Tag: Review

Owner Review: Norqain Freedom 60 – A modern watch with a vintage feel.

Norqain is a new brand established in 2018 and is starting to grow rapidly in that short 2 years. Available in most major retailers around the world including the Hodinkee shop, the brand has that freshness to it that I find appealing. It has a lot to offer (for a new brand) – they are…
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07/07/2020
Owner Review: Glashütte Original Panoreserve

Many would say that the best watches that come out of Glashütte are A. Lange & Söhne. I will not disagree, but on the other hand, I will argue that Glashütte Original make some watches of almost the same quality and finish. The main difference is that GO make their models in steel where ALS…
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06/07/2020
Owner Review: Breitling Navitimer Airborne Chronograph – You don’t have to be a pilot to love – and use!

Back in the early 80s I finished school in the last grade which did the math exams using logarithmic tables and slide rules. Of course I used only electronic calculators (RPN for those of you who care) since then, but I kept on admiring people – from my father to the legendary women and men…
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05/07/2020
Owner Review: Jaeger LeCoultre Ultra Thin Reverso Tribute To 1948

I’m not a huge fan of re-editions, homages and tribute watches because I feel the watch industry should be looking forward with “nods” to the past not exact copies. However, this JLC Ultra-Thin Reverso TT48 is just different. When you put the original next to the tribute you can see that, while it is a…
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04/07/2020
Owner Review: FP Journe Chronometre Souverain

Although sports and tool watches are currently all the rage, there seems to be a growing interest in beautiful simple dress watches, such as this FP Journe Chronometre Souverain. So if you are looking for that one meaningful watch that you will wear on special occasions, what will it be? For me, the choice was…
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03/07/2020
Owner Review: Laine Guilloche – The Swiss Chameleon

When tilted to light, the green moire guilloche dial of my first independent watch acquires a beautiful bluish hue, much like a chameleon or perhaps like its Finnish maker, Torsti Laine, a former computer engineer, who altered the hue of his own life after attending the Finnish School of Watchmaking and moving his family to…
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02/07/2020
Owner Review: Ratio Free Diver Professional 500m

П Ratio is quite an obscure brand – there’s little to be found about them around the web – they’re not big on marketing, using influencers or “disrupting the industry”. They, however, make a hell of a tool watch. Just like the transcendental number Pi they’ve taken up for their brand logo, the Ratio Freediver…
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01/07/2020
Owner Review: Seiko 7018-7000 Flyback Chronograph

The sweet exterior demeanor of this beautiful 1971 Seiko 7018-7000 Flyback Chronograph belies the technical powerhouse within; a bi-directional automatic winding, vertical-clutch, column-wheel, flyback chronograph with a Kanji day/date complication that held the record for world’s thinnest until 1987. It really does pack quite the punch. That was quite a mouthful so let’s unpack it…
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29/06/2020
Owner Review: Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Control Date

To give you a little background before I get to the Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Control Date, I am currently in my late twenties so in the beginning of my career. I wear a suit for work and my first years out of university was all about saving up for different suits in order to have one…
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28/06/2020
Owner Review: Alpina Startimer 40mm Limited Edition

While lusting over a more expensive pilot’s watch, I found the Alpina Startimer 40mm Limited Edition. It lacks the boldness of Sinn and grandeur of Breitling, but meets the one requirement for true fliegers: legibility. It may not be your grail, but it fits the mold. The Alpina is impeccably legible. At any angle, you…
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27/06/2020