Sometimes, you end up with a watch unexpectedly. The Black Edition Botta Mondo Dual Timer is one of those watches. The reasons why it turned out to be unsuitable for its original owner (and thus how I became its new… Read More ›
German watches
More dragons : Grieb & Benzinger
In the latest chapter in the relentless pursuit of the Chinese market, especially in the upcoming year of the dragon, Grieb & Benzinger have released their version of watches-with-dragons. Fortunately, they have restricted themselves to four models, each available in… Read More ›
Glashütte Original Senator Observer 1911 Julius Assmann
The newly announced Glashütte Original Senator Observer 1911 Julius Assmann, limited to 25 pieces (the age at which Assmann founded his watch ‘manufacture’), pays homage to the founder of GO, Julius Assmann, and famed Polar explorer Roald Amundsen. Why… Read More ›
NATO to the rescue
I have a fondness for MeisterSingers, and own two of them. My first was this No.1, which I purchased about four years ago. Unfortunately, my interest in wearing it has waned in the last year, and after failed attempts… Read More ›
A wearable sundial from Nomos Glashütte
Nomos Glashütte is a German Manufacture that does not get much coverage compared to many other brands that one could argue are similar, but it is a brand with a lot of admirers amongst collectors and enthusiasts of both of… Read More ›
An interview with Dirk Dornblüth
The origins of Dornblüth watches go back several decades, and start with a dream born of a special kinship with a pocket watch. In 1959, Dieter Dornblüth became rather attached to a sterling silver pocket watch that he’d been repairing…. Read More ›
Glashütte Original – Living in the ’70s
I am old enough remember the 1970s, albeit as a young child, but the fashion and design of that decade may well be ones that some of us prefer to forget. Baselworld 2011 has brought a new offering from Glashütte… Read More ›
Hands-on with MeisterSinger’s No3 – PVD
For a company that has only been in existence since 2001, MeisterSinger has managed to do quite well, picking up awards here and there for their designs, and becoming arguably the most well known modern proponent of single-handed watches, also… Read More ›
Hands-on with the Aristo Sextant
The Aristo Flieger Sextant has its roots in a German sextant watch used by Wernher von Braun and his team at the Peenemünde rocket proving ground (“Heeresversuchsanstalt Peenemuende”) in the early 1940s. Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun (23 March… Read More ›
Movado meets Zenith
Established in 1881 in La Chaux-de-Fonds by the then 19 year old Achilles Ditesheim, Movado (Esperanto for “always in motion”) is perhaps best known for what is known as the “Museum Watch”, designed by American industrial designer Nathan George Horwitt. Distinguished by a… Read More ›
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