The Mercer Watch Company Wayfarer GMT, Kickstart your Travel Kit

By Matt Himmelstein June 30, 2015

There are a number of watch complications out there, and one that Patrick and I both really like is the GMT. With the Mercer Watch Company Wayfarer GMT, this new company is bringing this complication to market in their sophomore watchmaking effort. I wrote about the Brigadier automatic back in March, and it looks like that watch is getting in the hands of the backers, with a positive response. With that project in its final stages, Mercer is back on Kickstarter looking for funding for project #2.

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Reintroducing the M&Co PIE Brass Watch from Projects Watches

By Patrick Kansa June 29, 2015

As should be no surprise to readers of our site, Projects Watches creates watches that are driven first and foremost by design. These are not the watches you’ll see in the local mall that many will dismiss as “fashion” watches. No, these are watches that pull designers in from other industries and give things an interesting look. Until recently, I was not aware that they started collaborating with M&Co – a design shop of some reknown – back in 2005. Drawing on that relationship, Projects Watches is reintroducing the M&Co PIE Brass Watch.

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Watch Video Rewind for June 28, 2015

By Patrick Kansa June 28, 2015

Welcome back to the Watch Video Rewind, our weekly feature where we bring to light watch related videos from the web that we think are interesting

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Watching the Web for June 27, 2015

By Patrick Kansa June 27, 2015

Welcome to Watching the Web, our weekly look around the internet for interesting watch related articles and news, and our chance to highlight our most popular recent posts.

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Lionstone SuperSlim and Ceramic Watches, Persistence Pays off

By Matt Himmelstein June 26, 2015

Crowd funding a project can be hit or miss. There are a lot of watch projects out there, and it is tough (even for us folks who look at a lot of projects) to predict which ones will make it, and which ones won’t. I know of a few watches that I thought were sure fire hits that never made it, and others that I thought were just average that blew up (no names in the latter), and then even more that either deserve their success or obscurity. Lionstone has tried to launch a couple of times, and never quite hit the mark, in spite of what I think is a pretty intersting campaign. They are at it for one final go, with the Lionstone SuperSlim and Ceramic Watches, currently on Indiegogo.

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Hourtime Episode 177 – Hourtime Hates Kickstarter

By John Biggs June 26, 2015

Welcome to the HourTime show, the best 30 minute (+/-) hour podcast on the web.

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Spending Time with the Dietrich OT-3 Organic Time

By Patrick Kansa June 25, 2015

It does not seem like it was all that long ago that spring was just, well, springing, and I was writing about the Dietrich Organic Time. Since that initial writeup – which I suppose we can treat as an preview – we were sent over a sample to spend some time with and get some first-hand impressions of the watch. Does it hold up to my assumptions in the earlier article? Well, read on for our review of the Dietrich OT-3.

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Benarus Megalodon, Back from the Deep

By Matt Himmelstein June 24, 2015

The Megalodon was a prehistoric shark, the biggest and (presumably) baddest shark to live on Earth. Not too long ago, I saw an article which asked if any of these cold still be alive in the deep ocean (no), but one is definitely back. The Benarus Megalodon dive watch is now available for pre-order, and it is still the beast it has always been.

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Projects Watches Suprematism, Art History Degree Not Required

By Matt Himmelstein June 23, 2015

Project Watches is a company that is constantly looking for new ways to use elements of design and art in the way a watch tells time. There are times I think they are a little obtuse, and there are times that the designs work, and there times where the inspiration is a little obtuse, but the design still works. This is the case with the Projects Watches Suprematism. I will get into the basis for the design in a moment, but for me, the design works.

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ManchesterWatchWorks Armada, Let the Sun Shine

By Matt Himmelstein June 22, 2015

Fresh of the heels of their first crowdfunded success, ManchesterWatchWorks is back at it again, with a modern looking diver recharged by the sun (really any light). These quartz driven, photovoltaic recharged watches are not new, companies have been making them for decades, but the ManchesterWatchWorks Armada is the first crowd funded dive watch I have seen with this technology, and it looks to be an attractive package.

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