When I am playing a round of golf, I wear a mechanical watch. Every time I do, though, I receive comments about it from other watch enthusiasts. Either they say that I should take my watch off, or they ask me if I’m not afraid of damaging it. My answer is always quite simple: I…

Though at times it may seem as though I’m planning to launch a sub-Hodinkee just for travel watches, I still can’t get enough. It’ll be a cold day in hell when a new and competitive GMT doesn’t get me pumped. It’s been an incredible few years for GMT watches, and the market is only improving…

The big watch auction season is just around the corner, but with fall here, we’ve already had a few smaller auctions that have brought us some exciting watches. The first is a 1980s Seiko coming from the mega-sale of Freddie Mercury’s estate. After that, we look at what’s happening in the worlds of vintage, neo-vintage,…

What We Know In the early 1970s, the uniquely American (and uniquely adept marketing strategist) watchmaker Bulova wanted to have a little fun with the classic Swiss-Standard depth rating of 656 feet, and crafted a dive watch named “The Snorkel” that could accurately sport a depth resistance of 666 feet, or the “Number of The…

When most people think of Omega and its various partnerships, it’s the Olympics, moon landing, and James Bond that first come to mind, although the brand has also been a supporter of the Emirates Team New Zealand (ETNZ) sailing team since 1995. Over the years, Omega has produced a number of different timepieces dedicated to…

Another Friday, another Top 5! Last week, we focused on watches with salmon dials. We often see these types of dials in limited editions, but they have become very popular among watch fans. It begged the question of why more brands don’t create watches with salmon dials as part of their regular collections. This week,…

Back in April of this year, I had the opportunity to meet with Gerald Charles in Geneva and see the brand’s watches. While I was fairly impressed by all of the Gerald Charles’ models, my hands-down favorite was easily the Maestro 8.0 Squelette, which takes the brand’s signature asymmetric case shape and fits it with…

This week on the aBlogtoWatch Weekly podcast, it’s another full house as Rick, Ariel, and David cover the latest from the site and the watch industry. Things start off with a chat about underwater photography and lume shots before a discussion about flipping watches, particularly the Moonswatch. Naturally, things flow into the Swatch x Blancpain…