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A day with an icon
There are plenty of pretenders to the status of being an icon, but my GL0162 Airman is probably one of the few with a legitimate claim of being an act...
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The trouble with chronos
The problem with chronographs is that objectively speaking, they are not very good watches. The additional registers are cluttering the dial and creat...
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The Tampax watch
Nomos are trying very hard to convince me that their Ahoi is the only watch I’ll ever need . I’m supposed to be able to go with it to the theater, th...
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Retro vintage on the cheap
Watches from the 80’s are a bit of a curiosity because this was a decade of transition where at one stage both mechanical analog and digital quartz wa...
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Another summer day
Summer watches are tricky. We are barely at the start of June and already got hit yesterday by a +43 °C heat wave. Today the temperatures are supposed...
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The one thing I wish the SARB017 had
The SARB017 Green Alpinist is one of the last models from Seiko that offered true value and we have to accept the new reality where bean counting rule...
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A strap for all seasons
I have a strap problem, or more precisely - most straps gives me problems that get worse during the summer. The issue is the humidity, the heat and sw...
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The great silicone debacle
I like wearing my CIGADesign Z Titanium during weekends. The skeleton work done on the movement is interesting enough to keep me interested without be...
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On minimalism, Bauhaus and Max Bill
I don't know if there is a style of design that is more divisive among the watch enthusiasts community than minimalism. It seems that there's plenty o...
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