Category: Review
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Review: The Horizon Nemolithic – Blending Prehistory with Microbrand Artistry
When you think of microbrands, as a watch enthusiast, what comes to mind? For me, more than anything, it is about the willingness to color outside the lines. The drive to explore new horizons where some larger brands just aren’t nimble enough to tread. Enter the Nemolithic, a dive watch from a brand appropriately named…
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Review: Vacheron Constantin Overseas Dual Time Cardinal Points
There is a particular kind of watch that doesn’t announce itself when you enter a room. It doesn’t flex its famous silhouette or even lean into decades of hype in order to justify its place on the wrist or in a collector’s box. Instead, it simply exists as something considered, focused, and entirely sure of…
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Review: CWC Ti300 Titanium 5 Quartz Divers Watch
Through the 1970s, Rolex delivered around 1,200 Submariners to the British Ministry of Defense to be issued to Royal Navy divers, the Special Boat Service (SBS), and Special Air Service (SAS) personnel. These Military Submariners, or MilSub references 5513, 5517, and double-stamped 5513/5517, featured a few unique details that separated them from their commercialized counterparts,…
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Retro Review: Omega Seamaster 120M Plongeur de Luxe ‘Jacques Mayol’
In 1980, Omega released the Seamaster 120, a refined take on the collection that was meant to accomplish two things: bring an air of luxury to the Seamaster; and formally reconnect the name with actual diving. Those two goals may seem diametrically opposed on the surface, but Omega would manage to do just that with…
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Review: The Clemence Photic MKII: A Microbrand Diver That Refuses To Cut Corners
I first handled the new Clemence Photic Diver MKII at the Windup Watch Fair in New York City, a show filled to the brim with watch brands displaying tables overflowing with new watches. Within minutes, I knew it was something different. That may sound dramatic given that at the time it was surrounded by earnest…
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Review: The TAG Heuer Carrera Chronograph Seafarer
Prior to the proliferation of digital instruments, the world relied on mechanical tools for even the most niche of activities. Watch manufacturers developed a plethora of dial configurations and unique complications to track everything from decompression times for divers, to a deadbeat seconds hand for doctors to track a heart rate. In the late 1940s,…
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Review: Zenith Chronomaster Original Triple Calendar Lapis Lazuli
Zenith released the Chronomaster Original in triple calendar configuration in early 2024, tapping into an historic set of complications and bringing to life a prototype design from 1970 that never saw production. Like the standard Chronomaster Original, the design is faithful to the origins of the famous chronograph, needing very little in the way of…
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Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle Perpetual Calendar Ultra-Thin
As the final crescendo before the silence of year’s end, Vacheron Constantin unveiled one last anniversary gift to close out its 270th – three to be more precise. A trio of Traditionelle Perpetual Calendar Ultra-Thin models, each showcasing balance and restraint while tipping a cap to the maison’s past. While the Solaria Ultra Grand Complication…