Category Archives: Dress Watches

One-Hand Watch – 3 of the Best

Posted on February 23, 2020 by Robert Farago

One hand watch? How precise do you need your watch to be? Even with the best one-hand watch – and we’ve got three of them here – it’s not the ideal timepiece if you want to be exactly on time … Continue reading →

Posted in Buyer's Guide, Dress Watches | Tagged Defacto, Defacto one incognito, MasterSinger, MasterSinger Circularis, Reservoir, Reservoir GT Tour, Reservoir Hydrosphere | 1 Comment

New Watch Alert 2.21.20

Posted on February 21, 2020 by Robert Farago

The New Watch Alert The Swatch Group couldn’t stop! As our man Jack reported on Wednesday, the Swiss watchmaking behemoth is busy suing Vortic for using the Hamilton name. Besides, this is just a pleasant little curated round-up of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Buyer's Guide, Chronographs, Dive Watches, Dress Watches, Field Watch, New Watches, Pilot's | Tagged Anicorn, Artika, Artika Horizon 2, Bremont, Bremont U-2:51-JET, Frédérique Constant, Frederique Constant Flyback Chronograph Manufacture, Girard-Perregeaux, Girard-Perregeaux Quasar, Magrett Dual Time Rose, Magrette, Maurice Lacroix, Maurice Lacroix Aikon Chronograph Skeleton, MeisterSinger, MeisterSinger Astroscope, Museum of Modern Art, New Watch Alert, Redundant Watch, Timex, Timex Easy Reader | Leave a comment

AP Code 11.59 “Debate”

Posted on February 19, 2020 by Robert Farago

Props to fratellowatches for trying to tell the truth about watches. Specifically, the AP Code 11.59, a $26,800 watch so bland it should be called Code Vanilla. See guys? That’s how you do it. Unfortunately, Robb Nudds’ and Balazs Ferenczi’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Dress Watches, Media | Tagged Audemars Piguet Code Code 11.59 | 1 Comment

Sinn Watches: 3 of the Best

Posted on February 18, 2020 by Robert Farago

Sinn makes a lot of watches. The German watchmaker has as many SKU’s as your local supermarket’s cereal aisle. Style-wise, it’s bezel-mania über alles. Or if you prefer, tool watch heaven. Technology is the main differentiator – tegimented steel here, … Continue reading →

Posted in Buyer's Guide, Dive Watches, Dress Watches, Pilot's | Tagged Sinn, Sinn 556 A Red Special Edition, Sinn 857 UTC TESTAF Lufthansa Cargo, Sinn UX EZM 2 B Hydro Special Edition | 3 Comments

Grand Seiko 9F GMT Review

Posted on February 17, 2020 by Luke Ibis

A lot of watches offer GMT/second time zone functionality. Some of them are extremely expensive, powered by sophisticated automatic movements. Many self-described watch lovers turn up their nose at the very idea of a $3k Japanese quartz GMT watch. Those … Continue reading →

Posted in Dress Watches, Sports Watch | 3 Comments

The Dress Watch – Death Greatly Exaggerated

Posted on February 9, 2020 by Robert Farago

“As the downturn of the watch industry marches on, the dress watch, once a proud general leading the troops, is now becoming the first casualty.” As the guy who argued that the dive watch genre is doomed, I may not be … Continue reading →

Posted in Dress Watches, Editorials | Tagged Omega, Rolex | 1 Comment

Lange 1 Entrances at a Glance

Posted on February 1, 2020 by Robert Farago

They say never meet your heroes. I learned the truth of that advice when I bumped into Little Feat keyboard player Bill Payne on an elevator at the Peabody Hotel. Mr. Payne was carrying golf clubs. Good for him. Bad … Continue reading →

Posted in Dress Watches | 3 Comments