Author: Doug
-
Christopher Ward’s new C60 Clipper GMT, a limited-edition watch in collaboration with Pan Am, combines quality craftsmanship with mid-century aviation design. While it appeals to nostalgia and features practical elements, it may come off as corporate and calculated. Its standout…
-
Whether you realise it or not the Seiko 5 srpd55 is arguably one of the most important watches ever. Now that is a bold statement and you have to bear with me a moment. This watch has not influenced designs…
-
I do not usually do reviews. At least not in the traditional sense. But every now and then a watch comes along that enough people ask about, and enough people are clearly considering buying, that it feels worth sitting down…
-
We’re kicking off 2026 strong in watch news. Omega has just unveiled two new Speedmasters, clearly taking aim at the Rolex Daytona. Following on from last year’s eye-catching, headline-grabbing white-dial model, we now have these reverse-panda versions—after what has felt…
-
Seiko has kicked off 2026 in a way that feels bigger than most anniversary drops. Instead of a single tribute piece, the brand has revealed four limited-edition models spread across some of its most loved lines to celebrate 145 years…
-
From the outside, microbrands can seem like an easy win. Brands such as Christopher Ward, Baltic, and Studio Underdog show how quickly a small watch company can grow if social media takes off and the watch press buys into the…
-
I’ve been thinking a lot about chronographs lately. Almost every brand makes one, most of them lean on the same tired motorsport or aviation tropes, and only a handful actually feel considered. So when Baltic released the Scalegraph Transat Café…
-
A Field Watch That Knows What It Is I have been wanting to get more field watches and microbrands on the channel recently. Field watches in particular feel especially compelling right now, but I kept running into the same problem.…
-
The planet is ending. Or, more accurately, it’s changing into a state where it will be just fine, just not for us. Climate change remains a controversial topic, but even among those who deny it, something has shifted. People are…
-
What really is a luxury? Is it something you can’t afford?Is it something meticulously crafted? In watches, we’re constantly talking about where affordable ends and luxury begins. But today on my desk is a watch that claims to be both…
