After many recent successes in the entry level Swiss diver watch arena, the new Sealander range moves Christopher Ward back on land with three new sports-oriented non-dive watches: the Sealander Elite, the Sealander GMT and the Sealander Automatic.
The Skinny 43mm, but wears like 40mm Day of week, analog time, and a bunch of menu-accessed functions $99 US Cyborg Feminism & Post-Gender Fashions In 1985, feminist author Donna Haraway published The Cyborg Manifesto in the journal Socialist Review. This post-humanist manifesto advocates for intergroup affinities that transcend the ruts of divisive human identity… Read more »
It’s high time that we retro-styled hipsters ease our Cinderella-sizing mandate that a large watch ought to be 38mm and small one 36mm, and we best start realizing that it is we, the fey and precious purveyors of underdog elitism, who are too small for most modern mechanical watches.
Like all of Hemel’s watches, the Airfoil foregoes superfluous – and often dubious – claims to being “Swiss Made,” or “Assembled in America,” or whatever Euro-centric claim so many smaller watch brands feel they can get away with. Hemels’ marketing materials and watch dials are refreshingly bereft of these shaky claims of single-origin manufacturing, which I’ve dubbed “Vintage Nationalism.”
The Tutima M2 range is the consumer-version of that NATO chronograph, albeit, with some additional luxury thrown in. By using a modified ETA 7750 Tutima can offer the M2 Coastline model at a lower price point than the regular M2 range.
Seiko x Nano Universe SZSJ005 and SZSJ006 Hands-on Review
Why did I melt for this watch before even putting it on? Because the fit and finish of everything on this watch is incredibly high-end. I’m talking top-dollar Swiss brand high-end.
The Grand Seiko house style of late has been the post-Tanaka, Grammar of designed influenced, ‘slabby’ sports watch, however the new SBGK models offer something altogether smoother.
The Skinny 43.5mm wide x 13mm tall Movement: Oris 798 / (Sellita SW330-1) GMT complication with rotating 24-hour bezel 300m water resistance Limited to 2016 pieces Price: $3200 US The Issue At (and In) Hand The water is warm and full of life. Gentle giants gracefully move though the sea for millions of years. Then homo sapiens flourishes on land,… Read more »
The Skinny 40mm 100m / 10bar Water Resistance Oris In-House Cal 401 automatic winding movement with 5-day power reserve and small seconds $4200 A Symbol of Hope Billed as a “Symbol of Hope,” Oris has dedicated this watch to the incredible African-American Navy Master Diver Carl Brashear. As the first person of color to become… Read more »