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Hands-On CIGA Design Blue Planet (Winner of GPHG Challenge Prize)

CIGA Design Blue Planet

The Skinny  46mm Proprietary automatic Seagull movement with unique time-telling & gear ratio Rubber strap 3atm water resistance (splash proof) Year of release – 2021 Price at release – $899 (steel) $1099 (titanium) Gaining Perspective on the Blue Planet Typically a genre-defying watch will cost tens of thousands, and students of high horology will consider… Read more »

How Horology Helps ZENITH x Voutilainen x Philips Niobium CAL 135-0 to Benefit the Susan G. Komen Foundation

How Horology Helps is an ongoing column in support of what we deem to be the most important contributions to social, medical, environmental, and scientific efforts coming from the world of horology. A Personal Connection My beloved sister-in-law Jean M. Farmelo recently passed away, peacefully and surrounded by family, after nobly battling breast cancer. The… Read more »

Hands-On The Massena LAB Dato-Racer DR-001 – The 1970s Captured Without Kowtowing to Trends

Massena LAB Dato-Racer

The Skinny 40mm Stainless steel Italin-made- leather rally strap Movement – Sellita SW400-1 autowinder with date Precision – +3.67 secs/day measured in 6 positions on our timegrapher (with remarkable positional consistency) Limited edition of 99 pieces Year of release- 2022 Price upon release – $1595 After Shock There are watches that feel given and inevitable… Read more »

Iteration Tracker Bremont 40mm Watches with 3-Piece Trip-Tick Case (Supermarine Diver & Airco Pilot) 2017-Present

Bremont 40mm Supermarine Airco

A unique and indispensable resource, our Iteration Trackers provide chronological information on all iterations of a specific watch model. Model Overview Bremont, just like Rolex, takes a modular approach to its independent industrial-scale watchmaking. By modular, we mean that there is a sparce number of core components that make up all of the models in the… Read more »

Hands-On Tudor Black Bay GMT Pro (Reference M79470-0002 of 2022)

The Skinny 39mm Stainless steel 200 meters water resistance Released March 2022 Price when released – $3675 on leather or fabric, $4000 on bracelet Movement –  MT5662 GMT, integrated GMT function with jumping hour and date, auto-winding, certified chronometer Precision – +2secs/day on our timegrapher How The GMT Pro Nails The Rolex 1655 Vibe Well… Read more »

Iteration Tracker Modern Zodiac Super Sea Wolf (2015-present)

Zodiac Super Sea Wolf

Originally a Swiss watch company, Zodiac issued the Sea Wolf in 1953, tying Blancpain and beating Rolex with the first commercial release of a dive watch. Zodiac puttered out during the Quartz Crisis, but in 2001 Fossil Watches bought the Zodiac name and prepared for a relaunch. The revived Zodiac released the first modern Sea Wolf in 2015. Fossil owns and operates Swiss Technology Productions (STP), which builds the ETA/Sellita-equivalent movements used in the modern Super Sea Wolf

Iteration Tracker Tudor Pelagos (2012-Present)

A unique and indispensable resource, our Iteration Trackers provide chronological information on all iterations of a specific watch model. Model Overview The Tudor Pelagos is meant for professional SCUBA diving. It takes features from vintage Tudor models, including the square markers and “snowflake” hands, but its construction is modern in titanium and with exceptional water… Read more »

Iteration Tracker Oris Divers Sixty-Five (2015-Present)

A unique and indispensable resource, our Iteration Trackers provide chronological information on all iterations of a specific watch model. Model Overview The Oris Divers Sixty-Five is a very popular 21st-century retro-styled dive watch based on a mid-1960s model. The Divers Sixty-Five is widely considered to have started the “retro diver” phenomenon of the 2010s. The Divers… Read more »

Iteration Tracker Tudor Black Bay Fifty-Eight (2018 – Present)

Tudor Black Bay 58 Iteration Trackers

A unique and indispensable resource, our Iteration Trackers provide chronological information on all iterations of a specific watch model. Model Overview The Tudor Black Bay Fifty-Eight is an immensely popular retro-styled dive watch taking inspiration from Rolex and Tudor Submariners dating from the 1950s through the 1970s. Taking it’s basic form from the larger 41mm… Read more »