WatchGecko Top Choice Series February 18, 2024 The Best Budget Watches Not too many years ago, I found myself dismayed by high prices in a Fossil store. My $15 Casio had died, and I wanted to step up my wristwatch game. But compared to my budget...
WatchGecko Top Choice Series February 8, 2024 Top Five Flieger Watches Watches have a rich history entwined with culture and historical events. Dive watches, now popular for everyday wear, trace their origins to Rolex's patented Oyster case from 1926, and the need for timepieces capable of...
Reviews January 28, 2024 Dryden Pathfinder v1.5 Review Just before the new year, Dryden dropped an updated version of the Pathfinder, their 41mm dive watch. After this first batch of watches shipped and hit my Instagram feed, I was reminded why I fell...
Guides January 24, 2024 When To Sell a Watch Watch enthusiasts have a few habits that confused me when I first dipped my toes in the hobby including liking Panerai, wearing dive watches on dry land, and constantly selling their watches. While I’m still...
Reviews November 26, 2023 In Search of the Ideal Field Watch with The Glycine Combat 6 What makes the perfect field watch? This is the question I set out to answer during the summer of 2023 as I hid from my responsibilities and embarked on an end-to-end hike of the Monadnock...
WatchGecko Top Choice Series November 23, 2023 Nathan's Christmas Wishlist from WatchGecko I've never been a good collector. Collecting is a skill and suggests forethought. For example, a good collector might gather an ensemble of dive watches throughout the decades- showing how, in a single collection, the...
Guides November 9, 2023 Taking the Gamble out of Bargain Hunting with Pre-Owned Deals I was a reader at WatchGecko long before I was a writer. It's long been a habit of mine to subconsciously navigate to the magazine section of the website when I have a few minutes...
Reviews October 25, 2023 Islander Watches: Exploring the Northport and the Brookville I stumbled upon Long Island Watch on day one of my watch obsession. I desperately needed guidance on resizing a bracelet for a new watch, and YouTube conveniently suggested a video from something called the...
WatchGecko Top Choice Series October 12, 2023 Nathan's Top 5 from The Cincinnati Watch Company in 2023 Discovering Excellence: The Cincinnati Watch Company Every so often, a watch crosses my path, leaving me wondering, "How is this the first time I'm learning about this brand?" Like many watch enthusiasts, my healthy obsession...
International Watch Shows October 10, 2023 Windup NYC Returns Bigger Than Ever Windup NYC Returns Bigger Than Ever with 80+ Watch Brands at the Altman Building Windup NYC - Credit Lawrence and Co New York City, NY – Windup NYC is back and bigger than ever before!...
Reviews October 6, 2023 Snap judgements with the Nodus Sector GMT Metro While it may seem cliché, I'm not ashamed to admit that a GMT is my favorite complication. First seen in a Glycine Airman in 1953, the ability to track multiple time zones on a single...