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Traska Freediver V5 Watch Review
Traska Freediver V5 It has taken five years to get the Traska Freediver in for review, and we are now on version 5 or V5 as I will refer to it in this review. After five years, a lot of hype, and a lot of refinement in the watch itself, I have to say this vintage-inspired, dress-diver is a beautiful watch, and I can see why the brand gets the praise it does. This latest iteration comes in four col...
Titoni Impetus CeramTech Hands-On Review
Titoni Impetus CeramTech In the world of wristwatches, dive watches are immensely popular, so much so that all watch enthusiasts must be professional divers. In all reality, dive watches are generally considered the best all-around watch, rugged but refined, high water resistance, easy-read dials, and great lume. What if you could get all that without it being an actual dive watch? Enter the Titon...
Nivada Grenchen F77 Hands-On Review
Nivada Grenchen F77 The original Nivada Grenchen F77 was released in 1977. Now, 46 years later, the resurrected Nivada has re-issued the F77, staying pretty close to the original in design, but using modern manufacturing and materials. Heavily inspired by the Genta-Design Audemars Piguet Royal Oak, released just 5 years earlier in 1972, Nivada wasn’t shy about copying it. And now here in 202...
Jack Mason Hydrotimer Hands-On Watch Review
Jack Mason Hydrotimer Jack Mason may have started with what many would refer to as a “fashion brand” watch, but this Jack Mason Hydrotimer is anything but a fashion watch. With 300m of water resistance, an all-stainless steel case with a hard coating, ceramic bezel insert, gilt hands and indices, and just an overall solid feel and finish, and a Miyota 9039 Automatic movement, this watc...
Nezumi Studios Aviera GMT Watch Review
Nezumi Studios Aviera GMT The year of the GMT continues and this Nezumi Studios Aviera GMT is a nice affordable automatic GMT with a vintage-inspired design, two dial colors, sapphire, and a Seiko NH34 GMT movement. This new model follows the vintage and racing design Nezumi is known for, and comes in two colors currently, a black dial, and this amazing teal blue shown here. At 40mm thick double d...
Epos 3439 Classic Moon Phase Review
Epos 3439 Classic Moon Phase Keeping track of the phases of the moon probably sounds silly to most, but for the most part of human existence, we have used the moon as a way to track time. This is why moon phase watches, first pocket watches and then in 1925, wristwatches, have always been a very popular complication. The Epos 3439 Classic Moon Phase is a beautiful piece from the almost 100-year-ol...
Titoni Seascoper 300 Hands-On Watch Review
Titoni Seacoper 300 It seems some enthusiasts and collectors are still not familiar with Titoni, and even with this latest release of the Titoni Seascoper 300, I have seen some interesting comments. Yes, the 300 is the little brother to the Seascoper 600 and there are some change but the case design and amazing finishing is still here, as well as a COSC movement. Titoni wanted to have a more affor...
Zodiac Ceramic Super Sea Wolf Hands-On Watch Review
Zodiac Ceramic Super Sea Wolf Here we are with another version of this iconic watch, the Zodiac Ceramic Super Sea Wolf. Yes, Zodiac has jumped into the ceramic watch cases, as they have been trying to expand their lineup this past year, using different materials for both the dials and cases. Meteorite, titanium, and now ceramic. High gloss, all-black ceramic with a deep blue dial, but this one has...
Winfield Apex Hands-On Watch Review
Winfield Apex Have you ever said to yourself, I’m sick of dive watches but still want something rugged and functional while still being affordable? That’s where the Winfield Apex comes in. Born out of a desire to create something hard-use and capable, while still being attainable by both collectors and just someone needing a good watch, and assembled in the USA. Yes, Winfield does hail...
Epos 3504 Diver Hands-On Watch Review
Epos 3504 Diver Epos produces many different collections, but if you look under the Sportive collection, you will find a lot of derivative models, such as this Epos 3504 Diver. This latest piece has a similar look and feel to a Submariner, with a few tweaks here and there as you will see in this review. Unlike many watch brands that do homages, this is not what one would call an affordable watch a...
Straum Opphav Hands-On Watch Review
Straum Opphav The Straum Opphav is the first model from the new microband, launched in 2021. Unlike a lot of new brands, the Norwegen microbrand did not go the way of using catalog parts and sticking its brand and logo on the dial. No, in fact, it took them 5 years to bring this model to fruition, with a few designs and bumps in the road along the way. What they ended up creating is a fantastic bl...
Zelos Aurora Hands-On Watch Review
Zelos Aurora The Zelos Aurora is not the Singaporean brand’s first field watch, but this is an all-new case design and a new model collection. Built from Grade 2 Titanium, with a hard coating, Miyota 9039 Movement with an antimagnetic cage, a choice of quite a few dial colors and materials, and comes in two sizes as well, 42mm as shown here but also a smaller size at 38mm. As usual, Zelos ha...