Blog posts from Andy Callan
The Bell & Ross BR01
The appeal of square watches has waxed and waned over the years. Obviously, there is nothing to say a watch has to be any particular shape at all, save for it being wearable and comfortable on the wrist. But there’s no doubt that square timepieces used to be more popular in the earliest days of […]
The Beckertime Comparison Series: The Men’s Yacht-Master Vs. the Ladies Yacht-Master of the 1990s
In this latest article in our comparison series, we are going to concentrate on one of the newer models in the Rolex lineup; the Yacht-Master. If you look at the brand’s roster today, you will see most of the watches there can trace their origins back to the 1950s, or even earlier. The Yacht-Master, on […]
The Beckertime Comparison Series: The Rolex GMT-Master II Vs. The Tudor Heritage Black Bay GMT
Pitting the Rolex GMT-Master II against the Tudor Heritage Black Bay GMT is a bit like the current Rolex model going into battle with itself 60-years ago. While the GMT-Master series as an entity can trace its origins back to the middle of the 20th century, the contemporary version is as cutting-edge as it is […]
The Beckertime Brand Series: Bell & Ross
One of the industry’s relative newcomers, French brand Bell & Ross also has one of the strongest identities in the business. With the needs of professional aviators clearly the main source of inspiration, they have created some of the most distinctive pilot’s watches available, all bending to their establishing idea of ‘function shaping form’. What […]