Microbrand digitals are having a moment right now. Farr+Swit went with a cheap and cheerful 80s vibe with the Mix Tape, while the forthcoming RZE UTD-8000 will go for tool…
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Vintage is in, if you haven’t heard, and if you’ve read some of my previous reviews, you may be familiar with my fatigue of the trend. There are some hits,…
I’ve reviewed watches from all over the world, but the Retrovivo RV01 is the first to cross my desk from Sicily. This is an important milestone for me because that…
RZE, known for its titanium tool watches, is expanding not just with a new model, but a new brand: Vostra. The name translates from Italian as “something belonging to you”…
Two years after releasing the Model One, Virginia’s own UniDesign Watch Co. has now unveiled its second watch. No, it is not called the “Model Two,” but the Autoclassic, and…
“And now,” as they used to say on Monty Python’s Flying Circus, “for something completely different.” I handle an absurd number of watches each year. Most fit into familiar themes.…
Depending on how far down the horological rabbit hole you’ve descended, you may have come across a description of a particular timepiece as a great ‘summer watch’. The association I’ve…
Texture. That is what first attracted me to the Monbrey MB2 Kenkyū. With its sharp peaks and deep valleys, that fabulous dial pattern was so striking that I overlooked the…
One of the great things about microbrands is that they are small. Your average micro consists of no more than a handful of people, often just one or two, with…
It has been a long time tince we last laid hands on a release from the Tool Watch Company TWCO). I reviewed the Arctic Explorer in November 2021, so I’d…
We’ve been rather taken with Hitori Watches here at The Time Bum. Hitori is brought to us by Singapore’s Gnomon Watches. The brand has a distinctly Japanese aesthetic that draws…
In late 2024, Deloitte and Watch Femme partnered to produce a “Spotlight on the Female Market” as part of Deloitte’s annual report on the state of the watch market. To…
As we head into the new year, I thought it fitting to introduce you to a new watch company, Markwell Watches. Well, new-ish. This Salt Lake City-based microbrand launched its…
The nominations were submitted, the debates raged, the votes were tallied, and we have chosen The Time Bum Microband Watch of The Year. As always, we followed these rules: We…
I am an unabashed Nodus fan. Since its launch in 2017, the brand has continually refined its lineup at a breakneck pace without a notable misstep. In 2020, they took…
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