Author: Blake Buettner
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Ming Hits the Deep End with New 37.09 Bluefin
It’s been four years since Ming revealed their contemporary take on the dive watch with the titanium 18.01 H41 back in 2020. The watch represented an immensely capable first crack at the genre, packing a 1,000M depth rating into a 40mm x 12.9mm footprint, not to mention the wholly unique aesthetic that came with it.…
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Video: Aquastar Revives the Benthos 500 Chronograph
Follow ups are tricky business. The newly revived Aquastar brand is intimately familiar with the concept, having brought back a number of the brand’s greatest hits since first emerging with a modern Deepstar in 2020. This is a brand that boasts some of history’s most innovative dive watches, and bringing them back in a manner…
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Video: The Nodus x Raven TrailTrekker Forges Its Own Path
Some watches just feel comfortable in their own skin. Never afraid to put new ideas out there, the brands Nodus and Raven find common ground here. I personally appreciate a watch (or any piece of gear, really) that’s purpose driven in its design and execution. That means prioritizing materials and designs that bring a specific…
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Sinn Reveals New 903 Navigation Chronograph Collection
Sinn’s original navigation chronograph is getting a refresh this week with a trio of new 903 references being released. The once Navitimer placeholder picks things up in familiar territory, putting the well-understood formula to use inside a revised case and dial execution bringing some practical benefits to the table in the process. These are still…
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Toledano & Chan Introduce Long Awaited B/1 Watch
The small independent, or micro-brand, scene has been thriving in recent years, spoiling enthusiasts for choice with creative and inspiring watches that just hit differently than options from the mainstream brands. This space is at its best when unique visions can be brought to life that push the boundaries of the status quo and get…
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Video Review: Tudor Black Bay 41 ‘Monochrome’ Charts a New Path
The Tudor Black Bay collection has become the standard bearer of dive watches in the $3 to 5k price range over its 12 year and counting production run. The watch has had no small impact on the genre as a whole, and while not single handedly responsible for the push toward vintage inspired designs, it…
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TAG Heuer Gives Us the Silver Noir Carrera We’ve Been Waiting For
TAG Heuer has quietly been on a hot streak in recent years, and now, with Julien Tornare (formerly of Zenith) at the helm, they are well poised to continue with that momentum. Among the hallmark releases has been a new glassbox Carrera in 39mm, with a domed crystal and shapely dial underneath following its contours.…
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A Lange & Sohne Celebrates 25 Years of the Datograph
This year marks 25 years since the iconic Datograph was revealed by A Lange & Sohne at the 1999 Baselworld fair alongside boothmates IWC and JLC. The watch would become a cornerstone of the brand’s rebirth, and redefine the in-house chronograph as we know it with the caliber L951.1 developed for the Datograph by Reinhard…