Blog posts from Andy Callan

You would think that deciding on what was officially the first ever dive watch would be a fairly straightforward task, but depending on your point of view, the Omega Marine, or the Panerai Radiomir, or the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms can all stake a claim. It’s a subject that causes much debate among watch nerds, but […]

Until relatively recently, a Rolex watch with a GMT complication represented the brand at its most complex. The relentless pursuers of perfect three-hand simplicity have traditionally steered away from additional functions, with a dual time zone or a chronograph’s stopwatch seemingly as far as they were willing to push it. Lately, things have started to […]

With a history as long and illustrious as Rolex’s, and with an output as prodigious, it can sometimes get confusing keeping track of the slew of different models the brand has released over the years, particularly the Rolex Datejust vs Rolex date models. In their earliest days, and especially during their 50s and 60s heyday, […]

Contrasting Models Some of the most frequently asked questions we get here at BeckerTime concern the differences and similarities between certain models in the Rolex lineup. It can undoubtedly be a confusing area for those just starting to discover the brand. There are a number of pieces in the range built for the same sort […]