Tag: Review

Owner Review: King Seiko 5626-7041 – Gone but never forgotten

Ah, King Seiko 5626-7041. You may have lost your battle with Grand Seiko but you still won my heart. ❤️ In the 1960’s, Seiko was on a mission to disrupt Swiss watchmaking. To accelerate innovation, Seiko split into two completely independent subsidiaries, pitted against each other in a race to produce the finest watches capable of…
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06/05/2020
Owner Review: Halios Seaforth

Halios Seaforth watches get a lot of love from the watch community. And after I was lucky enough to snag a Series 1 Seaforth (sunburst blue dial, fixed bezel) I’ve got to say it’s well deserved. In fact, I loved that first Seaforth so much I went and got a second one when the Series…
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03/05/2020
Owner Review: Orient Flight – Destined to fly

I bought the Orient Flight back in 2015 as my trophy for being promoted as a senior auditor working with a Big 4 firm. My watch journey started a year earlier in 2014 when I stumbled upon JJ Redick‘s (one of my favorite ballers) Talking Watches episode with Hodinkee, and then of course the legendary…
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02/05/2020
Owner Review: Rolex Submariner “Bluesy” 116613LB

There’s not a single WIS in the world that isn’t familiar with its calling – brushed bracelet, solid case, invincible movement and a black dial and bezel. Most call it, “the sports tool watch to own”. But what if we add a splash of blue… and some blocks of gold? Let’s find out. In focus,…
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01/05/2020
Owner Review: Grand Seiko 5646-7040

When it comes to vintage Grand Seiko and the Grand Seiko 5646-7040, the famous designer Taro Tanaka comes to mind. Tanaka was credited with developing a set of rules in 1962, called the “Grammar of Design”, emphasizing the concept of a unified design within Seiko. Ultimately, he wanted to compete with the Swiss watchmakers in…
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28/04/2020
Owner Review: Orient FFM03004B

The Orient collection of watches is a real treasure trove – as I’ve recently discovered – there’s so much more than the few popular offerings that we all know and love. One such piece is the rather unimaginatively titled FFM03004B – no fancy nickname for this one, unlike his more popular Orient brethren. The slide…
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27/04/2020
Owner Review: Edox Geoscope GMT – The world at a glance!

The watch that I am going to talk about is the Edox Geoscope GMT Limited edition released in 2014: only 300 pieces were made to celebrate Edox 130th anniversary. Every year that passes many brands in the watchmaking field leverage the symbolic and emotional elements connected to their historical heritage to try to convey to…
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25/04/2020
Owner Review: Orven De Luxe Super-Compressor

In the 1960s, Australian import duties on watches were high, lower on watch parts, this led to a number of companies bringing in cases and movements, assembling and rebranding them. Orven was one such company, based in Melbourne, they predominantly created dress watches for sale through independent jewellers. In much the same way that you…
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23/04/2020
Owner Review: Seiko 7A38 Speedmaster

Find any online watch discussion and you will read quartz is dismissed as having “no soul” and is often aligned with cheap quality and mass production. With the Seiko 7A38 calibre from the mid 1980’s – you will find only one of those points to be accurate. Adding a superbly integrated day/date complication onto its…
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22/04/2020
Owner Review: Audemars Piguet Royal Oak 15450ST

With the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak 15450ST coming in at 37mm in size, the question on people minds is “Is this watch going to be too small?” Especially as the original model was 39mm in size. However, luckily due to its hexagonal shape and integrated bracelet it wears slightly bigger. I would say more like…
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17/04/2020