Author: thedeeptrack
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G-SHOCK Set to Celebrate Earth Day with New Recycled Resin G-5600BG-1
Using recycled materials is becoming commonplace across many industries, and the watch world is no exception. You might even say it’s expected, these days. While it generally comes in the form of a strap, or packaging, some brands have expanded its use to the case itself. In celebration of Earth day coming up later this…
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The Deep Track Podcast: Watches & Wonders 2024 Bonus Episode
In this special episode of The Deep Track podcast we welcome watch industry journalist, Bilal Khan. Bilal is a veteran of the industry, and currently writes for Watch Time magazine, who also throw the most prestigious watch event in New York each year, Watch Time New York. In this episode, Bilal and Blake discuss some…
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Video: Hands-On with New Watches from Grand Seiko
Grand Seiko brought a handful of new watches to Watches & Wonders this year, and we got our hands on 4 of them this week in Geneva. All four of these watches bring new additions to existing collections, but each makes a big impact in their own way. There’s even a new version of the…
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Video: Hands-On with All the New Watches from Rolex
Rolex is pacing themselves this year with new releases that iterate on existing collections, which, to be frank, is usually the case. This is likely a healthy approach, particularly with demand still normalizing. Still, there were some interesting moments of note this year, and after getting my hands on the new watches I’ve got a…
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Zenith Gets Back Into the Dive Watch Game with Defy Extreme Diver
Zenith is having one of their strongest Watches & Wonders in recent memory, and that’s saying a lot if you’ve been paying any attention to the brand over the past few years. We’ll explore the full gamut in person later this week, but there’s one particular that caught my eye immediately, and that’s a new…
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The Deep Track Podcast: Ep. 18 – Watches & Wonders Day 1
This episode of The Deep Track podcast is recorded live from Geneva after day 1 of Watches & Wonders 2024. Blake Buettner gives his initial reactions to releases from Tudor, Rolex, Patek, and Zenith, including the start of the show thus far. Keep an eye out for more hands-on reactions coming to YouTube, and another…
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Tudor Delivers the GMT We’ve Been Asking For, the Black Bay 58 GMT
Tudor delivered in a big way this year at Watches & Wonders, introducing a GMT complication into the Black Bay 58 collection for the first time. Since the first Black Bay GMT was introduced in 2018, and the Black Bay Pro in 2022, Tudor has faced a deluge of calls for a thinner execution, with…
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Introducing the Rolex GMT-Master II 126710GRNR
It’s been nearly 10 years since the Rolex GMT-Master II welcomed a ceramic bezel in the reference 116718LN in 2005, a full yellow gold affair with a single tone black ceramic bezel hosting the 24hr indication. Two years later, we’d get the same LN (Lunette Noir) black ceramic bezel in a steel reference 116170LN with…