This week on the Superlative Podcast, host and aBlogtoWatch Founder Ariel Adams is joined by returning guest Nico Leonard van der Horst, the Founder of Pride and Pinion. To start the show, Ariel has Nico dive into why he has to travel so much in his work life now, and Ariel asks him to try to…

Ah, the simple pleasures in life— a good night’s rest, a summer-evening sunset, and the smell of freshly brewed coffee in the morning. Somehow, the new Tissot Heritage 1938 Automatic COSC also kind of falls into the “Simple Pleasures” category. Inspired by Tissot watches from the 1930s, it’s a traditional-looking piece that doesn’t need all…

A display shows “-01:49:53 RADIO SILENCE,” and there’s tangible tension in the canteen. The launch has already been delayed by a day. Around 200 people from every corner of the world have spent weeks in the Swedish slice of the frankly inhospitable Arctic Circle to build, load, and launch an unpiloted rocket into space from…

When I recently reviewed the Tudor Black Bay 54, I mentioned that I felt I might get bored with it. The reason was its retro styling, which makes it feel a tad — for lack of a kinder word — disingenuous to me. This point seemed to resonate with quite a few readers. Have we…

When looking at the Grand Seiko catalog, most of us will likely gravitate to the Heritage collection. That is where iconic silhouettes from the past like the 44GS and 62GS come to life in fresh, modern versions. But the brand’s Elegance collection might be the right place for you if you are in the market…

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Robert Leslie was at the forefront of invention and innovation in 18th-century Philadelphia and was awarded America’s first clock and watch patents. However, his contributions were discounted until one of his patented watches was found in 2012 which prompted renewed research. The trail amazingly led to George Washington and the time of his death on…

Given that they are mechanical timepieces that use tiny liquid-filled structures to display the time, even the most simple and straightforward HYT watches are technologically impressive creations. However, as one of its new releases from earlier this year, HYT unveiled the Conical Tourbillon, which could best be described as an alien planetarium for the wrist.…