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1998 Parmigiani Fleurier Automatique
When this watch arrived on the market, it cost four times the price of a Rolex Submariner. The man behind it had spent 20 years as head of restoration...
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Cheap Seikos are the best Seikos
I grew up in the 1970s and 1980s when the most common watches were Seiko, Sekonda and Omega. As a child I used to confuse Rotary for Rolex, until my f...
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The 1997 Zenith ‘São Gabriel’ El Primero Chronomaster
Designed by Portuguese jeweller J. Borges Freitas.
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The Odd Couple
On the left, the 43mm steel Seiko Sumo Eagle SPB345J1 made for the Philippines market in 2022 (if memory serves). On the right, the 37mm white gold Va...
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I like mechaquartz
Three salmon-ish dial chronograph watches with Breguet numerals for my sister and two nieces. The one from Undone is my favourite.
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The 2016 Glashütte Original Panomatic Lunar anthracite dial
These watches are good. Prices have gone up, which is not good. Still, this one offers quality and features not of a norm for watches at this tier. Th...
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Kurono Tokyo’s Midnight Blue
This is the first Kurono Tokyo from Hajime Asaoke to appear in public (on Asaoke’s Twitter feed). It didn’t feature in the first release that followed...
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How long before Rolex watches are available to buy directly online?
Pictured here is a would-be Rolex buyer just like you and me. He read today's news too. The poor lad is all sweaty-palmed and sitting on the edge of his seat, nervously excited at the thought of getti...
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Rolex fined $100M by France’s anti-trust agency for ‘illegal’ ban on distributors selling online
“The violations are serious, as they amount to closing a marketing channel, to the detriment of consumers and retailers, when the online distribution...
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