Tag: Review

Owner Review: Enicar Super Dive – The Ship That Never Sailed

In this review I’ll be talking about my Enicar Super Dive. This particular example was found by a friend in Poland and I had the privilege of buying it from him (Thanks P). The Enicar Super Dive has a military association and was used by the Polish Navy (Marynarka Wojenna Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej). After reviewing Christopher…
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20/10/2020
Owner Review: Baylor Chronograph – I Want a New Drug. ????

After nearly seven months of being cooped up due to a global pandemic, I’ve come down with a strange new symptom of my watch-addiction madness. I have now acquired an inexplicable predilection for obscure vintage store-brand watches such as Baylor. It can lead to any and all of the following complications: 1) All-night sessions researching…
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18/10/2020
Owner Review: Lanco Rocketeer – the Riddle of the Rocketeer

I love a good mystery. In my modest collection, this Lanco Rocketeer from the late 50s is exactly that. The gold-plated case measures 35mm but the 44mm lug to lug and 19mm lug width make it wear larger than its case size would suggest. The case is both attractive with a fine coin edge bezel…
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17/10/2020
Owner Review: Heuer Silverstone – The Retro Red Chronograph

I’ve come across a lot of watches in the past 5 years and one watch in particular keeps staring back. It may be an unconscious reminder of the California fires raging every year, especially extreme in the summer of 2020. The Heuer Silverstone, released in 1974, comes in 4 flavors. Some think it’s the ugly…
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15/10/2020
Owner Review: Seiko SNJ025P1 Arnie

A watch that was in Commando and Predator known as the Arnie, the H558 inspired the release of the new Seiko SNJ025P1 Arnie H581, based on the old one that was and is much loved by many Seiko fans around the world. No more battery – power is now supplied by the smiling sun god.…
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14/10/2020
Owner Review: Seiko SNK809 – The “Gateway” Automatic

Got this watch as a gift in 2014. 6 years later, I still find myself admiring this little Seiko SNK809 whenever I put it on the wrist! I did some minor modding throughout the years: – Domed sapphire crystal – Removed Seiko 5 shield. I’d been wearing the Seiko SNK809 for years before my watch…
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13/10/2020
Owner Review: Smiths Astral CM4501 Skin Diver – A History of a Company

This Smiths Astral Diver dates from 1966. It has a frosted, gilt finished, 60467E 17-jewel movement with a double-roller lever escapement, a steel escape and a monometallic balance with a beryllium balance-spring. The stainless steel case is marked 20 Atmos, but the non-screw down crown makes the claim of 200m water resistance questionable. Samuel Smith…
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12/10/2020
Owner Review: Squale 1521 50 Atmos Bluegasm

This is my Squale 1521, I sell a few here and there, but this isn’t going anywhere. I just want to describe my experience with this watch, but it’s not perfection personified…unlike me 🙂 Firstly, it feels like the perfect size universally at 41mm. Sits up well on the wrist too. I get compliments from…
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11/10/2020
Owner Review: Omega Pocket Watch – A History that No One Remembers

When you first search for “Ethiopian watches” the first few pages of google are going to either be fake watches for sale in Ethiopia or just a watch and no connection with Ethiopia. After a few pages of this you will most probably end up with the most famous watch with an Ethiopian connection; a…
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10/10/2020
Owner Review: Montblanc Timewalker – Don’t Fill it with Ink

The Montblanc Timewalker was my first grail watch and the “one” that I absolutely wanted, but thought I could never get (now I have two!). The Montblanc Timewalker has three “generations” of models. This is from the first and original generation; from the mid-2000’s. The Montblanc Timewalker was designed by Giampiero Bodino, the man who…
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09/10/2020