Category: Review
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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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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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Video: Military Watches & The Tornek Rayville ‘Blakjak’ Type 7B
The Tornek Rayville Blakjak Type 7B is an exemplary military inspired tool watch that tells the story of the SANDY 660.
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Video Review: The IWC Ingenieur Automatic 40 3289
Back in 2020, with much of the world in lockdown, the watch industry was entering something of a supercharged state. Hype was building to an all-time high, and a certain era of retro styled integrated bracelet sports watches were leading the charge. Brands with anything resembling an integrated sports watch in their back catalog rushed…
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Video Retro Review: The Omega Seamaster PloProf 1200M
As more and more watches are positioning themselves as ‘go anywhere, do anything’ types (reluctant to adhere to any single genre), the purpose-driven designs that do come along begin to feel all the more special. What they may lack in all around practicality, they make up for in the sheer experience they offer. This isn’t…
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Video Review: The Rolex Daytona 126500
The Rolex Daytona 126500 takes small steps away from its predecessor, and towards its roots. We go in-depth to find out how.
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Hands-On with the Autodromo Group B Rallysport Chronograph
The Autodromo Group B is one of those watches that makes an immediate impression thanks to its unconventional design inspired by the era of Group B racing cars. It embodies a ‘retro-cool’ design language that hits some crucial nostalgia elements for ‘80s kids, all while offering a truly compelling experience on the wrist. It’s unique,…