This week on aBlogtoWatch Weekly, Rick is joined by the usual suspects, Ripley, David, and Ariel. After a brief foray into the scorching weather in Los Angeles and Budapest vs. Scotland, the quadrangle dives into a discussion about why luxury watch brands shouldn’t raise prices on a set schedule. Next up, it’s Guess the Price of…

Acrylic crystal, aging lume, gilt dial — these are the makings of a vintage dive watch. But the Typsim 200M isn’t old. In fact, it’s brand new and a welcome addition of true watch nostalgia in a fauxtina landscape that only pays visual lip service to the past. The 200M from Typsim is half a…

This year, Citizen Watch of North America (including the United States and Canadian Citizen Watch teams) jointly celebrated a momentous occasion for the important Japanese watchmaker in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. 2024 marks 35 years since Citizen introduced its outdoorsy family of sports watches known as Promaster. Citizen also recently celebrated its 100th anniversary of…

Let’s face it: 2024 didn’t come loaded with optimism from brands, so we weren’t expecting big changes. Watches and Wonders was filled with evolutionary timepieces and studied tweaks, and the most surprising releases of 2024 so far caught us napping. It might have taken less to surprise me this fairly quiet year, but I’ve still…

The PRX has fast become Tissot’s cash cow. Having perfectly timed its entry into the ongoing integrated bracelet trend, Tissot has clearly recognized the success of the PRX and smartly made the decision to double down. Since its introduction 2021, its seen countless iterations, including the quartz, automatic, and chronograph versions, to say nothing of…

The all-black watch case. A symbol of modernity, stealth, you know… tacticool. A counter to the centuries of luxuriously shiny precious metals. Ok, maybe I’m being a bit dramatic, but it’s undeniable that through the cyclical nature of watch trends, black watch cases and the all-black aesthetic in watches have proven their staying power.  The…

Another Friday, another list! Last week, we concluded our series of articles covering the best watches of the first half of 2024. Now it’s time to move on to something different. This week, we’ll look at our five favorite currently available Citizen watches. Over the past couple of years, this longstanding Japanese maker has shown…

Happy Friday morning, I hope you didn’t put your loupe away after last week! At some point, I may work around a theme for the selections, but for now, working to chip away at lost time, our roundup will feature the best watches I can find, and no throughline is needed. On this 2024 reunion…