Some watches just look right and the latest addition to the Citizen Promaster Dive collection is a winner. Green dial, green bezel, always a good combo. Add in 200m of resistance, 44mm wide case, plenty of lume and a mineral crystal and the spec is tempting at £399. You get the usual chronograph functions too, so it’s versatile at the racetrack as it is underwater. … Continue reading New Stuff: Citizen Promaster Dive in Green is a Winner
Two more variations of the Alpina Alpiner automatic and despite the tweaks, we still have trouble considering this watch as a good buy. Let’s start with the movement, which is a modern take on a very old ETA unit. You’ll find the ancestor of that big chunky automatic gear train ETA unit inside things like a 1970s Oriosa, Rotary, Montine etc. Nothing really wrong with … Continue reading Alpina Alpiner Extreme: Two New Variations To Consider
Citizen have gone back to 1973 for inspiration for their new retro case Eco-Drive models, which some very impressive power saving tech inside them. Even if just exposed once to light for 12-40 hours, Citizen claims the new E365 series will stay charged for 365 days in complete darkness. This was one of the bugbears with older Eco-Drive watches in the past, you put them … Continue reading Citizen E365: Time Machines, With a Year’s Worth of Power
That could well be the reaction of many Citizen watch fans to the launch of the Attesa in the UK recently. This striking black dial/blue bezel chronograph features a GPS Satellite Wave linked movement, so timekeeping should be super accurate. Perpetual calendar, daylight savings adjustment is automated and the case is titanium. Super titanium in fact. The dial is kinda stardust finished, we love the … Continue reading £2500 For a Citizen Watch, But There Are Reasons
Alpina has released two editions of a retro 1960s style bumper automatic. The bumper rotor was an early incarnation of the automatic watch, made famous by Bolton based watchmaker John Harwood in the late 1920s. After Harwood went bankrupt in the Great Depression in the 1930s, Swiss watch brands began to use the bumper automatic principle in their watches. It was eventually superceded by the … Continue reading Alpina Startimer Heritage, Bumper Auto Editions
These new Breitlings are never going to be mainstream choices. The classic lines, raised numerals on the dial, vintage chrono pushers and almost pocket watch styling mean that for many younger buyers these look old fashioned watches. Something your Dad would wear, bit like a Harley Heritage Softail. With leather tassles. Then there’s the prices. At £47,000, or £55,000 for the Willy Breitling edition, these … Continue reading Luxury Tourbillons From Breitling Are Future Classics
The Red Arrows model has been a longstanding success for Citizen in the UK market. Not hard to see why. The aerobatic team are admired by all generations and the watches tap into that love of UK aviation skill and engineering excellence. The latest Skyhawk AT limited edition has the usual solar cell movement ( usually good for about 12-15 years), plenty of worldtimer detail … Continue reading Latest Citizen Red Arrows Ltd Edition
Alpina is a strange brand. On the one hand, it is Swiss, kinda old school in its outdoor lets-scale-the Matterhorn sort of way. But then, it’s part of the Citizen empire and we have a real hard job swallowing a £1900 price tag for a Citizen watch. The other things that bug us about the limited edition Alipner Regulator are the fuzzy homage to AP … Continue reading Alpina Alpiner Regulator. The Jury is Out
