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Micro Brands

HVILINA 12 Minutes: Game Collab Convertible is A Winner

There are many ways to promote a watch brand these days. You can market your Longines to the horsey brigade at Eventing, showjumping or similar gatherings, Rolex love that tennis vibe, Omega have done pretty well with the James Bond movie franchise up until the departure of Daniel Craig. But here’s a novel approach from HVILINA, an Eastern European brand which has just launched the … Continue reading HVILINA 12 Minutes: Game Collab Convertible is A Winner

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Spinnaker Spence 300: Real Slim Diver

Let’s be honest, 10.9mm high on the wrist is super slim for a 300m dive watch. Just think back to the heady days of freedom before the Plandemic, when a typical 45mm wide, bronze case dive watch looked like a Ninja throwing star – and weighed about the same. Big AR sapphire crystals, beefy 14mm high cases and coin edged bezels that could double as … Continue reading Spinnaker Spence 300: Real Slim Diver

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Ali Express Watches

Ali Express Moonswatch Replica – Worth £28 of Your Hard Earned?

Fake watches are big business, so we hate to support it by spending £28 of the NWC magazine budget, but we had to know – is a £28 Moonswatch Mission to Mars replica any good, or just plastic toy rubbish? Here’s the good points; Quite convincing dial design, even down to sub-dials and chrono function works. Nice logo lettering on the wristband Bad points; Feels … Continue reading Ali Express Moonswatch Replica – Worth £28 of Your Hard Earned?

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Micro Brands

Yema Superman 500 Shows an Engineer’s Touch

The new Yema Superman 500 has just arrived and it’s an impressive dive model. French company Yema has been making improvements to the Superman and this limited run of 200 numbered first edition watches is the result. First of all, let’s hear it for 500m of depth resistance for USD$1190 – that is real value. Try getting a major Swiss brand dive watch with 500m … Continue reading Yema Superman 500 Shows an Engineer’s Touch

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Best Swiss watches

Tudor Black Bay Pro: Bare Bones Beauty

Sometimes less is more. For example, we like custom motorcycles at NWC mag and let’s be honest, you can overegg the cafe racer pudding basin sometimes with too many 59 numerals on your seat hump, or anodised cantilever rearsets. It’s the same with watches, which is why the Black Bay Pro, looking like a freshly sanded gas tank for a Enfield Interceptor project, floats our … Continue reading Tudor Black Bay Pro: Bare Bones Beauty

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Micro Brands

Can A $25 Automatic Watch Do The Job?

We only ask the question because we bought a Tevise look-alikey Rolex Datejust for that sum of dollars on AliExpress recently. UNBOXING You have to be impressed at the overall package for the money. An outer carboard box, inner VIP owners card, little guarantee/user booklet, with some english words in there, plus a Tevise tag. There are various protector strips on the links, the crystal, … Continue reading Can A $25 Automatic Watch Do The Job?

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British Watches

Accurist Retro Racer is a Winner

Ladies n gentlemen, can we have a tip of the hat to Accurist who have launched a pretty decent 1970s chronograph for under £130. In fact we saw one example at £109 on Ideal World today. The Retro Racer has a qaurtz movement, the usual chrono functions and a Milanese mesh bracelet option too. It only has a 50m depth rating so don’t go swimming … Continue reading Accurist Retro Racer is a Winner

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