Skyscraper Art Deco Watch is like wearing the Chrysler Building on your wrist
We reviewed the original version of this watch—the “Crash of ’29”— hands-on back in August 2015. The updated “Skyscraper” uses…
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Watching the Web for November 5, 2016
Welcome to November folks. Where does the year go? Remember, Daylight Saving Time ends in the wee hours of Sunday…
James Lucy Watches of London is going Gaucho
James Lucy is a crowdfunded company looking to create an elegant and timeless timepiece at a reasonable price. What makes…
Gentleman Warfare has a scary name but sells a nice watch.
Gentleman Warfare is a crowdfunded watch led by Ilan Srulovicz, the founder of Egard Watch Company, they with the William…
moVas is serving things up RAW
Yes, you read that right. No, they are not getting into the sushi business. Instead, RAW is an acronym for…
Bre&Co. makes watches that you can only give away
You can’t buy the Bre&Co. Origami Watch for yourself. You have to give it to someone else. When they get it…
Watch Video Rewind for October 23, 2016
Sunday, Sunday, Sunday… And that means monster truck rallies, football, and the Watch Video Rewind, where we highlight a few…
Marchand Watches and racin’
Rubbin’ is Racin’. Tradin’ Paint. American Racin’ goes round and round with just left turns. F1. Bonneville Salt Flats. Watches and autos have gone together for as long as people have been pushing motorcars past the limits of good sense.
Visiting Shinola in Detroit
As any longtime reader of my writing will know, I have a soft spot in my heart when it comes to Shinola. I am originally from outside of Detroit, and had been intimately familiar with manufacturing and automotive, and the impact the downturn has had on those industries, and the people involved in them. Will one single brand setting up shop in Detroit revitalize things on its own? No, it won’t – but they can certainly lead the charge to a revitalized – and skilled – manufacturing base in the city.
Spinnaker Watches: Hands-on
Spinnaker is a company with a large catalogue of watches. They approached us to offer a few for review, and we said yes.
Here’s how this part of the process works. Some enterprising soul will email us and offer a review, and we’ll talk amongst ourselves about all the things right with what we see, and all the things wrong with it, and then Patrick will say we pass on it. He’s often right. We set out to only review the best of the best, the things that appeal to us.