Brands - Watch Complications

Glass Industrial Gets An Update

05/12/202001/12/2021

If you follow me or take a look around my site then you will know that I have a nano-brand Ten Six Watches and make custom builds such as my Glass Series. A favorite I regularly wear is Glass 42 (left above). Another model is Glass Industrial (right above), which has more prominent hands. The […]

Accessories Grand Seiko Reviews Straps

Múgatoo Paris Straps

04/22/202007/02/2025

Back in August 2019 I purchased my Grand Seiko SBGE249 “Blizzard,” a brilliant collaborative offering from GS and Timeless Luxury Watches (now part of Watches of Switzerland) in Plano, TX. Some months after the release and my purchase, another collaboration produced a Múgatoo Paris strap worth the splurge and spoiling of a very special watch.

Dress Reviews Seiko

Seiko Presage Cocktail Irish Coffee

04/18/202001/04/2021

Sometimes, pictures should do most of the talking. Such is the case in this review of the Seiko Presage Cocktail Irish Coffee. The stunning limited edition reference SSA401J1 suggests a bridge exists between the dial work of Seiko and Grand Seiko.

Accessories Reviews Straps Vario

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.

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.

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 […]

Casual Dress Projects Ten Six Watches

Pool of Tears

11/27/201901/11/2021

Pool of Tears is Chapter II of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and serves as the inspiration for the next set of models in my Wonderland Series for my nano-brand 10/6. The pooling effect on the dials combined with the colors, hands, and logo remind the wearer of a foreign but familiar setting. Consistent with the […]

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