by Bert Kanne | Sep 6, 2020 | Reviews
Bronze cased watches have become increasingly popular recently and many brands and microbrands are offering models made of this wonderful alloy. It is primarily made of copper, tin and other metals (typically zinc, nickel, manganese and aluminum) along...
by Bert Kanne | Jun 1, 2020 | Reviews
In the past I have reviewed a few men’s watch’s from BLWRX/Neymar, a prolific Chinese microbrand watch company. The company’s watches combine classic homage designs with exceptional quality and value. For this review I have the first woman’s watch I have seen from the...
by Bert Kanne | Jun 1, 2020 | Reviews
Ocean7 is a watch brand that I have only recently become aware of. As a new microbrand, coming up with a major game changing dive watch is a difficult task. Ceramic dive watches have been relatively rare, usually coming from expensive brands such as Rado, Panerai,...
by Bert Kanne | May 24, 2020 | Reviews
Back in June of 2019, I reviewed the Oceaneva Deep Marine Explorer 1000M Pro Diver watch, a Swiss automatic dive watch with amazing build quality and value. Oceaneva is now introducing a quartz GMT version of this watch. The case and bracelet of these two watches are...
by Bert Kanne | May 24, 2020 | Reviews
If you do not know by now, the Internet and Kick Starter have radically changed the watch industry for the better. A perfect example of a very cool watch, inspired by a military field watch backed up with excellent modern technology and thinking, is the first watch...