What We Know I first met Hamdan Al Hudaidi at Dubai Watch Week last year and even wrote about a Baltic x Perpétuel Gallery chronograph that very week. Al Hudaidi is a passionate collector of independent watchmakers, and while it’s not necessarily the core of his work at Perpétuel, he’s an ardent supporter of microbrands…

  Sponsored post presented on aBlogtoWatch for an advertiser When it comes to tactical watches built to endure just about anything, Swiss brand traser is one of the best options out there. Built for use, traser timepieces don’t cut corners and all feature always-on trigalight tritium tubes for non-stop utility. Now, with the new traser…

Would you believe me if I told you we have never featured a dedicated article about a vintage Nivada Chronomaster Aviator Sea Diver article on Fratello? I had to check twice, but it’s true. Let’s fix this with a scarce version of the Nivada CASD. This one is one is ref. 85004/4076, aka the “Orange…

What We Know Hey guess what? TAG Heuer and Porsche have announced another limited edition collaboration, and this time there’s a tourbillon involved. Here we have the TAG Heuer Carrera Chronograph Tourbillon x Porsche Panamericana, limited to 255 pieces. The headline is that it’s a 42mm Glassbox case with TAG’s TH20-09 Tourbillon Chronograph inside. But,…

The Carrera moniker is significant to both watchmaker TAG Heuer and automaker Porsche. Each brand has named a line of their respective products after the exciting yet dangerous Carrera Panamericana rally that took place in Mexico during the first part of the 1950s. The 3,000km event was discontinued in 1954 due to safety concerns, but…

The Seiko SKX007 is one of the most popular entry-level mechanical watches ever produced, period. But is it still worth adding one to your collection in 2024, even though it was discontinued five years ago? Let’s find out. The Seiko SKX007’s popularity is no small feat, even for a large and culturally powerful manufacturer like…

In only a handful of years since its introduction, the Casio G-Shock 2100-series “Casioak” family has become a cornerstone of the G-Shock range, attracting legions of fans with its more refined, semi-analog, lightly Genta-inspired take on the classic G-Shock formula. The Japanese brand has been eager to push this perception of the 2100-series line since…

The Longines Heritage collection is my favorite one in the brand’s catalog. I especially like the Sector Dial, but many other models are also tastefully done. Last year, Longines added the Flagship Heritage Moonphase to the collection. Lex looked at the version with a silver sunburst dial, but blue and matte silver versions also came…