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I don’t usually read spam from gray market watch dealers, but one caught my motorsports chronograph-obsessed eye: a new-in-box 2017 Bell & Ross BR126 Renault Sport 40th Anniversary chronograph. authenticwatches.com is selling it for $1775 – less than half its original retail price. As motorsport chronos go, the watch is not particularly remarkable. The French race car it commemorates is very much worth remembering . . .
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The Oris ChronOris Date is a cool looking watch. As any fan of the motorsports watch genre will tell you, cool is king. Does the Swiss watch bring enough style and utility to be a proper daily driver? Or should you treat it like The King of Cool treated Neile Adams and motor on to something else?
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The automobile or automobile racing-inspired chronograph has become a cliché. TAG Heuer has built its entire business around motor sports watches. Other brands and microbrands – ranging from blandly interesting to frankly horrible – have arrived on the scene dedicated to making the “perfect” motoring-inspired timepiece. What’s up with that? More questions . . .
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Released in 2016, Seiko’s modern SRP Turtles made a big splash with their retro good looks, high quality feel and eminently reasonable pricing. Have the “new” Seiko Turtles held up? What does their past reveal about Seiko’s present and future? . . .
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A lifetime ago – back in late February – we revealed that Bulova was having a moment. We also predicted that the current public health crisis – along with Apple’s giant killer smartwatch – will likely disappear some well-known watch brands. Do Bulova’s new products have enough swagger to survive? The vintage-inspired Bulova Hack tells the tale . . .
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