Vratislavia Conceptum is a Polish watch company that started a couple of years back; they produce very limited models per year, one or two maximum; all their watches are only produced in very limited amounts, as Limited Editions accordingly they are usually get sold out very quickly. I was able to get myself on their …
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Last week I started discussing vintage chronographs and I have highlighted the biggest two players back in the days; today I will continue what I’ve started and I will mention some of the very famous chronograph movements as well as the less known ones. 3- Lemania In 1884 a young watchmaker Alfred Lugrin, who had acquired …
Chronographs are the sexiest mechanical movements ever; they are complicated, sophisticated and a pleasure to look at all the time.I’m a big fan of Chronographs in general, maybe I’ve never used one to time anything, but probably helped me killing time during boring meetings! Chronographs were made very early in the 20th century or even …
Ancon watch company has been around for few years now, their famous Sea Shadow was a great success, picking up on this success they released Sea Shadow II late 2014.I was always over the fence when it comes to the Sea Shadow ll, I like homages to vintage Rolex and I own few of them, but …
I’ve been following Lew & Huey for sometime now; and once they announced their new watch, I felt that I have to have one! So I jumped on it when the campaign started.The watch arrived before Christmas last year, and I have to say that it was a great Christmas present to myself. The watch …
Seiko has been very famous for its legendary diving watches, from the 1960s up till today, with a wide range from affordable to high end luxury watches that can easily compete with its Swiss counterparts.One of those pieces is the beloved 6105 with the beautiful cushion case and the square hour markers. Later the 6309 …
Last year I was hunting for a rally strap with orange stitching to go with my blue-orange Orthos by Lew & Huey.After a little research, I found an ebay seller that had very interesting offerings, and I actually found a nice strap which I liked, but I wasn’t sure about the length, so I contacted the …
While browsing my Instagram feed, I came across a very neat minimalist watch, it is simple, neat and very well balanced; I immediately jumped into their website, and I was amazed! Browsing through their website, I was really thrilled with their story, I here quote from their website: “In 2010 one of our founders went …
Last month I covered Tiger Concept as a young watch company, and their major models, in particular the Big Crown, that I’m really fond of.Today, I will do a head to head comparison between the Big Crown V3 and their latest release V4. For the first glance, there are major differences between the 2 cases;First …
Back in April last spring I was fortunate enough to get my hands on one of the very first straps that were produced by a very young leather straps’ company, called Artisan.The strap was 100% hand made and was customized exactly for my vintage Seiko 6139. Back then, their website was not yet setup, and …
