You may love the Moonswatch models from Omega, but there are are alternatives, some with sapphire crystals, tritium gas tube lume and a chaoice of quartz of Miyota auto movements – which is a step up in quality. The Xeric NASA Trappist range might look a little bit too Star Wars for you, but then again, perhaps you love the night time lume and the … Continue reading Xeric Trappist NASA gets New Colours, Sapphire Crystals
Some watches are designed to do one thing exceptionally well and it could be channelling 1930s art deco like a JLC Reverso, going insanely deep like the Rolex Deepsea, or offering Pilots slide rule excellence like a Breitling Navitimer. What the new Navigator from Marathon does is offer military spec precision. It’s a bold company that states plus or minus 10 seconds accuracy per year. … Continue reading Marathon Navigator Quartz: Straight Talkin’ Tool Watch
Geckota has a new military style watch on their site, which is an update of the first generation of the Phalanx Special Operations. Powered by a Swiss ETA 2824 movement, this one looks like decent value to us at £699. Many ETA powered watches are over a grand, depending on the brand name on the dial of course. It comes with a card type multi-tool, … Continue reading Geckota Phalanx Milspec is a Great Value Tool Watch
Luminox are celebrating Earth Day with three additions to their Survival ECO Master range, which are endorsed by celeb outdoors presenter Bear Grylls. Featuring bright blue, yellow and green dials, recycled cases, bezels and straps, these are chunky 45mm wide watches with bright superlume on the markers and hands. Expensive for a plastic watch you might say at £849, but then Casio are selling plastic … Continue reading Love Recycling? Luminox Bear Grylls Survival is The Watch You Need
LIV watches just sent us info on a 50 pieces ONLY, limited edition dive watch. The GX Full Lume Diver has a 44mm case, Sellita SW200 movement, with 40 hours of power reserve, sapphire crystal, screwdown crown and 300m of depth resistance. Plus that lovely blue glow all the way across the dial. Nice. The watch carries a five year warranty as well, which is … Continue reading Just 50 Pieces: LIV GX, Full Lume Diver
Is a TAG watch cool or not? That’s a tough one, because a Monaco in Gulf colours, or even the blue dial, is a winner. Some of the Carrera models also look the business, as do the fume dial Autavias, with their vintage 70s racing driver vibe remixed for the modern era perfectly. But then, there’s the quartz stuff..and that smartwatch thing. Hmm. But the … Continue reading TAG Aquaracer 300: New Night Diver Variants
Yep, they even put some Superluminova on the crown on this watch, which is kind of extreme, but it’s proving popular. The fundraising has already been smashed on this model, so it’s going into production. Featuring a Seiko NH35 auto movement, steel case and a very keen retail price of just £176, this 200m depth rated watch has a steel bracelet. You also get a … Continue reading Kickstarter Watches: Aequorea Has Lume to Dive For
There’s lume, then there’s Superlume and finally, all over the dial lume. Some people really love it, and a used Timex Indiglo is one of the easiest watches to sell on eBay or Amazon at the right price. Why? It just makes telling the time at night, when you waken from some bizarre dream that much easier, and a whole lotta folk like that feature. … Continue reading Bell+Ross Vintage VR-94 Has The Full Glow-Up
