One Man’s Early Christmas Present (Rolex) – First Impressions
Not too long ago, this article was written about which watch would be the ideal one for me. After much deliberating and conversing with my colleagues, and some esteemed friends and fellow time geeks, I had settled on the Rolex GMT-Master II Day and Night. Also known fondly as the ‘Bruiser’ though in my mind […]
Time Writer
The literal name for Chronograph, from the Greek ‘Chronos’ meaning time and ‘Graph’ to write. It is possibly one of the most popular, widespread and useful complications within the world of watches that we inhabit. All the big players produce some kind of Chronograph, and some have made their names with them, like Zenith. It […]
A Unique Skeleton
Cartier has just announced the Cartier Tank MC Two Tone Skeleton, a unique skeleton watch which they’ll be introducing in Geneva next month at SIHH (the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie). Conventional skeletons offer standard movements with non-essential metal removed. The MC Skeleton movement on the other hand, is made up of shapes resembling […]
Ben’s Ultimate Top Five Christmas Wristwatches – 2013
We here at Beckertime have been tasked with the authoring of our ultimate top five Christmas wish list and, during my rigorous process of elimination, I have discovered that I have something of a penchant for chronographs. Scouring the internet for pictures has left me genuinely salivating – so much so that I have decided […]