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If it isn’t obvious, I’m a big fan of Bremont. The brand may not be very old but their putting a lot of competitive pressure for classic looking watches with a lot of innovative case technology. In my opinion, they’ve surpassed Sinn and Damasko in innovation on that front. Here are some photos of one of their staples, the MB1.5 on a desert strap from Gas Gas Bones. It’s also being sold directly by ATG. Can be purchased here: http://www.atgvintagewatches.com/
Very cool, think it will fit on a 24mm strap? If you’re the kind of sailor who still likes doing it the old fashioned way this is pretty brilliant.
Credit to ATG Vintage Watches Inspired by John Harrison’s original Ships Chronometer Bremont is building a marine clock as a tribute to this great man. The clock will be totally made in England and has been designed in house with some unique features not normally found in clocks which include; three time zones, 30 day power reserve, date, 90 day chronograph and the case will be fully waterproof. With such a complicated design and build Bremont will only be able to make 10- 15 clocks per year. Peter Roberts – Technical Director “We set out to design and create a marine clock suitable for use on the finest sea going vessels of the world. This clock would be robust, reliable and with useful extra features for the owners. Our first decision was that the clock would be round and capable of being mounted via a security plate to a ship’s bulk head or a custom stand. All aspects of the design and construction of the clock had to be of the very finest quality – to match our watches in both style and finish. Cost of a watch = History + Reputation + Quality + Brand Message + Exclusivity History: How long have they been around, did they do anything significant horologically in the past, did someone famous wear it doing something famous, how well do they channel history into their current messaging Well, if you’re reading this you probably know it but humor me.
Continue reading Five Things You Don’t Know about the Omega Planet Ocean Got my grubby hands on one.
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Let’s start with a bit of history and context. ETA, a division of Swatch, supplies almost all of the Swiss market be it quartz or automatic. In the automatic arena, they have a near monopoly. Small players like Soprod and Sellita do exist and reportedly some ETA marked movements are in fact made by Sellita but ETA output far outmatches anybody else in output. Continue reading Is Swatch ETA Cornering the Swiss Watch Market
 Kazimon DREI Automatic Chronograph In the boutique watch world, there are endless homages and copy cats. Even well respected and regarded brands resort to thinly modifying a design and selling it as their own. While imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, I guess I’m just one of those people who would never be satiated from owning a homage. Not only is it unoriginal and uninspired, it’s just lazy and safe. Get an IWC It really depends on the watch since Tag and Omega both make great watches. Tag is a bit more bargain value Macy’s special but they have some interesting designs and the newer Grand Carreras are a good looking watch. It seems though that when you compare them side by side, Tag just haven’t that wow factor that a Planet Ocean or Sapphire Sandwhich Speedy can bring when you really start looking at small fine details. Every time I see speak to someone wearing a Tag, Continue reading Tag Heuer vs Omega
I repeat, do not, do not buy a Movado watch. There are so many better options out there for low cost high quality Swiss made watches. Check out Christopher Ward, check out a vintage Omega or Breitling on ebay, check out Seiko, check out Fortis, check out Glycine, hell, check out Timex. Do not, do not buy a Movado watch. If you find the responsiveness of your phone to be suffering, try doing a “Restore” next time you sync your iPhone. It always seems to speed mine up quite a bit. |
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There seems to be quite a lot of confusion on how ETA will be delivering movements to it’s customers. Even watch centric sites like 
Just buy a bracelet. A bracelet will be unlimited times better than a Movado Museum watch and just as functional. It is not a fashion statement unless that statement is to say you have no idea what is good. It is fashionable in the way that tight jeans on men who drink PBR is fashionable. It is about as fashionable as wearing 1 black sock and 1 white sock. It is about as fashionable as men who wear square toed shoes.
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