Creating a new identity for a watch collection, particularly for an already-established brand like Citizen, is a difficult task. While the Japanese watchmaking giant wants to forge new ground with any collection, this desire for newness has to be tempered with a sense of cohesion between models in the new line, along with the need…

The last time we covered watchmaker and mechanical engineer David Candaux, back in 2019, it was just two years after he took a leap of faith and stepped out on his own in Le Soliat, right off of the watchmaking hub of Neuchâtel to found his own eponymous brand. Up until that time, Candaux built…

This week on the SUPERLATIVE Podcast, host and aBlogtoWatch Founder Ariel Adams is joined by Sam Rayner and Max Nordigian, founders of Chrono Hunter, a platform designed to help individuals buy and sell luxury watches. Ariel has Sam and Max start the show by diving into the history and purpose of Chrono Hunter while discussing…

Isn’t it fascinating how your life’s trajectory can hang on decisions you make early in life? I picked a subject profile in high school that would later mean I did not qualify for Industrial Design school. If I had picked differently at age 15, there is a good chance I would have become a designer.…

aBlogtoWatch began on the premise that I would give myself a space to publish watch reviews. Having been interested in timepieces for a number of years, I found myself full of strong opinions and perspectives that I wanted to share with others. I’d grown up reading product reviews; before watch reviews and other product reviews…

At the beginning of this year, I learned from my colleague Jorg that brown would be the color of 2024. That shocked me. I have nothing against the color brown in general, but brown watch dials never captured my heart, to put it mildly. So why did I want to try out the Nomos Club…

It’s not often you find yourself surrounded by no fewer than six Freaks. It happened to me recently. I did receive a warning that the watches were on the way, but how do you prepare for something like that? That’s why, when I unpacked the box and had the pink gold Freak S, Freak S…

In April 2024, Zenith introduced the Defy Extreme Diver, a bold and modern dive watch. The brand is most famous for its chronographs, so a new diver is big news. The initial release brought a pair of black- and blue-dialed watches. Today, an icy silver version joins the lineup as a serial-production model. This year’s…