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Owner Review: Caliper Timepieces Sliderule – A watch you can count on
If I could kind of “reset” my watch buying habits and start from scratch, I might look into a collection of (only) watches with a slide rule (there is more about my love of slide rules in the review of my Navitimer). There are so many very cool slide rule watches out there, such as…
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Owner Review: Cartier Santos Dumont – One Santos To Rule Them All
In the myriad of existing Cartier watch designs, the Santos line proposes a very bold look, and yet also an immense variety of options to choose from. From the extremely rare museum pieces dating back to the start of the 20th century, to the latest batch of novelties, there is a world of watches to…
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Owner Review: Marathon GSAR – One. Tough. Watch.
For those of you who are not familiar with Marathon, they are a Canadian watch company that was formed in 1904. In 1941 they began manufacturing timing instruments for the Allied Forces and they continue to supply watches to the Canadian and U.S. militaries to this day. They manufacture their watches in La Chaux de…
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Owner Review – NTH Amphion Vintage Gilt
So I hear you’re in the market to own yet another Mil-sub with a heavy dash of the “H-word” sprinkled in for good measure. If you are looking for a watch that exhibits its heritage in the form of a vintage gilt relief dial, submariner style design cues, and sexy ass sword hands, then the…
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Owner Review: CWC Royal Navy Spec MK1 Diver makes me half fat!
The CWC RN MK1 Diver is a military collectors dream watch. Made by the Cabot Watch Company in the UK, who have supplied the British armed forces with watches since the 70’s and are known as one of the ‘Fab 4’. The Fab 4 were Hamilton, Newmark, Precista and of course CWC. I can see…
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Owner Review: Seiko Prospex Solar SNE541 – A Panerai for the skinny wristed
The last time I bought a watch was my 2.5 watchmaker’s edition G-Shock and look how badly that turned out. This time I purchased a watch based purely on my own desires with no peer pressure from other watchmakers. I have thought about getting a tuna on numerous occasions but always thought they would be…
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Owner Review – Seiko SKX009J – Memoirs of a discontinued Seiko
The humble Seiko SKX009J. A beater for many, but for me a watch of memories and my first “collector” watch. The first day I wore it I enjoyed one of the nicest days of my life so far. I made it to scans on time without having to wait. I visited Pellegrini’s for the first…
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Owner Review: Cartier Santos Dumont Ultra Thin – That Made Me a Broken Man…
I never thought I’d be here when it first started, when I first embarked on my watch journey years ago. Where some thought “timeless” I thought “antiquated”, simple indices over roman numerals, complications over simplicity, and a watchbox to wake to rather than a watch that remained on my waking wrist. Yet, here I am…
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Owner Review: Seiko Memo Diary UC-3000
I look up from my glass with its splash of nicotine coloured whisky and glance at my super sleek black digital watch. It shows 3:50 which tells me the office clock is wrong by a good two minutes. You can’t beat digitals for accuracy. I look through my office window at the girls in the…
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Owner Review: TAG Heuer Carrera 1887 Chronograph -“in-house”
To me, this TAG Heuer Carrera 1887 Chronograph is a special watch. I remember the first time I saw it in a magazine, I had to have it and it took quite a while before the watch was actually available for sale. I remember waiting ages for it to finally come out and it was…
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