Sponsored post presented on aBlogtoWatch for an advertiser Now firmly established as a brand that offers previously unattainable horological complications at accessible prices and with incredible design, ATOWAK is introducing a bold new variant on one of its most daring designs. The ATOWAK COBRA had already wowed with its satellite wandering hour display and faceted…

Your Weekly Shop Brief Ressence’s revolutionary diver with an oil-filled dial goes fully luminous with the Type 5 LUM, and you can now get it in our digital storefront. Additionally, Zenith’s orange-hued revival of the retro DEFY A3648 Diver has been revamped for the 21st century and is now ready for the taking. Finally, for…

  One of the top watch brands to come out of the Great White North, Marathon Watch has carved out a niche for building robust timepieces that meet the rugged professional standards required by military and law enforcement. At the same time, it has managed to capture the interest of collectors, many of whom —…

In the 1980s, IWC introduced a series of highly specialized dive watches for the Kampfschwimmer, an elite German military dive unit. Made in conjunction with Porsche Design, these titanium watches had IWC technology and ingenuity behind them. As military-issued versions of the IWC Ocean 2000, they are now referred to as the “Ocean Bund” among…

“Made in China” is as loaded a phrase as any, but just as important as where the Pastorale II is made is who made it: independent watchmaker Qin Gan. Qin is a 55-year-old watchmaker based in Chongqing, the largest municipal area in China. After making his international debut with the Pastorale in 2021, Qin has refined…

This week on the Superlative Podcast, host and aBlogtoWatch Founder Ariel Adams is joined by author and doctor, Geoff Shester, the California Campaign Director & Senior Scientist at Oceana. To start the show Ariel has Geoff share details on the last Oceana expedition on which Ariel was actually able to join him. The two talk about…

Grand Seiko’s first all-mechanical complicated watch debuted in 2022. It was a timepiece with a movement featuring a tourbillon with an inner carriage rotating at eight beats per second and a constant-force mechanism rotating at one beat per second. Not only was the Grand Seiko Kodo Constant-Force Tourbillon SLGT003 a complicated and ingenious watch, but…

I make it my duty to discuss the evolving psychology and mental landscape of consumers who buy enthusiast and luxury wristwatches. The majority of analysis in the watch space is limited to reporting the limited (and often misleading) numeric metrics that are sometimes available, as well as sharing interview quotes from tight-lipped industry managers. Little…