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Going Over Land and Sea With the Benrus Infantry and H6

By Patrick Kansa September 11, 2015

When it comes to watch companies, most people like to focus on the country of origin, especially if they happen to be from that same country. America has had its ups and downs with regards to watch manufacturing, and there are a handful of companies doing what they can to make watches here. We also have brands from the past that have come back from the quartz crisis grave, and today’s review is from one of those brands. Ironically enough, both the Benrus Infantry and H6 are quartz-driven watches.

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Introducing the Tag Heuer AquaRacer Ceramic

By Patrick Kansa September 10, 2015

Tag Heuer is not a brand that I have given a lot of thought to, nor have we really featured them here on these pages. Of course, I am guessing that many, if not all, of you are aware of the brand as I am. Just recently, they came out with a new version of their dive watch, and that’s what we will be discussing today. So, on with the show – it’s time to take a look at the Tag Heuer AquaRacer Ceramic.

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An Everyday Carry Guide to Flashlights

By Patrick Kansa September 9, 2015

At the heart of things, watches really are, first and foremost, tools:  they tell us the time. Yes, they can…

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Taking a Look at the Orient Duke Automatic Executive Sport Watch

By John Biggs September 9, 2015

The words Duke and Orient don’t often go together in my mind, so when I first saw the Orient Duke Automatic Executive Sport Watch, I was intrigued. I thought John Wayne but instead I saw a classically designed mechanical dress watch under $300.

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The ManchesterWatchWorks Westminster and Vergennes Head For The Trenches

By Patrick Kansa September 8, 2015

While we have covered quite a few different Kickstarter-sourced watch brands (due to the diligent coverage of Matt), there have not been all that many that we have seen repeat their efforts on the crowd-funding platform. One of the brands that I was impressed with via some time with a prototype (here; of note, we are working on a review of an automatic update to the watch) is back, this time heading back to an era where pocket watches jumped to the wrist of servicemen. Those are colloquially known as trench watches, and ManchesterWatchWorks is back with their Westminster and Vergennes models to commemorate that era.

Happy Labor Day!

By Patrick Kansa September 7, 2015

Here in the ‘States, it’s a long holiday weekend known as Labor Day Weekend. Rather than try to throw some half-baked articles at you, I decided instead to give you the gift of time.

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Historical Horology for September 6, 2015

By Patrick Kansa September 6, 2015

It’s Sunday, so that means it’s time to turn our world to the history of watches. As with the last time I took this series up, I am going to target another roundup of sorts for you. Today we have a watch in the form of a snake, a history of dive watches (before dive watches existed), and a look at what separates automatic movements from manually wound ones.

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Watching the Web for September 5, 2015

By Patrick Kansa September 5, 2015

Welcome once again (or just welcome if you are a first time reader) to our regular Saturday post, Watching the Web. Here, Matt and I take turns scouring the internet for interesting watch related articles we can point you towards, and we get a chance to crow about our own more popular posts over the last week or so, just in case you missed them. From our friends across the web, we’ll read about Eminem’s watches, learn about new color schemes from MCT, and have a look at the first women’s watch from Urwerk. From our own pages, we have an impressive (and inexpensive) diver, a watch that is two watches in one, and a sharp luxury watch.

For The Price Of A Cup Of Coffee…

By John Biggs September 4, 2015

Hi, all. A year ago I set up a Patreon Page for WristWatchReview and, quite nobly, someone gave us a…

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Tactico Geomaster GMT, Spanish Infuences

By Matt Himmelstein September 4, 2015

It is not an every day occurrence, but more and more I am seeing established (albeit small) brands use crowd funding for the launch of a new product. Tactico is the latest to jump on this trend. Patrick looked at the second offering from this boutique Spanish watch maker back in 2012, and now there is a campaign on Kickstarter to get a variation on their third watch out to a larger audience. The Tactico Geomaster GMT watch is an automatic pilots watch with an ETA movement being produced in limited numbers.