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Chris
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The JLC factor... They know, you know.

On a few different occasions, at various ADs around the world, I've found that dropping a mention of JLC has resulted in a noticeably better watch sho...
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Travels with the full fat Pelagos - review & reflection

From an early age, I remember being fascinated by my father's 1981 Seiko Quartz Diver 7548. The bright red & blue knurled bezel, the wave engraved...

Tudor Pelagos M25600

4.8 Avg. Score
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Vintage Omega / Zenith?

I'm looking to buy my father a birth-year watch (1950s) to celebrate his retirement. Likely gold, manual wind but open to automatics too. I know Omega...
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London Calling - Watchmakers?

Has anyone had a good or bad experience with a London based watchmaker? I have a couple of pieces which I would like servicing, BUT, I’ve had two bad...
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Calling All Squares!

The Regular Polygon is a curious shape for a watch built out of circular gears, tracking planetary rotations and stellar orbits.. but regardless, the...
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Ooops - Dropped the Explorer... 😭

Saturday // 7:03am // London Wrestling my 4 month old son into a swim suit for his first swimming lesson. We were late. The changing room was cramped,...
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Low key bulletproof?

Occasionally I stumble across movements which are highly over engineered, in very low-key looking watches. There’s something really cool about having...
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Letters to Santa: What watch do you wish existed?

I thought it might be fun to hear WC's Christmas wish list of watches which don't yet exist, but might(!) if we are really good girls and boys.. Dear...
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Auctions - Ever rolled the dice!?

EBay is pretty blown out with people in the know, and the grey market dealers definitely scalp both the private sellers and buyers.. but I am sure the...
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For the parents of WC, we salute you!!

I had no idea how hard parenting could be until our little guy arrived 3 months ago. Sure I knew changing a nappy would be gross, but the endless slee...
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