Casual - Watch Complications

Armin Strom Review and Watch Service

07/07/2021

My Gravity Water has returned from a five-month service trip and what follows is an Armin Strom review and watch service story. I provide insight into Armin Strom as a watch manufacturer and provide plenty of pictures of the watch service process, the watch, and macro views of this stepping stone in the quest for my […]

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A Pre-Owned Grail Watch Lost Its Jewels

01/26/202107/06/2021

Being 2020 (yes I am catching up on posts), this was bound to happen. In my quest for an Armin Strom Mirrored Force Resonance, I decided to take an intermediate step after settling on the Binger 8606 as a cheap stand-in. Enter the Armin Strom Gravity Water, which shares the same basic case specs and […]

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 […]

Casual GMT How-to Projects Ten Six Watches

Duel Time

10/16/201901/11/2021

Creating custom watches for clients is one of the most rewarding aspects of my watch-related activities. My brand 10/6 (Ten Six) is what I have dubbed a nanobrand, because I build one-off timepieces as opposed to larger production runs. I revel in working one-on-one with a customer to bring our collective vision to their wrist. […]

Casual Kickstarter Microbrands Reviews Sports

Hamtun Nanok

07/26/201901/10/2021

Hamtun Watches has seen success on Kickstarter with the latest being the Kraken H2, which had an amazing run, but this post is about the prior offering, the Nanok. This is my first Hamtun watch and the general opinion is that I like it and expect to keep it for now. The owner behind the […]

Casual Kickstarter Regulator Reviews

Leville Regulator

05/29/201901/10/2021

This entry in the Kickstarter review category is also the first regulator I have owned and overall I am quite pleased with the product of this particular campaign. Leville is the name on the watch, but it was created by serial Kickstarter company, Lenvino. Enjoy the review and pictures! The review video: [https://youtu.be/-k2Ouc88-2k] The details: […]

Casual Kickstarter Microbrands Reviews

Optik Instruments Horizon

04/14/201901/10/2021

Let me start with my distilled view of Optik Instruments’ first (and maybe only) watch: The Horizon is fascinating. All the details are in the video, so I will keep it simple here. The Horizon was a Kickstarter campaign that had 1,042 backers. Though an independent company, Optik Instruments is a foray into quartz watches […]

Casual Low Cost Reviews Watches

Songdu

01/25/201907/01/2025

A couple months ago, I came across Songdu as part of Low Cost Watches – A Series. The D-9237M was the most impressive of the three watches I examined in that review, and I expected that I would do a more in-depth review at some point. And here we are. I liked the silver and […]

Casual Projects Ten Six Watches

Glass Date Models

06/20/201801/12/2021

The point of this post is to illustrate some of the characteristics of my Glass Series, but also to highlight one of my favorite models and compare the two variations. 10/6 Glass Date-C 10/6 Glass Date-S Diameter: 42mm Height: 11.1mm Case: Stainless steel, brushed and polished combo Movement: Chinese DG2833, Hand-wound Power Reserve: 36 hours […]

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