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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.

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

New Releases

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…

New Releases

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...

NTH Vintage White Night Diver full lume dial

Reviews

February 23, 2023

Night Operations with the NTH Näcken Vintage White - Full Lume Dial

Right from the start, there was a certain sense of déjà vu. Putting on the latest watch from NTH – the full-lume Näcken (which is pronounced neck-en, after the Swedish class of submarine) – I...

Reviews

February 17, 2023

My blue heaven: a week with the new Oris Calibre 473

For one terrible moment, I thought that the new Oris Calibre 473 had stopped. Image Credit: WatchGecko Then I remembered. This is actually a manual wind watch. I had a similar experience recently when I...

February 2, 2023

Everything you never knew about Oris - CEO Video Interview

From the very start, it’s clear that Rolf Studer isn’t your average Swiss watch company CEO. He doesn’t address you from behind acres of polished mahogany desk for a start, and there’s not a suit...

SR-71 Blackbird - Credit Wiki/Common/Unrestricted Images

Brand Focus

February 2, 2023

Why the Blackbird made my Breitling dream take wing

They say that Christmas comes earlier every year. And actually, in 2022, that turned out to be true, because at the beginning of December I got my hands on a beautiful Breitling Blackbird chronograph, which...

February 1, 2023

Why Paris is the centre of the watch world

Ah, Paris. The city of light, love, croissants…and as it turns out, watches. Most capital cities have their own unique watch scene these days, but there’s one name that’s synonymous with Paris: Cartier. Founded in...

Reviews

January 24, 2023

A Tale Of Two Squales

Very occasionally, you get those moments that persuade you time has stood still. And one of them came recently, when we unwrapped a package that had been lovingly sent to us by Watches of Lancashire...

New Releases

December 26, 2022

Behind the scenes at Bremont Watches

It looks like the sort of place that should make Formula 1 cars or fighter jets. And that’s somewhat appropriate as the building is called ‘The Wing’, taking flight over the gentle Oxfordshire countryside near...