord Watch company, on the other hand, traces their roots all the way back to 1908. More specifically, though, a model released in 1969 was brought to my attention by my lovely wife.
A say what, now? Blame that post title on a mental trick I’ve fallen into the habit of – whenever I see an abbreviation, I try to figure out what it may mean (I think mostly due to seeing many vanity license plates). Today’s model is from Seiko, and is the SNZG17 (SNZG = sneezing). Ok, now that my quirk is out of the way, let’s have a look at the watch.
It’s been awhile since we took a look at a watch from Archimede, but another one caught my eye, and here we are. The model we’re looking at today is the Outdoor model. What initially caught my eye was the clean styling of the watch. It almost has a modernized vintage feel, if you ask me.
Let’s start the new year off right, by looking at a new model that’s coming forth from the folks at Praesto – the GMT Greenwich. To be fair, this model was announced all the way back in 2011 (December, to be precise), but that’s fresh enough for our purposes. Let’s have a closer look!
It’s been awhile since I’ve taken a peek at an open heart (or skeleton) watch, so today’s the day to have a look at one that will put a dent in your wallet (unless you search around, that is. More on that later).
Sometimes, it can be hard to tell (at a glance) what differentiates many watches from each other. Sure, us watch geeks can dive into the nitty gritty and split hairs on the movements, brand heritage, etc. But for the rest of the populace, it’s not quite so easy. Now, the English brand Fitzroy is doing what they can to set themselves apart by putting bold splashes of color in play.
Today, we’re going to take a look at yet another brand I had not heard of before – Tutima. (As an aside? I hope I never stop discovering brands, always interesting to poke around their sites). Now, this is no new upstart – they’ve been around since 1927, when they sprung into existence in Glashütte, Germany. While they’ve moved around over the years, they do now find themselves back in the town where they started, continuing the story. Now – on to the watch!
A few days ago, we took a look at the Timex Weekender, which, in the black color combination we saw, looks very similar to the watch shown here. The question is, is it worth the price difference?
In our earlier post on a Graham model with a very stopwatch feel, one of our readers noted that it felt very similar to a Muhle Glashuette model and I have to agree. Their S.A.R. Flieger-Chronograph has some very similar (and similarly intriguing) features.
