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As we’re finally coming out of winter, my brain starts wondering what bright colors I’ll want to wear to match the flowers popping out of the ground. And then the…
Sometime around 2010, I dove down the wristwatch rabbit hole and discovered an impressive number of quality microbrands. As small, independent watchmakers continued to proliferate, it became increasingly difficult to…
When you are at a watch show and the person running the booth asks to take a look at your watch, you know you’ve got something good on your wrist.…
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…
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…
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