Rolex wants to take a microbrand’s trademark
Kiger, a watch micro brand made by Mark Kiger is the David in a David vs Goliath battle with one…
Kiger, a watch micro brand made by Mark Kiger is the David in a David vs Goliath battle with one…
It was a little over a year ago that we brought you word of a new watch from Audric. Product…
It has been some time since we have had a Historical Horology post, so I would say we are long overdue. For whatever reason, I was just not running across a lot of interesting material about watches of the past. That is, until I came across a recent three-part series that dug into the watches that Cousteau and his Calypso team wore.
I like dive watches. My first automatic, years ago, was an inexpensive (Freestyle I think) dive watch that I purchased because I started diving. For years, my daily watch was a Eco-Drive titanium dive watch. My first purchase on kickstarter (and the direct link to me writing for this site) was an Anstead dive watch. My first high end watch is likely going to be the Omega Seamaster in orange (one I run out of other things to spend $6,000 on). But let’s be honest, these are no longer tools for diving, rather they are fashion choices.
While I don’t write on this class of watches all that much, I do love running across a watch brand that breathes new life into an older movement that might otherwise be headed for the bin. Then again, if you run across an signed (but older) Blancpain movement, odds are that it’s going to get used in some form. That’s exactly what TNT has done with their Seahunter1 Combat Diver.
Or, more precisely, their latest model is. And, surprisingly enough, even though it’s just a three-hander, it actually caught John’s…
Today, we’re going to take a look at another Ocean7 model, the LM5. Many people will say that this is…
In a world where time is a priceless commodity, a reliable watch is more than just a fashion statement—it’s a…