Anniversaries are always happy occasions and two famous names in luxury Swiss timepieces will be celebrating the new year by adding new models to their lines. 2015 finds Oris celebrating 110 years of making luxury Swiss watches and the company is doing it in style by releasing the first mechanical movement developed from the ground up by the brand in 35 years, the Limited Edition Calibre 110. This...
The excitement is building for this year’s Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) happening in Geneva, Switzerland, next week. Now we are learning more about a fascinating pair of new timepieces from luxury watchmaker Roger Dubuis. Two intricate skeleton-work designs are being added to the Excalibur line. The very name Excalibur arouses images of the court of King Arthur and the l...
I am admittedly a big fan of Glycine. They are more mainstream than some brands and many of the watch community own at least one of their models, or have at least heard of them, but they are still somewhat more niche than say Tag Heuer or Hamilton. They have a wide range of models, from the Combat Diver models, to the Lagunare, to their classic dress watches and the ever popular Airman models. Tod...
ITAnano, an Italy based company, has made their play in the watch world by incorporating similar uses of technology of the leading sport cars and aero dynamics manufacturing into their watches. By using such materials as carbon, mineral fiber and polyfiber monocoque, ITAnano has certainly figured out their way of separating themselves from the everyday run of the mill watch companies. The watch we...
So, how much ‘watch’ does $300.00 dollars get you? A heck-of-a-lot if you’re buying Borealis’ new Scout Sniper. As of late, Borealis has created a strong buzz among watch enthusiasts looking for a timepiece that is well built, fun to wear, and most importantly, easy on the wallet. Borealis boasts on their site that they manufacture timepieces that are made with reliable mec...
Detroit Watch Company Pride of Detroit Aviator
Hello everyone. Today I am extremely pleased to present an exciting new watch brand and model, the Pride of Detroit Aviator from the Detroit Watch Company (DWC). Patrick & Amy Ayoub, the owners of the company, each have been working in the watch and design industry for the past 25-30 years with the dream of producing their own unique timepiece, resulting in the founding of the Detroit Watch Co...
Tom Carter is a new brand, with their headquarters based in Cyprus. If you are not familiar, Cyprus is an island below the country of Turkey. The model that I will be talking about here in the review is their upper tier model from the collection, even though the watch is only priced at $360: the Tom Carter Black Carbon. It has a Miyota quartz movement, carbon fiber dial, sapphire crystal, and is 5...
For many out there in the watch collecting world that follow micro brands, I am sure you are familiar with Prometheus Watches. If you are not, then this will be a great introduction for you, as I consider the Prometheus Piranha the best model from Prometheus to date. Now, that is not to say that previous models from them were sub par, there are many great Prometheus models that I have been fortuna...