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I’ll be honest, I was totally unaware of microbrand Nodus until they launched their Unity collection earlier this year. Nicely forging form and function, the affordable 36.5mm unisex design seems to be the American watchmaker’s...

If you are lucky to own a stunningly versatile watch like the latest edition Omega Seamaster, strap changes can be a minefield. The problem is that the watch looks good on anything, whether military nylon,...

When I interviewed Chris Vail, the founder of NTH, for our YouTube channel, he predicted that 2023 would be the year of the GMT. Why? In 2022, Miyota introduced a cost-effective GMT movement, their Calibre...

I love being in the water. Swimming, paddle boarding, surfing — you name it. So waterproof watches have always been on my radar. In fact, I’ve spent hours researching and testing some of the best...

The Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève, otherwise abbreviated to GPHG, is pretty much regarded as the Oscars of watchmaking. It shines a light on, and hands over a very shiny gold award, to some of...

Unimatic are an Italian watchmaker renowned for their ultra-clean minimalistic designs. They often forgo features like date windows and 12 o’clock logos to ensure exceptional legibility packaged in cases fitting to the dive and field...

German watchmaker Junghans has been doing a little bit of experimenting with their Max Bill collection of late, mainly adding accents of red onto the minimalistic design. The Junghans Max Bill Chronoscope Bauhaus from two...

For the past three years, YEMA has been working on something pretty special. They have been building yet another in-house manufacture movement, this time a classic three-hand calibre with chronometric precision, a 70-hour power reserve...

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...

We write a lot in the WatchGecko Magazine about World War 2 watches. Mostly, these are accurate reproductions of watches that were worn during the conflict from British Dirty Dozens to German navigational units or...

There are two things I associate with Louis Moinet. The first is the chronograph, since of course they quite recently dethroned Nicolas Rieussec as the original inventor with the unveiling of their 1816 Compteur de...