The Top 5 Watches to Take on Vacation: The Omega Seamaster Diver 300M ‘Summer Blue’
A lot of very cool things came into being in 1948. It was the year which saw the formation of both the World Health Organization and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Land Rover and the Honda Motor Company were established. Velcro was invented. Far more importantly than all that, 1948 saw the pressing of the […]
Rival Timepieces to Challenge Rolex’s Finest: Submariner vs. Tudor Black Bay
The Submariner & The Tudor Black Bay Welcome back to our series of articles on realistic Rolex alternatives. This is a comprehensive rundown of viable replacements for a number of the brand’s most popular creations, aimed at the folk who, for whatever reason, can’t get the Rolex of their choice or who actively prefer pieces […]
The Top 5 Watches to Take on Vacation
What could be more fun than planning your ideal vacation? There’s a couple of ways to do this. You can spend days and weeks on research of the best destinations, perhaps creating a spreadsheet to weigh up things like budget, climate, safety, local culture, food, transportation, activities and visa requirements, etc. Or you could lob […]
The Rolex Innovation Timeline: The Cerachrom Bezel
Ceramic has been something of a peripheral watchmaking material ever since its introduction in 1962 with Rado’s DiaStar. Over the years it has been used almost as a novelty in watches from the likes of Omega with their Black Tulip ‘Cermet’ models (CERamic-METal) and IWC’s Da Vinci ref. 3755, both from and very much of the […]
