Among the Seiko addicts the three letters SLA, like SLA 017 are raising pulses: they are associated with limited editions, reissues of iconic divers and higher prices. Way higher than the other Seikos…except of course the Grand Seiko territory. As a Seiko nut, prone to fill my watch box mainly with vintage Seiko divers, the […]
I will start today’s review of Seiko Marinemaster 1000m, aka Darth Tuna Ref. SBBN011 with the following quote: “Every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready.” – E. Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea. And this is […]
Since today’s article is about the 2014 Omega Speedmaster Mark II Co-Axial Cronograph, I remember that one of the first Omega I’ve ever saw, many years ago, was a Speedmaster Mark II from 1970’s. I loved it because it was such a tool watch, truly an instrument, with no fashionable details. Just a high quality […]
The watch I want to present is Omega Speedmaster Racing Master Chronometer. Impressive name for a watch, but a name well deserved. Every kid in the world, at a moment, will say: “Are we there yet?”. It is not in our nature to be patient but we can learn to behave like we are. We […]
The Seiko 7A28-7040, also known as Seiko “Speedmaster”, even if it is a quartz watch, it’s not an ordinary one. The mechanism went into production in 1980. Several actors have worn this watch in their movies, the most famous of them being Ellen Ripley in the “Alien” movie series. In the era when digital was […]
You know from my previous posts that I like watches with a story behind and/or a utilitarian use, and this is the case with Hamilton X-Wind Chronograph Quartz Ref. H77912335. I like two types of watches more than others: aviation themed and divers. Of course, I am neither a pilot nor a diver, but an […]
Omega Speedmaster Skywalker X33 – Solar Impulse 2 Limited Edition is the perfect example for some people who consider that watches are more than objects that show the time in a way or another. Wristwatches could represent a story, an emotion or a statute in society. For me it’s the first two. The watches that […]
Before diving into Breguet Type XXI Ref.3810TI/H2/TZ9 presentation, imagine that you are in the year 1775. The world is at the beginning of the industrial revolution. The Watt’s steam engine is at its first working prototype. Captain Cook just finished first East-bound circumnavigation. A revolution just started in America (not united states yet) and Mozart […]
The watch I want to present today has been in my collection for a couple of months and now it’s time to share my experience with it – the Breitling Aerospace Night Mission Ref. V79363. In the past I had a couple of versions of Aerospace. Every single one of them had a love/hate ratio. […]
The IWC Portuguese Split Seconds Chronograph has been one of my favorite for the last couple of months. This watch, in my opinion, is truly a masterpiece. It was built in a period when, like one of my friends used to say “they didn’t have a website yet”. After a research based on its serial […]
I have a pleasant feeling about the racing era from 1970’s. The watch on my hand and in my collection is Heuer Monaco Gulf edition. Usually I don’t like square watches, with small exceptions for JLC Reverso and Bell & Ross. However, this one is so different because it creates the racing atmosphere from 50 […]
I must admit that I have a long history with pilot’s watches from IWC. From Top Gun Ceramic Double Chrono which is now somewhere in Africa in a mission, bought from me by my all time best friend, to a much more classy IWC Saint Exupery Power Reserve. I regret some decisions about selling some […]