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Design Icons From The Black Forest – Junghans Max Bill

Two 100 Jahre Bauhaus design watches by Junghans: Max Bill Automatic and Max Bill Chronoscope. The Black Forest-based brand is probably known for having the closest ties with this German design movement that started in 1919. There are of course other companies who drew inspiration for their watches from the Bauhaus but no company has […]

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The Hamilton Jazzmaster automatic chronograph leaves a lasting impression

Part of the appeal of the Jazzmaster collection is the beautiful balance of contemporary aesthetic and traditional watchmaking expertise. For 2019, this most refined of Hamilton collections welcomes hero pieces in the shape of brand new automatic chronographs. Their understated style is a style statement in itself. The contemporary H-21 automatic chronograph movement boasts a […]

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Top 10 Omega Speedmaster Articles

We show you the Top 10 Speedmaster articles in the last 12 months with the most reads. This means, of course, that more recently published articles received less ‘views’ than the ones that were already there 12 months ago. However, it will give a pretty good idea of what you like to read here. The […]

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Interview with Panerai Ambassador Mike Horn

This year Panerai surprised us with 3 limited editions. That might sound a bit silly, and indeed it wasn’t thát Panerai presented limited editions, however, hów they will be offered was which surprised us. 2019 was chosen by Panerai to be the year of new Submersibles. Except for new 42 mm and 47 mm models in the […]

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The Drink You Can’t Have: Rolex GMT-Master Pepsi

Today I’m going to launch one of the most requested watches since the launch of Watches and Pencils. It will be all about this famous thirst quencher:   Old Nickname The nickname ‘Pepsi’ for the Rolex GMT-Master seems to be quite old. I found several sources that go back multiple decades. It is an old and […]

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The Best Allrounder I’ve Worn In A Long Time – Seamaster 300M

It is not always easy to be a watch critic. There’s a lot out there that is not really good or making a difference. We shift a lot of the stuff that we come across on forehand, to present you at least the watches we think are interesting for you to read about. Sometimes, there’s […]

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Chasing Time – A Vintage Watch Collector’s Log Book

Chasing Time is a book written by an experienced watch collector, who highlights vintage watches that have gone through his hands being a collector and dealer. This book, written by Alistair Gibbons, takes you on a journey of being a watch collector (and dealer). Many different watches – including those from unknown brands – are […]

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The Gruen Airflight – A Watch With A Smart Complication For Under $1000USD

Looks like a watch with 24 date windows, no? Well, look again. Let’s not beat around the bush: the Gruen Airflight has twelve see-through apertures in the dial. At 1 pm a thin under-the-dial plate shifts automatically to expose the numerals 13 through 24. How cool?! My problem When I unboxed my Gruen Airflight, I […]

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Hands-On Hautlence HL Sphere 01 Review

The new Hautlence HL Sphere is a work of art. I only found that out this past month when I saw Hautlence the first time in the metal. See, since a few years now I visit H. Moser & Cie during SIHH and Baselworld as well as other events. You could read about their latest […]

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Spring Drive 20th & NISSAN GT-R 50th Anniversary Edition: SBGC229

At least for us in Europe, a spotting a Grand Seiko watch in the flesh is still as rare as spotting a Japanese supercar like the Nissan GT-R. Perhaps it mainly has to do with price, as the Nissan GT-R starts at €169.600 here in The Netherlands (cars are expensive here in general). Grand Seiko […]

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Hands-On: Longines Skin Diver Review

Longines simply can’t make a bad Heritage watch. Out of all the Swatch Group brands, Longines is the one company that nails their vintage reeditions 99% of the time. They are also doing it with a very small but talented design team in house. I should know, I’ve met them in Basel last year (thank […]

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Speedy Tuesday Event World Tour (Sign-Up)

Together with OMEGA we are proud to organize a number of Speedy Tuesday events this year, in several cities around the world! We start in May, with Milan and Frankfurt. In June we will visit Hong Kong and Singapore, New York City in September and Japan in October. Last January, we organized a Speedy Tuesday […]

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The Rolex Daytona 16528 That Was Gifted By Ayrton Senna

Ayrton Senna is the legendary (and three times World Champion) F1 driver who passed away 25 years ago (already). Today we show you a watch he gave to his mentor, Angelo Parrilla, who ‘discovered’ Senna when he was 18 years old in 1978. Last Sunday was packed with sports for me. Meaning I watched the 1000th […]

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Hands-On With The Seiko Prospex LX SNR029J Divers Watch

Compared to a decade ago, Seiko (and Grand Seiko) achieved to be on the radar of many watch enthusiasts. And where other (Swiss and German) brands used to smirk a bit upon hearing the name Seiko, they now pay close attention. Just before Baselworld, we saw the new Seiko Prospex LX SNR029J under embargo. For […]

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This Week in Watches – April 13, 2019

Hello neighbors, welcome back to This Week in Watches for April 13, 2019. Did you miss last week’s episode of This Week in Watches?  Well, I missed me too, but as much as I love jawing at you fine folks, there was simply nothing to talk about last weekend.  Plus, I was still feeling good […]

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Baselworld’s Weirdest – The Rolex Daytona 116588 TBR

In all honesty, this definitely wasn’t Rolex’s strongest year when it comes to new releases, but they had at least some surprises. Like this Rolex Daytona 116588 TBR. A gem-set Daytona isn’t exactly a new thing, but a dial like this we’ve never seen before on a Rolex Daytona. Their new Cosmograph Daytona ref. 116588 […]

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#TBT Seiko Voice Note M516-4009

You don’t need to be a hardcore Ghostbusters fan to consider the Seiko Voice Note an entertaining acquisition. If you get the Seiko Voice Note and match it with a Ghostbusters costume equipped with a proton pack, you might accrue some fame at this year’s Comic-Con. Why? The devil is in the detail. Three out […]

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