A simple watch is the best watch. In the context of this post, “simple” means a basic dial, an uncluttered design, with the emphasis being simple time-telling. Here is an overview of five wonderfully simple watches in my collection: Christopher Ward C65 Trident Classic Vintage, Christopher Ward Grand Malvern Small Second, Hamilton Electric Converta, Hamilton […]
Here we are taking a look at Carty silicone rubber straps. I really like rubber straps on dive watches. The watches in this post are a pair of Christopher Ward Trident Pro 600s, but we will focus on the straps. https://youtu.be/2qOoWh8pxXA Like the Maikes straps I previously reviewed, Carty is another low-cost strap distributor with […]
Ombré means “having tones of color that shade into each other, graduating from light to dark” (NOAD) and I have heard the term applied to all sorts of things from cookies to clothing. Now, Ombré is a watch and it is spectacular. Bronze has been a craze in recent years, particularly in 2017, 2018, and […]
Watch me resize a watch bracelet by removing the bracelet and a couple links from a Christopher Ward Trident Pro 600. Funnily enough this watch had two different spring bars, which gave me more to talk about! This bracelet uses friction pins (pin and collar, pin and tube), so this process applies to other bracelets […]
Watch complications…we love them. Yes a certain purity exists in a three-hand timepiece that soberly tells the time, but mechanical complications add intrinsic complexity and value. But perhaps more importantly from an operational point-of-view, complications substantiate the canvas on which they are built. One such watch is the Christopher Ward C8 Power Reserve (C8 PR), […]