Winston Churchill was an exceptional leader and a complicated man. Both adjectives could also be applied to his watches. Churchill loved watches, yet was always late. His great-grandson, Randolph Churchill, tells a story of his private secretaries setting his house clocks 15 minutes forward in hopes of correcting this regular tardiness, yet they could never…

For some reason, Furlan Marri caught fire with its first release in 2021. That watch, a meca-quartz Patek 1463 homage for a few hundred bucks, seemed to be just what many enthusiasts wanted during those frothy pandemic years. At the time, I was a simple enthusiast sitting in Chicago and even had a healthy bit…

With the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad now fully underway in Paris – and dozens of medals awarded to the world’s best athletes by the day – it got us thinking about the best of 2024 in a similar vein: sport watches. What are the best releases of the year so far, and why? So,…

Since Vulcain decided to focus more on models outside of its bread-and-butter alarm watches, we have seen an array of new models coming to the market. Primarily based on vintage timepieces, the new Vulcain models include chronographs, time-only watches, and divers. The last of those is an exciting line consisting of the Nautical Heritage alarm…

In 2023, Swiss NORQAIN debuted a colorful turquoise and black version of its Independence Wild ONE Skeleton watch. It proved so successful that for 2024, NORQAIN wanted to follow up with some additional fresh “summer colors” of the Independence Wild ONE Skeleton. This led to the release of these two new Wild ONE Skeleton models,…

English brand Fears introduces a new version of its core model, the Brunswick. This new version reintroduces gold to the collection after the Midas version was discontinued in 2018. The new Midas II features a gold-plated 38mm cushion case and a beautiful bead-blasted dial. Additionally, the Fears Brunswick 38 Midas II comes with two straps…

It’s summer, and while the Swiss watch industry takes the month off, we’re picking our favorite watches once again! This time, however, we’re not sticking to a specific budget. Instead, we’re keeping the theme consistent but aiming at three different price categories — sub-€1,000, sub-€10,000, and a no-holds-barred, unrestricted category. The goal is to see…

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