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Spotlight: The LaMotte Balboa
American Horology is Coming Into its Own... Again.
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Field Report: The Traska Freediver
Introduction I have two dive watches in for review and am about to get a third. Honestly, I thought I was done with dive watches and was ready to focus…
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New to Microbrands? These Are the Brands You Want to Know, Part 2
In Part 1, I covered the first five of the ten brands I think you want to know about if you're just starting out in the indie/microbrand world. As…
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New to Microbrands? These Are the Brands You Want to Know
I get asked this question from time-to-time: "Microbrands, huh? Who should I be looking at?" I thought about it hard and here's my list of ten brands…
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Windup Watch Fair Recap
The last day of Windup always leaves me in a bit of a funk. I feel like I haven't taken enough photos, talked to enough people, made enough contacts…
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Windup Watch Fair, Day 1 & 2 Roundup
The biggest Windup in SF kicked off with a bang
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Up Next: Windup Watch Fair
Windup is happening the day after tomorrow right up the road from me. I went that last year and utterly and completely fell in love with it. So much so…
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Refactoring and Restarting
When I started this website last year, I did so with a fairly simple premise: Cover the world of independent and microbrand watches. That's it. Nothing…
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Studio Underd0g Now Delivers Pepper0ni Pizza
It’s not edible, but it does look oddly appealing. It has mushrooms, so I’m out (NOT a fan of edible fungi), but if you’re into it, it’s about to go on…
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Christopher Ward Unveils New Special-Edition C63 Models
Making special edition watches is something Christopher Ward tends to do from time to time; using watches to benefit worthy charities. Now it has…
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Fratello's List of Microbrands to Keep an Eye On
Like many watch enthusiasts, I devour the content on fratello.com pretty voraciously. So it's always nice when they dedicate content to independent and…
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Traska Reveals 2023 Lineup | UPDATE: Reservations Now Open
UPDATE: The reservation system is now open! $50 per watch you want will, as mentioned below, get you a spot to claim it when it goes on sale in a few…
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Lorier's Hyperion GMT Now Available (kind of)
If you’ve been waiting for a bit for Lorier to release the Series II of the Hyperion GMT, you’re… sort of in luck. The latest edition of the…
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Favorite Watches (and Brand) of 2022, Part 3
Right, this is it! Part 3 of 3: My 2022 Favorite Watches and my Favorite Brand this year. For my own convenience (and yours), I’ve called out a few…
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