One thing I've noticed after getting into the hobby is how little real innovating there is in the watch industry. Here are a few examples: Micro-brand...
ROLEX COPIES DEPOLLIER AGAIN!!! Once again a Charles Depollier innovation was copied by Rolex, this time Depollier did it 83 YEARS BEFORE Rolex! In 20...
Reading some watch news about the use of silicon in movements and a number caught my attention. "Unlike the normal hacking second-hand that we know fr...
@Ros5Mc recently asked an important question - "is the apple watch, 'a watch'?" and I thought it might be good to do a separate article about my thoug...
I'm working on an Audemars Piguet Royal Oak homages/alternatives article. I thought fellow Watch Crunchies would be interested in what I've found so f...
What are the most iconic, perhaps divisive, perhaps misunderstood, watch design “imperfections”? The first two that come to my mind are the SMP300 hel...
Guess this is serving as my #Welcome post. My first serious watch in a long time happened to be a watch that wasn't on my radar. My wife and I were va...
I just got this on Saturday. My new Rangemaster. I put it on a Barton saddle leather strap. Just not a fan of bracelets, but I think it looks really g...
This is my first automatic watch. I was drawn to its all-black finish, Milanese bracelet, and the black pilot watch dial. Picking up the dead watch, t...
Seiko Alpinist no. 3 (of 4 now) is on duty this weekend in the Italian Alps. Need to get s tropic strap for day time activities- then can swap for a D...