Over the past year, I have had the pleasure of reviewing three watches from Makina. The young Filipino brand has quickly demonstrated a wide range of offerings. What ties the
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This year, in 2026, Genevan Raymond Weil is further fleshing out its best-selling Raymond Weil Millesime Small Seconds collection with a new dial-variant series. Raymond Weil calls this latest version
Somewhere between the Beatles-era of psychedelic rock music and television’s Memphis Design-inspired production set of Pee-Wee’s Playhouse is the aesthetic of a new Louis Vuitton. The style of the composition
It’s been just roughly six months since Casio released the Edifice EFK-100, which received widespread critical acclaim as the brand’s first line of mechanical watches. As you will understand, then,
Despite having a deep appreciation for art-inspired watches, I often find that their designs are a bit hit-or-miss for my personal preferences. Unless the artwork is integrated into the piece
The Scuba Fifty Fathoms Ocean of Storms is a wonderful holiday watch. Providing a mechanical caliber and the wearing experience of a Blancpain, this Swatch is a whole lot of
It’s been about a year since Maen and Nico Leonard released their first collaborative effort, the Jump Hour. It is safe to say that the Swedish brand with Dutch roots
People are always asking us, “Why are watch reviews always so positive?” It’s a fair question, and definitely a nicer way of saying what I think is actually underneath it,
It is always nice to have a chance to talk about something new from the boutique and traditional (read: not good communicators or marketers, but impressive watchmakers) La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland-based
Chronoswiss has long been associated with traditional watch design. While the brand hasn’t lost that classic touch, it has drastically changed the overall appearance of its watches by using new
If there’s one thing independent French brand Baltic has proven exceedingly good at over the years, it’s creating designs that deliver just the right amount of vintage style, without falling
That’s heavy sh*t, man. Two years ago, we had the chance to go hands-on with the Fleming Series 1 Launch Edition Tantalum. In that alloy, which is roughly twice as
Our times aren’t ideally characterized by the term “gentlemanliness.” It seems most of us are more concerned with fighting for what we think the world owes us than with standing
Last year was Breguet’s 250th anniversary, and the brand treated us to many beautiful new watches to mark the occasion. However, it also made me think about how its new
Last year, at Geneva Watch Days, Nacho and I went to the Amida stand in one of the rooms of the Beau Rivage. There were a few watches there to
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