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Memorigin Navigator Flying Tourbillon Watch
The majority of the luxury watch industry has been, until recently, concentrated in Switzerland and Germany. The Japanese, primarily Seiko, are also in this market and now the Chinese are as well. What they are bringing to the table is relatively affordable watches that never existed before.
Review – Von Doren Aksla
Von Doren is a Norwegian watch company founded by Von Doren Asbjornsen. It began on Kickstarter on December 14, 2016, and as a new company they have really taken off.
Slow Watches – A More Basic Way of Telling Time
Slow Watches is a UK based, Swiss made watch brand started by four friends from the watch industry and e-commerce. The Slow Watch line consists of 24 hour one handed watches exclusively. It’s a different way of measuring time where absolute precision is not required by the wearer.
Review – Sjöö Sandström UTC Skydiver Black Night
This is the first Swedish watch I have had the pleasure of reviewing. Most of us probably do not know there are quite a few watch companies from Sweden. They specialize in a fairly wide range of watch types including minimalist, chrono, sport, fashion and damascus steel to name a few.
Hands On Review – Nodus Trieste
Nodus Watches is a new Microbrand started in the Los Angeles area by Cullen Chen and Wesley Kwok. Their first watch is named the Nodus Trieste, named after the Trieste bathyscaphe, which in 1960 went 11,000 meters or 7 miles down into the Challenge Deep, the deepest part of the Mariana Trench.
My First Bronze Experience with Enigma by Alessandro Baldieri
What's old is new again ! Yup, that's right... Those rusty, old and damaged looking watches are actually a fashion by design and 1 of the biggest trends in the watch industry. It's been around for quite some time, but in recent years, I have seen a growing number of...
Rome wasn’t built in a 24 hour period – the No-Watch 24 hours CL1-1212
Not your everyday way of telling time. No-Watch is a watch company from Greenwich UK started in 2012 that primarily specializes in single hand, single hand backward and 24 hour watches.
Recycling Sentimental Values, by DBC Leather Co.
In my recent quest to write more on the stories of strap makers for Microbrand Watch World, I stumbled upon another jewel on Facebook recently. His name is Mr. Daniel and he is the founder / owner of DBC Leather Co. which stands for his initial, Daniel Beckett Cheek....
Pimp your Ride and your Watch – 74watchstraps
Yup... today's review, I'm gonna talk about pimping our watches... How ? Simple... we just simple upgrade to a larger size sport rims, change the hood, put on neon light bulbs, etc. Sounds unrealistic ? Well sort of... but how often do we change our straps to suit our...
Take Flight. Be Bold – Commander by CJR Watches
The perks of being a watch reviewer, is sometimes we get first dips on the prototype / sample to provide our initial honest opinion to the brand owner what we thought of. I am lucky enough to be approached by CJR Watches, to review their latest up-coming...
