How Brendan Cunningham twice earned tenure and fell into watches at the same time.

Blue Monday is not just any Monday. In fact, it’s the third Monday in January. UK travel company Sky Travel characterized that particular Monday as the most depressing day of the year. And according to the company, the remedy would be a trip to a sunny destination, of course. But playing the 1983 song “Blue […]

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In addition to being one of the most commonly misunderstood concepts in watchmaking, the helium escape valve might also be one of the absolute least useful features that a wristwatch can have in everyday life. Outside of a very small group of people consisting solely of commercial saturation divers and those with other niche professions […]

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These are a few of our favorite (F.P. Journe) things.

Recently, Balazs and I recorded a podcast about Seiko. We were forced to come up with two of our favorite models from the brand. This was no small feat, but we persevered. One of my choices was Champion Alpinist J13043, a bit of an “if you know, you know” watch that clocks in at roughly […]

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We have extensively covered the scarcity of certain watches, the Rolex Daytona included, here on aBlogtoWatch. Today, we’ll talk about the lesser-known nuances of one of the key suspects, the watch itself that lies behind all that madness. The rare opportunity presented itself for me to spend a fair bit of time wearing the highly […]

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The design legend and company founder hasn’t given an interview about Ikepod in more than a decade. Here, he tracks the complete history of his iconic, iconoclastic company. And we tell you which of his watches to hunt down.

Independent brands, which we can also call microbrands, have been working hard to create some neat stuff. Yes, I decided to say “neat” instead of “outstanding” because what they recently released is quite refreshing. This article will look at three trends that define independent watchmaking in 2022. I did use the word “innovation” in the […]

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