One of the most elegant retro chronographs on the Indie watch market, the Baltic Tricompax is back on sale, as the French brand offer new stocks. White or black dial, your choice and same price tag of £1585 and the high quality Sellita SW500 Swiss movement inside. That offers 63 hours of reserve power on a full wind btw. There are lots of automatic retro … Continue reading Fresh Stocks of The Baltic Tricompax Are Back Online
There’s a bunch of feelings you get if you drop an expensive watch. Dread, fearing the worst while looking at the second hand to see if its still ticking, then usually a bit of self-loathing anger for being so clumsy assuming it now has a big scratch on the crystal or bezel. But few of these emotions will be felt if you own a Ball … Continue reading Ball’s Engineer EOD is a Tough All-Rounder
TAG has a new Porsche tie-in watch on the market, available in two variants. The watch celebrates the lasting legacy of the Porsche 911 sports car, sometimes sold as the Carrera too. Bill Gates, that well know climate change activist is believed to own a collection of the iconic rear engined sportscars. But that’s OK, he’s rich, we are just climate deniers… Anyhoo, there are … Continue reading TAG Carrera Celebrates Porsche 911/Carrera Heritage
The latest limited edition chronograph from Ball is a classic worldtimer, with a bold, eye-catching range of dial colours. There are two blue dials to choose from and we reckon the ice blue is the sharper one. That said the white dial with black sub-dials is a classic combo. Black dial rounds out the range of colourways. Swiss made, swiss movement and the signature Ball … Continue reading Ball Engineer II World Timer: Explore Your Options
The Tonneau case is much underrated as a watch design and maybe now is a good moment for a revival? Certainly Farer love those old Wittnauer, Rotary, Bulova 1940s watches and are thinking `why let JLC corner the market in those quaint art deco style watches?’ OK, we have three new models from Brit brand Farer to consider. MILAN The Milan has a bold, lacquered … Continue reading Farer Launches Tonneau Case Collection
Bulova/Citizen make some very sharp watches these days and the Jet Star mixes the right retro styling details, with a solid Precisionist quartz movement in there for reliability and accuracy. It’s a cut above normal fashion watches, with a blue leather strap as well as the bracelet, sapphire domed crystal and that 70s style steel case, with the beefed up shoulders on the lugs. It … Continue reading Limited Edition Jet Star From Bulova
Luminox has added three new dial colour options to its Navy Seal 3000 model, here’s the word; Take your pick within three new dial colourways: lush green, sandy brown, or classic white and an all-new sapphire crystal with anti-reflecting coating for ultimate performance. For us the white dial with black numbers is probably the easiest to read in low lighting, so arguably the best choice … Continue reading Luminox Navy Seal 3000 Gets New Dial Colours
You know Raymond Weil watches are very good, Swiss made and all that and have been since the 70s when the company was founded. Yes, like Frederique Constant it’s a relatively young Swiss brand and for NWC mag RW has always been a bit like a Honda Accord; sturdy, reliable and the type of thing your well off uncle or Grandad would drive. Same deal … Continue reading Finally, A Raymond Weil You Don’t Have to Apologise For
