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
The Apogee model by India based Bangalore Watches celebrates space travel and two new dial colours in blue and green are very welcome. Inside the titanium case there’s a Sellita SW200 auto movement and the second crown turns an inner chapter ring, so you can calculate the time in a different part of world easily. There’s plenty of Superluminova for night time, plus the lightweight … Continue reading Bangalore Apogee Gets Two New Dial Colours
Hello retro 80s fans! Long live Adam Ant, Rah-rah skirts and Space Invaders. What a great console game down the pub that was back in the early 80s, along with The Firebird. But I digress, let’s talk Timex. Yes, this company knows how to repackage its heritage and the pop culture of the past better than Mark Ronson. The Space Invaders T80 model has a … Continue reading Y’Know Space Invaders Never Really Went Away
The Bangalore Watch Company in India is celebrating the journey being taken by this global superpower into space. India may still lag behind Elon Musk or China, but it is learning fast and plans manned flights within a few years. So BWC has a watch to mark the space program in the shape of the Apogee. Not the name NWC mag would have chosen, but … Continue reading BWC Apogee Channels Retro 70s Style, With Modern Tech
Werenbach, a small watch studio located in Zurich, Switzerland, claims to be the maker of the world’s first ‘rocket watch’. Since devising the idea more than eight years ago, they travelled to the steppes of Kazakhstan to gather burned out material from space rockets. Now they’re using that alloy to craft timepieces. More information on Werenbach can be found here. The Sellita SW200 powered Soyuz … Continue reading Fancy a Watch Made From Rocket Boosters?
