microbrand
Audaz Seafarer Hands-On Watch Review
Audaz Seafarer Audaz is a brand that has been around for a while, since 2016 and the brand itself causes a little controversy, not for any big reasons, but the argument always is, are they a microbrand or not? A popular microbrand watch group on Facebook lists them as not, but I can’t really find any info to refute it, but most do consider it a factory brand. Either way, they are shipped out...
Serket Reef Diver 2.0 Hands-On Watch Review
Serket Reef Diver 2.0 Have you been watching older episodes of Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives? I mean, like really old episodes. Well, I have, but probably because I was looking for episodes where he was wearing this watch. Well, not exactly this watch, but the original version of it. The Serket Reef Diver 2.0, is a watch that in its original form was released all the way back in 2008. A lot of thin...
Aquatico Poseidon Hands-On Review
Aquatico Poseidon Have you always wanted a Seiko Marine Master 300 but just can’t afford or justify the price? Well, like any iconic and popular watch, there is a homage out there waiting for you. The Aquatico Poseidon is an homage to the MM300 and at the discounted price of $250, may just be the one for you, depending on what you are looking for. If you are looking for a watch that is as cl...
Ithyus Abyssi Hands-On Review
Ithyus Abyssi The watch world is amazing, more so than ever these days, and just trying to remember all of the brands, past and present is a task I am not admittedly up to. And within the past 10-12 years, there are so, so many microbrands that seemingly pop up out of nowhere as it is much easier to start a brand than ever before. Enter the Ithyus Abyssi, a model from a young microbrand I somehow ...
Vaer A5 Field Hands-On Watch Review
Vaer A5 Field Looking for a classic and clean field watch? Prefer something that is assembled in the USA? That is the Vaer A5 Field watch, or more specifically, all of the field watch lineups from Vaer. This midnight blue dial version is probably the cleanest of them all, but there are many more variations, many available in either quartz or automatic. This one is an automatic, a Miyota 9039 for t...
Vancouver Watch Blood and Thunder Watch Review
Vancouver Blood and Thunder These days, people are looking for value more than ever, and the Vancouver Watch Blood and Thunder has that in spades. Between ongoing inflation and of course the pandemic, we are seeing prices rising for all products, including microbrand watches. The Blood and Thunder is almost a nod to the past, where we could get a quality watch with a quality movement for under $40...
RZE Fortitude Watch Review
RZE Fortitude This first sentence may sound like I am a fanboy or on the payroll, but RZE is quickly becoming one of my favorite brands to review. The RZE Fortitude is their latest model, going up for preorder on December 13th. The young brand is only 4 models in, well, this will be their fourth model, yet they are really showing what they can do, and not only are they putting out models which can...
Boldr Odyssey Lumicast Watch Review
Boldr Odyssey Lumicast The Boldr Odyssey may be the most popular model from the Singaporean brand and this latest model, the Boldr Odyssey Lumicast definitely has the brightest lume. Available only in bronze at this time, the Lumicast name comes from the massive cast markers that are essentially all lume compound, allowing for even more light to be absorbed than standard or sandwich dials. A few n...
Raven Airfield Watch Review
Raven Airfield The Raven Airfield proves that you do not need to just be an homage of a famous brand to make a good watch, and Raven watches proves time and time again to be innovative in the microbrand space, offering watches of all sizes and styles. This Airfield is a combination pilot and field watch as the name suggests and comes in 3 dial colors, all with either day/date or no date options, a...
Marloe Solent Cardinal Watch Review
Marloe Solent Cardinal The watch industry is full of dive watches, which makes sense as the public has shown with their money that a dive watch is what most want. But not everyone wants a dive watch, and while we have pilot watches, field watches, and more, there is another subset of watch styles, which I refer to as the casual sport watch. That brings me to my review today of the Marloe Solent Ca...
Rvlvr SD-1 Red Pool Review
Rvlvr SD-1 Red Pool Have you ever wished you can be as cool as Deadpool? Well, now you can with the Rvlvr SD-1 Red Pool Dive watch! Okay, not really. Actually, buying the watch will not make you cool at all, unless you are already cool, but let’s face it, you’re not as cool as Deadpool. That’s just impossible. But, if you are looking for a budget-ish microbrand watch, that has a ...
Ocean Crawler Palomino Island Champion Diver
Ocean Crawler Palomino Island The very first watch released from Ocean Crawler was the Champion Diver, and now there is a very slightly updated version, the Ocean Crawler Palomino Island Champion Diver. That is quite a mouthful, I think most will refer to them as the new Champion Diver, but what you need to know is that the only differences are new dials and 3 colors of said new dial. The one show...