Tag: 70s

Classic Swiss

Delma Continental Has Old School Cool, But at A Price

This is a beautiful looking vintage style chronograph, we love its lines. But the catch is the price tag of £1860, which is right up there with some very nice Swiss, British, German and Japanese watches. The Continental has a tachymetre, pulsometer plus telemeter, so it has lots of boxes ticked in terms of functions. Inside there’s a Sellita SW510 Swiss movement too, which is … Continue reading Delma Continental Has Old School Cool, But at A Price

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Classic Swiss

Hamilton PSR Captures That 70s Zeitgeist

The 70s were a dark decade in many ways, but digital watches were a new fad that turned the watch industry upside down and made almost everyone embrace the new push-button timekeepers. Suddenly actually winding up a wristwatch seemed like something from the war, totally outdated. Hamilton has revived that 70s vibe with this new PSR digital. For 2022 it gets a green digital display, … Continue reading Hamilton PSR Captures That 70s Zeitgeist

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Japanese Watches

Seiko Prospex Range Gets a Trio of Retro Goodness

What do we make of the latest Seiko Prospex editions? Well they capture the retro spirit perfectly, and those ice blue and white dials have a touch of Grand Seiko about them, which is a good thing. The Uemura model, with its chunky case extension to protect the crown has got us in two minds. In some ways it’s a retro stand-out touch, but in … Continue reading Seiko Prospex Range Gets a Trio of Retro Goodness

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Best Swiss watches

Let’s Power Up The Seventies

If you fancy a tonneau shaped case retro watch, you have two choices. Buy an older 1970s vintage watch and gamble that it will keep reasonable time, or invest in something like this new Certina DS-2, which has the trusty Swatch Group Powermatic 80 automatic movement inside. Yep 80 hours of reserve, lots of modern super luminova, 200m water resistance and a sapphire crystal. You … Continue reading Let’s Power Up The Seventies

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Modern Quartz

Solid Gold Seventies Action, By Timex

Timex are still mining that velvet goldmine with their Q Series 1972 edition. Yes, the great days of T.Rex, Kawasaki Z1S and awesome flares can be yours again. In fact it was exactly 50 years ago that Timex began selling quartz watches so this red dial beauty celebrates a company milestone. The striking gold tone case is also pure 70s, with its wide body, tonneau … Continue reading Solid Gold Seventies Action, By Timex

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Modern Quartz

Coke Themed Timex Editions On The Way

Timex have some Coca-Cola themed watches in the pipeline. The pics on the Timex site suggest that there’sa  classic 80s retro digital model, an automatic featuring a 70s Peace graphic, plus a basic quartz with an onion crown and pocket watch style case, in the range. All have Coke branding on the dials. Soon as we get more info we shall let you know. As … Continue reading Coke Themed Timex Editions On The Way

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Japanese Watches

New Citizen Star Wars Watches Released

Citizen has launched  Star Wars merch range and some of them are kinda cool. OK, the  existing Han Solo chronograph is our fave, but it is 43mm across which is quite wide for some wrists. Here’s the spec from Citizen; Featuring a stainless steel case, rich brown and navy blue Two Tone leather strap and matching navy blue dial with bright red stripe; the caseback … Continue reading New Citizen Star Wars Watches Released

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