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Articles, reviews, and watch guides from the WatchGecko Magazine team.

As a writer and PR consultant, I’m lucky enough to travel the world and find inspiration from all sorts of amazing places. Sometimes I’m on my own and sometimes with others, but my timepiece is my constant companion.

Three New Motorsport Watches Launched from Bremont

New Releases

June 18, 2023

Three New Motorsport Watches Launched from Bremont

Bremont has long been associated with the world of aviation, but the British watch company has also made quite a name for itself in cars, following the path pioneered by Heuer (whose famous Autavia watch...

Introducing the Oris Aquis Small Second Date

New Releases

June 15, 2023

Introducing the Oris Aquis Small Second Date

Here at WatchGecko, we’ve long been fans of the Oris selection of dive watches, particularly the evergreen Aquis. But as of recently, you can get it with quite a different look. Introducing the Oris Aquis...

June 8, 2023

The Origin of the Species - a 1950s Omega Seamaster

As strange as it might sound, the iconic Omega Seamaster never used to have that much to do with the sea, except in an abstract sense. Before the Seamaster Professional came along in the late...

Montblanc 1858 Automatic Date 0 Oxygen The 8000 41mm (3)

May 8, 2023

Vincent Montalescot: Montblanc’s mountain man who sees into the future

One of the first things that Vincent Montalescot did when he started working for Montblanc as Chief Marketing Officer was to order a load of letterboxes. It must have left his colleagues somewhat confused, wondering...

Big news from Squale: the latest 1521 collection is out

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April 28, 2023

Big news from Squale: the latest 1521 collection is out

Here at WatchGecko, we’re huge fans of the Squale brand, which is one of our consistent bestsellers. So any news from Squale is going to be important for us – and it doesn’t get much...

A sneak preview of The Twelve, from Christopher Ward

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April 27, 2023

A sneak preview of The Twelve, from Christopher Ward

It’s 09:00 on Thursday 27 April. And by the time you finish reading this sentence, Christopher Ward will have just released what’s almost certainly their most radical watch yet. Not everyone is going to instantly...

The highlights and lowlights of Watches and Wonders 2023

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April 6, 2023

The highlights and lowlights of Watches and Wonders 2023

So we’ve been there, done that, and bought the T-shirt (actually, the T-shirt was gifted, so we didn’t even have to buy it). But when all is said and done, which were the best watches...

Watches and Wonders: what it’s really like to be there?

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April 5, 2023

Watches and Wonders: what it’s really like to be there?

This was my first time at the Watches and Wonders show in Geneva, and I’d heard a lot about it. But despite all of that, nothing actually prepares you for being there. First things first:...

Grand Seiko Heritage - Anthony's owners review

Reviews

March 28, 2023

Grand Seiko Heritage - Anthony's owners review

I’m very lucky to have lots of watches, ranging from big names to tiny micro brands. And I obviously love them all, otherwise they wouldn’t be safely nestled in my watch drawer in the first...

Roger W Smith: madness or genius? Watch the video and you decide…

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March 17, 2023

Roger W Smith: madness or genius? Watch the video and you decide…

All geniuses are meant to have a streak of madness to them. But Roger Smith comes across as almost incongruously normal. Roger engaging after the talk - credit WatchGecko You’d walk past him in the...

New Releases

March 1, 2023

It’s a Sinn - Introducing the new T50

German watch brand Sinn has been renowned for creating pieces that stand out from the crowd. In fact, looking back, more than one of these watches from Frankfurt have been nominated as ‘watch of the...