What can you expect from a former CERN engineer, an enthusiastic community, and respectable French watchmaking? A microbrand called Depancel that’s all about automobile-inspired watches created with poll results from
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Many years ago, when the vintage market was not what it is today, a watch came to my attention. A friend of mine offered it to me for a fair
A huge benefit of having recently moved back to France (my home country) is that I get to discover French brands I didn’t know existed and visit their boutiques in
“Hey! You’re wearing the new Nezumi Voiture ref. VM1S.601 chronograph,” the neurobiologist enthusiastically said during last Saturday’s Fratello get-together. I was quite surprised by that. Nezumi is not a mainstream
Roue is a Brazilian independent brand that you may not have heard of. The brand came onto the scene in 2017 with a collection of tonneau-shaped watches ranging from three-handers
If you are a fan of military watches, the world is your oyster. We have seen a lot of the great military classics return from different eras. Obviously, names like
After launching the world’s first sapphire dive watches, ArtyA rounds off its diver collection with a stunning novelty. The Wave, a COSC-certified dive watch, features an artistic enamel dial of
Yo, Ho, Ho, And A Bottle Of Rum! Hands-On With The Rado Captain Cook Automatic Chronograph In Bronze
Let’s be honest, how many of you would choose to take the Rado Captain Cook Automatic Chronograph on a sailing trip around the world? The watch is named after Captain
Last year, a small brand by the name of Furlan Marri stormed the watch enthusiast world with their initial release, a meca-quartz chronograph with spot on callbacks to some of
Yes, I was a fan from day one, and Furlan Marri did the unlikely thing of turning my skepticism towards quartz to love. But, to be fair, the designers wouldn’t
On my most recent trip to the Worn & Wound offices in Brooklyn, I received an email toward the end of my week in the city from the rep for
I hear you! Summer isn’t quite here yet. But having had a couple of weeks of warm, sunny days here in The Hague, it’s already starting to feel like it
In the 1970s, Citizen not only introduced the world’s very first solid titanium watch, but the brand also pioneered the solar-powered Eco-Drive technology in its analog movements. Half a century
No exaggeration, this is a year in which no matter where I turn, I see fingerprints of Gérald Genta. We all know Bvlgari scored a streak of world records with
I’m not sure about the idea of brand taglines. They’re often cheesy, marketing-driven nonsense with very little substance of meaning, let alone truth. However, Fortis’s “Tool Watches. Redefined” tagline is
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