Well, we are still mired in this seemingly interminable virtual imprisonment. Our usual social activities of; meeting friends, attending various events, eating out and holidays are curtailed. Hit hard are single people, and I make no apology for admitting that I am finding it very difficult. With such confinement, having …
People who know me realise that it takes more than a “name” to impress. I have extreme antipathy to fashionistas who have to have the next expensive (overpriced) fad item just to flash about in the misguided belief that it somehow bestows respect and admiration. Sorry, in the real world …
A fair number of years ago when the number of my automatic watches reached two, I decided to get a watch winder. Well, it was not quite like that as I had bought a new watch from a national retailer and they threw one in. It was an innocuous cube …
Hot off the production line and hitting the shops is the new Defy Classic Carbon from Zenith. I had got wind of this piece a little while ago, but noticed this week in one of my local retailers so decided to take a closer look. Zenith is one of the …
It takes a hell of a lot of effort, guts and some luck to get a watch brand going. More impressive was to do so in the late 1990s in the UK, where frankly there was almost no watch production left. This however is precisely what Nick and Giles English …
I will not reprise how I came to review this Mühle piece, as I outlined the genesis of this in the review of the MeisterSinger Astroscope a little earlier. Suffice to say that upon enquiring over any new releases, this 29er Casual came to the surface and at first glance …
I probably came across MeisterSinger some five years ago when my consumption of watch material increased. To be frank, I was not that interested as I found the one-handed aspect bit of a gimmick. How could one possibly tell the time properly? So, I dismissed the watches as somewhat of …
I am including this watch in the “New Watch” section as although it has been out for a while now, it is still available. If memory serves me, I think I first saw sight of this piece a few years ago in the now regrettably defunct QP magazine. So, proof …
In these times of restricted mobility, access to new watches in person is almost nil. As such, and to keep things ticking over, I am just looking at some watches in my collection. In this case my selected piece is still in production so I am categorising as “new” for …
In the past few years I have been warming to many of Seiko’s offerings – including the prestige end of Grand Seiko and Credor. Like many folks I had previously and perhaps unfairly consigned the brand to the also-ran bin – possibly due to the vast quantities of cheap quartz …
