Brian , Author at Watch Complications

Vario Cordura Nylon Zulu Straps

03/14/202007/02/2025

Vario is a fairly well-established microbrand based in Singapore that specializes in a variety of watch accessories along with watches. They sent me a couple of their new Cordura Nylon Zulu Straps to review and here are my thoughts after spending a week wearing them around.

Fashion Straps Watch Shopping

Watch Straps Matter

03/09/202007/02/2025

Watches have a personality. Watches help the wearer express their own personality. Wrist presence is important to enthusiasts be it discrete, subtle, seasonal, colorful, meaningful, powerful, and so on. Certainly, the watch is the focal point, but watch straps matter.

Dive Reviews Timex

Timex M79 Automatic

02/23/202001/04/2021

Heritage is an important notion in the watch world. Like watches, many opinions exist regarding heritage and its value, but in the realm of low-cost everyday watches with American roots, Timex is emblematic of the word. Timex found great success with the 2019 reissue of the 1979 Timex Q and to capitalize has followed up […]

Christopher Ward Movements Reviews

Christopher Ward SH21

02/14/202007/02/2025

Being interested in both watches and watchmaking, the notion of reviewing watch movements seemed a natural fit for my site and something different compared to other channels. Movement Reviews starts with an in-depth look at the Christopher Ward SH21.

Accessories Apps Reviews Watchee

Watchee App

01/17/202001/04/2021

Time for something different and especially in my wheelhouse. Presenting Watchee, an application for managing your watches! Keeping track of a collection digitally has many factors to consider so this post covers a lot of ground. This review includes a watch app comparison, Watchee pros and cons, and a visual walkthrough of using the app.

Atelier Wen Dress Microbrands Reviews

Atelier Wen Porcelain Odyssey Hao Green

01/04/202007/01/2025

Atelier Wen is a young microbrand that blends Chinese watchmaking with French design. Getting its start in 2017, Atelier Wen came to Kickstarter in 2018 with the Porcelain Odyssey series, which was a successful campaign thanks to creating richly colored porcelain dials, embossing a stark caseback, and telling a story worth believing.

Christopher Ward Chronograph Reviews Undone

Undone Vintage Killy vs. CW C3 Malvern Mk III

12/28/201901/04/2021

The Christopher Ward (CW) C3 Malvern Chronograph MK III has been in my collection since 2017, while I picked up an Undone Vintage Killy in a 2019 Black Friday sale. Both are dress-style chronographs and the Undone was acquired to challenge the CW since it gets little wrist time amongst other watches. This is an […]

Accessories Reviews Straps

Barton Silicone Straps

12/16/201901/04/2021

Every watch collector should have a couple Barton silicone straps in their box. Barton Watch Bands produces a variety of strap types and styles, but what they seem to be best known for are silicone bands. This is a detailed overview that also compares the Soft Silicone straps with the Elite Silicone straps.

Accessories Reviews Storage

Glenor Co Watch Boxes

12/13/201901/10/2021

In a departure from actual watches, I wanted to share a look at my favorite watch boxes, which are a carbon fiber design made by Glenor Co. In the video, I show four different sizes and talk about the construction and how my Glenor Co watch boxes have held up over time. Glenor Co 12 […]

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