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Beyond Steel Sport Watches | Watch You Wearing

Watch You Wearing · 16 June 2022

Beyond Steel Sport Watches | Watch You Wearing

Welcome to our new video series - Watch You Wearing. Today we explore two watches that are not your usual steel sport selections, so...

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Grand Seiko SBG, Why?

16 June 2022

Grand Seiko SBG, Why?

This is my Grand Seiko SBGY003, a steel-cased centre seconds dress watch running on a hand-wound Spring Drive movement. Coming with a 38.5mm dial...

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The Only Watch I Would Ever Need

16 June 2022

The Only Watch I Would Ever Need

Like every superhero/villain has an origin story, us watch nerds all have one that kickstarted this whole ridiculous obsession. If you had told me...

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The watch that was meant to be

16 June 2022

The watch that was meant to be

As a young boy I would often “borrow” the shiny gold A. Lange & Söhne pocket-watch that my Dad kept in his bedroom and...

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Pioneers of Contemporary Independent Watchmaking

16 June 2022

Pioneers of Contemporary Independent Watchmaking

(Photo Credit: Hodinkee)With the current craze for independent watches, it is difficult to fathom that there was a time when independent watchmaking hardly received...

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Our perfect timepiece to mark a perfect moment

16 June 2022

Our perfect timepiece to mark a perfect moment

It is not uncommon that during your watch collecting journey, there will be times where the roles are reversed; where you don't find the...

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The sad ending of a Chopard watch …

16 June 2022

The sad ending of a Chopard watch …

In mid-2020 at around the peak of the COVID pandemic, an old friend of mine reached out to me to get my advice on...

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Finding the End Game Watch

16 June 2022

Finding the End Game Watch

Every watch lover has their grails. It could be a Patek Philippe, a Rolex, an Audemars Piguet, or perhaps even a Casio. Winding back...

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Owning a (time)piece of history…my history

16 June 2022

Owning a (time)piece of history…my history

Searching for a watch made in one's birth year is probably something all vintage watch geeks will do at some point during their lifelong...

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My First Watch - IWC Ingenieur Automatic

13 June 2022

My First Watch - IWC Ingenieur Automatic

For the most part of my life, watches did nothing for me. Growing up in the digital world, I thought of watches as relics,...

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The Importance of Touch - IWC Portugieser Hand Wound 75th Anniversary

13 June 2022

The Importance of Touch - IWC Portugieser Hand Wound 75th Anniversary

I have always believed that touch is the best way to evaluate a watch. You could stare at the specifications of a watch all...

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Odysseus in White Gold: Homecoming for Lange?

13 June 2022

Odysseus in White Gold: Homecoming for Lange?

Ever since I started appreciating timepieces, I’ve wanted a Lange. They’ve always done things the way they believed it should be done. From the...

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