Early in March, I attended the second British Watchmakers’ Day at Lindley Hall (Royal Horticultural Halls) in Westminster. The sophomore effort had another fantastic turnout and cemented the show as a bona fide addition to the watch-event calendar. With 45 British-based watch brands presenting, there was plenty for everyone to enjoy. All brands have a…

It’s hard to get excited about new watches when you look at them and handle them all the time. Everything seems either trite or try-hard. When a watch comes along and catches your eye, more often than not, a closer examination will erode whatever may have gotten your attention. The effect is one of second-guessing…

Another Sunday, another showdown! This week, we’re matching up two professional titanium dive watches that come in under €5K. The first is the recently introduced Seiko Prospex Marinemaster SLA081. This new version of the popular Marinemaster was released to celebrate 60 years of Seiko dive watches. The second is the Sinn T50, which debuted in…

Our aBlogtoWatch team is excited to announce Michael V. of Orland Park, USA as the winner of our Monro MOA-1 Atlantic Blue watch giveaway. With its rich, nuanced colorway and classic aviation-inspired details, it’s a striking dive watch companion that should be a conversation-starter for years! Your continuing participation in our community is much appreciated.…

When talking about luxury legacy sports watches, no conversation is complete without mentioning the Fifty Fathoms diver’s timepiece family from Blancpain. The Blancpain Fifty Fathoms has been around since the 1950s, and over the last 25 or 30 years has existed as a top-tier luxury adventure watch that is both authentically durable and structurally beautiful.…

On February 1st, Fratello published the second chapter dedicated to Breitling’s Then & Now Pop-Up Museum in Zurich. Today, we come to the final chapter, featuring Breitling’s third universe — landborne watches. As mentioned in the previous chapters, under Georges Kern’s leadership, Breitling has returned to the three universes of Air, Land, and Sea with…

I’ve come to really admire the aesthetics of wristwatches with engraved cases. This concept is hardly new, with timepieces going back hundreds of years featuring various types of machine or hand-engraving decoration. guilloché -style engraving is one of the most time-honored decorative techniques on watch dials, cases, and even movements. Engraving is a wonderful way…

Once again, we find ourselves with an article by yours truly on an IWC. Oh well, I’ve bought another vintage watch from International Watch Company Schaffhausen. It’s starting to become a bit of a running joke. This time, though, I haven’t gone for steel. Instead, I bought my very first gold watch. I seem to…