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Hands-On: Rolex Explorer vs Omega Speedmaster (VIDEO)
Clash Of The Icons

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Hands-On: Garmin MARQ Captain (Video)
Taking sports-watches to another level

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Hands-On: Seiko Prospex LX SNR029J
Redefining The Professional SEIKO Diver's Watch

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Hands-On: Grand Seiko Snowflake SBGA211 (VIDEO)
This Snowflake Is Smoking Hot

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Hands-On: Ming 17.06

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Hands-On: Glashütte Original PanoMaticLunar (VIDEO)
Stellar horology on full display

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Hands-On: IWC Big Pilot Le Petit Prince
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Hands-On: Seiko Prospex LX SNR029J
Redefining The Professional SEIKO Diver's Watch

In a world of Seiko divers, this is the apex predator. Launched in 2019 it now sits at the top of the foodchain, it has no natural predators within the Seiko family. Its hunting grounds are however not limited to Seiko’s own family of diver’s watches. At the 2019

Hands-On: Garmin MARQ Captain (Video)
Taking sports-watches to another level

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The MARQ Captain by Garmin changed the sports watch game and upped the stakes. Yes it costs a pretty penny, but yes it is also pretty impressive. This thing

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We talk to Nicholas Bowman Scargill – The Fourth Managing Director from the Fears Watch Company. Fears has a fascinating story to tell and beautiful watches to share. If you’re looking for a clean watch design and a very wearable

Interview: Mr. Yoshifusa Nakazawa, Watchmaker At Seiko’s Haute Horlogerie Micro Artist Studio

ThinIn the world of watchmaking, there are many watchmakers out there, none however quite like Mr Nakazawa. Mr Nakazawa is one of the key ingredients that makes Seiko’s Micro Arist Studio tick, and one of the crucial elements in some

Unscripted Jean-Claude Biver: Talking Rolex, Apple Watch, Karl Lagerfeld And More (Video Interview Part 2/2)

Without further delay, we are happy to present the second and final part of our Unscripted Interview with Mr Jean-Claude Biver. Mr Biver is one of just a few individuals to have dramatically impacted the Swiss Watch Industry and saved

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VISIT TO THE MANUFACTURE

How A Vintage Dial Is Made At Glashütte Original

The dial is arguably the most interesting visual on a watch. Yet so often they turn out rather plain. Not so with the by now recognizable-from-a-mile Glashütte Original green Sixties and Sixties Panorama Date dials. Once seen, one simply does not forget. It is now with much personal delight

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At the close of last year we had the pleasure to visit H. Moser & Cie in Schaffhausen (Neuhausen am Rheinfall to be exact). In an industry dominated by giant-sized luxury groups, H. Moser & Cie is one of the few remaining independent & family owned Swiss manufactures out there.

Unscripted: Jean-Claude Biver, The Icon, The Hippie, The Brand (Video Interview Part 1/2)

Earlier this month we had the genuine pleasure to welcome Mr Jean-Claude Biver to Brussels for an interview with us. What a pleasure, what a privilege. He is