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Straum is introducing a new collection this week dubbed the Expedition, and it leans into many of the themes already established by the brand, but dials everything up to 11. The core integrated structure remains, with a fully bead blasted…
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Back on the Water: Taking the Heuer Regatta on a 3-Day Sailing Trip
So many watches spend their lives just waiting for the right moment. Not exactly sitting idle, they are worn on occasion, admired even, kept wound out of respect for the piece, but waiting nonetheless for conditions to justify their existence.…
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Blancpain Celebrates 70 Years of Bathyscaphe with LE Tribute
Shortly after the launch of the military focused Fifty Fathoms in the early ‘50s, Blancpain brought a different kind of civilian focused dive watch to market in the Bathyscaphe. The design would be typical of skin divers of the era,…
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Girard-Perregaux Returns to Formula 1 with Williams Partnership
After a handful of suspicious sightings on the wrists of Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz, Girard-Perregaux have formally announced their return to Formula 1 with a new partnership with the Atlassian Williams F1 team. The brand had been a common…
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Review: Tudor Black Bay Chrono 39 ‘Bumblebee’
Tudor is nothing if not unpredictable. But there is a method to their madness, and while some of the details might feel random (Born to Dare and all that), the broad strokes reveal a cohesive evolution. As a result, it’s…
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Rewind: The Dive Watch Conundrum, and the Paulin Mara
Nolan Bushnell, who founded the video game company, Atari, in 1972, once said that the best games are easy to learn, and difficult to master. Now known as Bushnell’s Law, the idea is broadly applicable, and particularly poignant as it…
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The Deep Track Podcast: Ep. 110 – First Impressions of the Tudor Black Bay Chrono 39
This week, the Tudor Black Bay Chrono 39 has finally arrived for a hands-on look, and while the full review is still in the works, I offer first impressions about all the small details that excite me about this watch.…
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Introducing: Fears Lights Up the Brunswick Jump Hour with New ‘Ultimus’
Fears is introducing a new interpretation of their Brunswick Jump Hour this week with a watch dubbed the ‘Ultimus’. The watch is built in the familiar framework of the existing Brunswick Jump Hour designs, though sheds some of the formality…