Hands on Watch Reviews
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Review of the Sinn 856 UTC
View the Sinn 856 UTC photo gallery. In my tireless search for unique, robust, and beautiful watches, it was inevitable that I would someday be wearing a Sinn. I chose the 856 UTC as my first Sinn because it represents a very nice balance between functionality and design. Before I...
Review of the Orient CFT00004B
View the Orient CFT00004B Photo Gallery. The Orient CFT00004B is a handsome, semi-dressy sport watch which incorporates Orient's own 46R40 self-winding automatic movement. It has a great looking polished case and bracelet, a power reserve indicator, a slide rule, and an "open heart" skeleton dial that shows the balance wheel...
The Swatch Irony Body and Soul
View the Swatch Irony Body and Soul photo gallery. As an engineer, it's always interesting to me to think about what a watch is designed for. In some ways, it's easy to make "The World's Finest Watch" if cost and time are no consideration. It's much harder, on the other...
Review of the Casio Edifice EFX700D-1A1V
View the Casio Edifice photo gallery. A few months ago, I received an interesting and rather surprising watch in the mail: a Casio Edifice EFX700D-1A1V. I like some Casio models, but as a whole, they usually don't register as one of my favorite brands, primarily due to the styling of...
Review of the TX 730 Flyback Chronograph
View the TX 730 photo gallery. When we think of Timex, we usually think of the king of the American bargain bin. Timex is known for inexpensive "drugstore" watches sold in places like Walmart and Target. But they are good inexpensive watches, and because they are such a good value,...
Review of the Rolex Sea-Dweller
View the Rolex Sea-Dweller photo gallery. Without a doubt, the Rolex Sea-Dweller is one of my favorite watches of all time. It represents everything I look for in a watch of this sort: simplicity, quality, functionality, and stark beauty. The Sea-Dweller is one of the less common Rolex sport models....
Review of the Immersion Prowler Dive Watch
View the Immersion Prowler photo gallery. Up for review today is a dive computer wristwatch from a lesser known Italian company: The Immersion Prowler. It's a digital data logger, dive computer, and full-featured watch, all in a 200m (660ft) water-resistant housing. Let's start with the feature list: Stainless steel case...
Review of the Ball Engineer Master II Diver
View the Ball Engineer Master II Diver photo gallery. If you're looking to put something a little different on your wrist, you owe it to yourself to consider a Ball. I came across Ball watches when I was looking for something distinctive and unique; something that combines the tradition of...
Review of the Kobold Soarway Diver
View the Kobold Soarway Diver photo gallery. I've wanted a Kobold watch for pretty close to three years now. The first Kobold I fell in love with was the Polar Surveyor since it has both a chronograph, and a 24-hour hand. When I went through a military watch phase, I...
Review of the Casio G-Shock Gulfman (GW-9100)
View the Casio G-Shock Gulfman GW-9100 photo gallery. The new Casio G-Shock Gulfman is an interesting new addition to Casio's G-Shock line. It has the same set of features as all the G-Shocks I review: Atomic calibration. Solar powered. 200 meter water resistant (about 650 feet). Automatic calendar. Electroluminescent backlight....
Review of the Seiko SKA367 Kinetic Dive Watch
View the Seiko SKA367 photo gallery. One of the things I enjoy about wearing Seikos is that there's so much to discover post-purchase. Often, a watch will have a coherent style that you find you enjoy long after it originally caught your eye. Let's take a closer look at a...
Review of the Citizen Skyhawk A-T
View the Citizen Skyhawk A-T photo gallery. Most pilots and aviation enthusiasts tend to be gadget lovers. Whether it's an entirely new digital avionics package in the cockpit, or one of the most advanced aviation watches on the market, we lust after it. So when the Citizen Skyhawk A-T was...