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Citizen Eco-Drive Promaster Aqualand Depth Meter BN2024-05E
The CITIZEN Eco-Drive Promaster Aqualand Depth Meter BN2024-05E, which debuted in Basel 2014, is poised to make waves throughout the dive watch community, and as it splashes down on my wrist, I can certainly see why.
Lum-tec Combat B 2015 Concept
Following up with their success of the Combat B line, Lum-tec has recently shown concept renderings of the Combat B 2015. This new Combat B, would be not only an affordable quartz option, but the case made of a new material for Lum-tec: Aluminum. 6061 Aircraft Grade aluminum to be exact. I personally am not familiar with aluminum watches , so this is something that has intrigued me. Lum-tec has st...
Tested Beyond Endurance: The Bremont U-2
The luxury British watch brand, Bremont, has always been inspired by a passion for flying and aviation. They began making beautifully crafted pilot’s watches in 2002 and still to this day, each and every Bremont timepiece is inspired by a love of historic aircraft. In 2010 however, they managed to create a piece that reached new heights and has gone where no wristwatch has been before: The B...
Longines Conquest For Him And For Her
Longines has been a prominent name in the sporting world for centuries, ever since their presence at the very first modern day Olympic Games. Since then they have been associated with some of the biggest sporting events in the world and to this day they are still closely linked with an impressive number of sports occasions as an official watch, timekeeper and sponsor in sports like gymnastics, ten...
Maurice LaCroix Masterpiece Chronograph Skeleton
This year Maurice LaCroix has released a new and edgy addition to their repertoire of Skeleton watches with the officially named Masterpiece Le Chronographe Squelette. This watch is the first Skeleton watch from Maurice LaCroix to feature a complication rather than just a three hand dial layout. There are 4 versions of this model, each with its own clear character. These models together make up a ...
Arnold & Son greets the Chinese New Year with limited edition set
The Horse is one of the twelve signs in the Chinese zodiac and one of its most revered symbols. To mark the beginning of this much awaited year on 31st January 2014, Arnold & Son proudly presents a special limited edition of 28 pairs of watches inspired by the horses depicted in traditional Chinese ink-wash paintings. Arnold & Son pays tribute to one of the most powerful symbols in ...
Hublot teams up with Ray Allen to raise money for Diabetes
Miami heat guard Ray Allen recently teamed up with Hublot to benefit the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation and JDRF. Three watches were auctioned off at the Ray Allen Golf Classic dinner at the LA Gorce Country Club, located on Miami Beach. Together, Hublot and Ray Allen raised a total of $191,000 from the auction of the three Hublot timepieces that were specially created to benefit th...
Bremont Announces Their Support Of The British School of Watchmaking
Bremont, a British luxury watch brand, co-founded by brothers Nick and Giles English in 2002, has announced it will be joining an elite group of leading brands and retailers including Rolex, Patek Philippe and Watches of Switzerland in nurturing homegrown horological talent by supporting the British School of Watchmaking (BSoW). Opening it’s door to its first students on September 4th, 2006,...
Crown & Buckle/Logan Zane Chocolate Walrus NATO Strap Review
In June 2013, Florida strap retailer Crown & Buckle joined forces with New York leather crafter Logan Zane to create an exclusive line of pass-through straps, hand crafted from American or Italian leather, for $60. To a cheapskate like me, that sounded like a pretty good deal, but only if the straps were really unique. The C&B x LZ line did not disappoint. They kicked it off with camouflag...
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR! From All Of Us Here At WatchReport, We Wish You A Happy And Healthy 2014! Cheers!
A Beginner’s Watch Buying Guide.
Buying your first ‘real’ timepiece can be a daunting experience. For most people, it means you’ve had to save up for some time before taking the leap, or it’s a something to commemorate an occasion in your life that you want to remember for a long time. Many variables factor into purchasing first ‘real’ watch, the most important of which we’ll discuss toda...
Seiko SNN231 Chronograph Review
Aviation inspired design is quite popular in the watch world. In many ways, there is a natural overlap between aviation and horology. Both value precision engineering, precise tolerances, and accurate measurement. The aviation watch encompasses many distinctive designs from the traditional type A and type B fliegers like those of IWC and Laco, to intricate slide rule flight compu...