The Time Bum

The Time Bum

Exploring the world of watches on a budget.

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Omega Seamaster 300

Watch Blogs1 year ago

Every so often, The Time Bum casts his cheapskate budget to the wind and reviews a conventional luxury watch. Today, I have a lovely, vintage-inspired piece from Omega‘s Heritage collection,…

Watches and Whiskey 2024

Watch News1 year ago

With temperatures in the Greater Washington Area approaching 100° nearly every day this month, the only sensible thing to do is find a nice air-conditioned destination to have a drink…

Ollech & Wajs M-52B AF

Watch News1 year ago

In 1966, the Swiss watchmaker Ollech & Wajs produced the B-905, a run of custom watches bearing the silhouette of a Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker. These watches were sold exclusively to…

Canopy Wake One

Watch News1 year ago

What’s that you say? Are you interested in a quality diving watch and want something distinctive but not garish? I think you might like a traditional design that has been…

Watches of Summer!

Watch News1 year ago

It’s summertime, folks! As the weather heats up, we will look for ways to cool down, chill out, and maybe even take some time to head to our favorite vacation…

Praesidus C-47 A-11 D-Day

Watch News1 year ago

Just in time for the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion comes the Praesidus C-47 A-11 D-Day. Inspired by the U.S. military watches issued in World War Two, the new…

Giveaway: Baltany A11

Watch Blogs1 year ago

It’s giveaway time! Today’s lovely prize is the Baltany A11 (ARV $175). I reviewed it back in September and kept meaning to give it to a lucky winner, but life…

Ollech & Wajs M-110 AS

Watch Blogs1 year ago

Since 1956, Ollech & Wajs has produced a succession of capable tool watches. I last sampled O&W watches in 2022, reviewing the Ocean Graph diver and C-1000 field watch. Like…

Second Hour Memoir

Watch News1 year ago

The Art Deco period is a fertile ground for watch brands to draw inspiration from. Be it architectural details or iconic form factors, much of what we consider “classic” can…

Möels 369

Watch News1 year ago

Sophmore efforts are hard. As Elvis Costello once said, “You have 20 years to write your first album, and you have six months to write your second one.” Those timeframes…

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