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A Hands-On Comparison of the Omega Speedmaster Black and White, White Dial, and Classic Moonwatch
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (333+ words) So, it was no surprise that the recently released "Black and White" Speedmasters (which, to those of us from NYC, brings to mind a certain iconic cookie before a watch dial) were received with much excitement. Take one of the…...
Oris and Worn & Wound Celebrate the Big Crown Pointer Date “Bullseye” at a Packed Brooklyn Showroom Event
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (286+ words) Despite frigid temperatures outside, the Windup Watch Shop showroom in Brooklyn was buzzing with energy as Oris and Worn & Wound hosted an evening dedicated to one of the brand's most beloved new releases: the Big Crown Pointer Date "Bullseye." Fans,…...
Urwerk Introduces the UR-100V LS Ceramic
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (910+ words) The Urwerk UR-100 has become one of my favorite designs in high end independent watchmaking. Whenever I encounter one (a rare event given the brand's annual production of just around 200 watches total) I'm blown away by the way it distills…...
A New Batch of Worldtimers from Farer Have Arrived
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (559+ words) It's hard to keep track of all the watch trends that come and go over a calendar year, and while it's not been as smoking-hot-popular as skin divers and GMTs, the worldtimer complication has been enjoying some time in the…...
Audemars Piguet Introduces the Neo Frame Jumping Hour
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (752+ words) I have what you might call a love/hate relationship with Audemars Piguet. They are, without a doubt, makers of some of the finest watches in the world. Objectively speaking, there's a level of craft involved with the production of…...
Out of Office: Exploring the Sundance Film Festival and Utah’s Wasatch Mountains
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (704+ words) My very first date with my now-wife was a Sundance documentary. We were college students and managed to get into the film with student-priced tickets after waitlisting for a few hours armed with a deck of cards, in the cold…...
Out of Office: Exploring the Sundance Film Festival and the Utah’s Wasatch Mountains
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (698+ words) My very first date with my now-wife was a Sundance documentary. We were college students and managed to get into the film with student-priced tickets after waitlisting for a few hours armed with a deck of cards, in the cold…...
Affordable Vintage: the Longines Grand Prize
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (1114+ words) Longines is a storied and well-respected Swiss watch manufacture that formed in 1832 and has continued uninterrupted to this day. From the first wrist chronometer in 1911, to groundbreaking flyback chronographs in the 1930s, to the world's first hi-beat wrist chronometer in 1959, Longines…...
Vacheron Constantin Introduces a New Titanium Tourbillon with a Deep Red Dial
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (437+ words) One thing I loved about graduating from a relatively small district in rural Pennsylvania is that it wasn't necessarily like the high school experiences I saw reflected in television. Due to the general population at my school never hitting above…...
The Dawn of Heuer Dive Watches: How A House of Chronographs Saved Itself By Embracing The Depths
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (315+ words) Few other watchmakers enjoyed as much success and cachet as Heuer, especially during the fervent 1960s and 1970s. Not only had it launched one of the world's first automatic chronographs, but it pushed the envelope on modern design with midcentury-cool chronographs like…...