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Micro Brands

UK Watchmaking: anOrdain Rescues the Paulin Brand

Scottish brand An Ordain has forged a partnership with Paulin, a micro watch brand which struggled to bounceback after the pandemic lockdowns. Paulin will be retained as a standalone brand alongside anOrdain, with the focus being on fashion watches, with a kinda Glasgow art school twist. By contrast anOrdain is more bespoke, handcrafted, with the emphasis on enamal dials, so in theory the two brands … Continue reading UK Watchmaking: anOrdain Rescues the Paulin Brand

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Micro Brands

Baltic HMS Bicompax 36mm: Classic Style Reimagined

Indie brand Baltic make some interesting watches and the third iteration of their HMS dress watch is a case in point. Powered by a Miyota auto movement, the dial mixes elements of old school pocket watches, plus the crosshair simplicity of a Zodiac. Love the deep blue dial option too. All wrapped up in a 1940s style 36.5mm wide case, which reminds us at NWC … Continue reading Baltic HMS Bicompax 36mm: Classic Style Reimagined

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Watch market news

Richemont Watches Selling Well: Latest Financials Here

The Richemont Group has posted some financials for April-June 2023, which show that luxury watch sales are still pretty healty around the world, depsite the higher taxes, food inflation, energy bills and other crap we have to endure in Britain. Only the US market seems to be sluggish after the Covid event, accelerating fentanyl/meth epidemic and fuel inflation following Biden’s pipeline closure and Border opening … Continue reading Richemont Watches Selling Well: Latest Financials Here

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Micro Brands

Torgoen Revives Their T16 Aviation Watch

Torgoen has revived its aviation themed fashion watch, the T16. Various dial colours are available and NWC mag likes the black dial best. Just looks the biz. It’s a big watch at 44mm across and right now Torgoen has Sale on, so the price is £355. That is kinda expensive, even though this watch has a Swiss quartz movement. Rivals may have Miyota movements, but … Continue reading Torgoen Revives Their T16 Aviation Watch

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Micro Brands

Summer Watches: Undone Aqua is a Solid Choice

Undone are one of the more adventurous brands in Singapre. Bold colours, interesting movie or comic book character tie-ups, plus a nice range in dive watches. The Aqua II has been around a couple of years and for $460 it offers 300m depth rating, Seiko power, plus a huge crown & protectors. It looks the part, in the more decorative Foxtrot PVD version, or plain … Continue reading Summer Watches: Undone Aqua is a Solid Choice

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Micro Brands

Undone Launches Donald Duck Themed Watch

Disney cartoon character watches aren’t really our bag, or any other cartoon characters to be honest, but there’s no denying that there is a huge global market for Peanuts, Disney, Japanese Manga/Anime, Batman, Spiderman and a whole stack of cosplay characters on wristwatches. Oh yeah possibly Pokemon too, anyone still chasing them? Oh well, let’s check out this Undone automatic, which is Seiko NH powered, … Continue reading Undone Launches Donald Duck Themed Watch

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Micro Brands

Zelos Got a Brand New Mako 300m Coming Soon

The word from Zelos, who have a range of 300m dive GMT models on the way – some stunning dial colours like the wavy blue below; The latest Mako with the Miyota 9075 is one of the most affordable ‘True’ GMT watches on the market. This means that the hour hand can be independently adjusted which makes it useful for travelers compared to the ‘office’ … Continue reading Zelos Got a Brand New Mako 300m Coming Soon

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Micro Brands

Raven Endeavour II Now on Pre-Order

You can’t really fault 500m of water reistance for just $580 can you? Check out the prices on helium valve 500m Swiss dive watches and you will find that you need to spend over $2500, sometimes $6000 to get that spec. What’s more, the Raven comes in various dial colours, plus different steel bracelets, there’s DLC carbon black variant for another $100 too. We love … Continue reading Raven Endeavour II Now on Pre-Order

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