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July 1, 2025

7 Affordable Quartz Watches Worth Wearing Again

The introduction of battery-operated, crystal-oscillating movements in the 1960s marked a seismic shift in timekeeping. It pushed the mechanical watch industry into panic. At the time, it felt like traditional watchmaking was all but buried...

Reviews

January 28, 2025

Ocean to Orbit Lhotse Hands-On Review

As a big fan of quality yet affordable microbrands, I’d say that this debut model from Melbourne, Australia’s newcomer, ‘Ocean to Orbit’ is going to be pretty hard to match. So, who is Ocean To...

Brand Focus

January 22, 2025

From Down Under to on Top... Best Australian Watch Brands for 2025

When most watch fans are contemplating their next timepiece it’s likely they’ll tend to research brands that typically herald from the likes of Switzerland, Japan, China, Singapore, Germany, Australia ... wait; Australia?! - since when...

Reviews

December 30, 2023

Tissot Heritage Visodate Review

Of the brands I follow and own nowadays, most tend to be microbrands, but every now and again something from the bigger stables will catch my eye, especially when it looks so good, has a...

Reviews

November 8, 2023

Owners Review: Galvin Alku

As a keen follower of quality, independent microbrands I am always on the lookout for what’s new. I follow a number of microbrand groups across social media and here you often see promoted up and...

Reviews

September 24, 2023

James Bond Swatch ‘2Q'

Now pay attention, watch fans .. Swatch has (in)famously certainly been at the forefront of watch industry headlines over the last year or so, with the launch of the controversially ‘Marmite’ MoonSwatch (a very clever Omega x Swatch...

Martin's Top Five Chronograph Watches under £2000 in 2023

Watch Guides

August 25, 2023

Martin's Top Five Chronograph Watches under £2000 in 2023

A very brief history of the Chronograph Chronographs – sometimes referred to as chronoscopes - have been around since 1816, when French watchmaker, Louis Moinet released the first chronograph (inside a pocket-watch casing) to the...

Reviews

June 5, 2023

Farer 'Nuff - a look at the Stanhope II

A Brief History of the Farer Brand Farer first came to my attention in 2017, two years after this UK-based company was launched. Heralded as a luxury, British watch brand utilising Swiss-made parts and movements, were...

Desert Island Field Watches ... aka The ‘Wilson’ Watch

How To

May 29, 2023

Desert Island Field Watches ... aka The ‘Wilson’ Watch

Whilst flipping through TV channels recently, I caught a few minutes of the Tom Hanks blockbuster classic, ‘Cast Away’. If you’re a watch fan, you, like me, are probably often lured into the strange, horological phenomenon...

Owners Review: Omega Railmaster Animal (anti) magnetism

How To

April 28, 2023

Owners Review: Omega Railmaster Animal (anti) magnetism

I have been fortunate to have had two significant and unusually spontaneous watch-purchase occasions in recent years and this is my account of the second one. You may have seen a blog I wrote a...

The Omega Seamaster Professional Co-Axial 007 James Bond Edition - Obtaining A Grail Watch

Reviews

February 28, 2019

The Omega Seamaster Professional Co-Axial 007 James Bond Edition - Obtaining A Grail Watch

Dedicating a lifetime to being a watch collector finally resulted in my grail sitting in watch box...