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106 reviews from the community
Bauhaus, man. Max Bill. That's a good idea - form follows function. It's a fundamental. You look at this watch, you know what time it is. There's nothing else it's trying to be. Some watches try to be…
The moon watch, man. Look, I'm no astronaut. But there's something about a watch that actually went to space that I can respect. It's chunky. It's honest. It doesn't have any diamonds on it. That last…
The Tangente. It's clean. It's understated. I dig the aesthetic. I mean, I probably wouldn't spend the cash on one - that's some serious money for a mechanical watch - but the Bauhaus thing, form foll…
The Swatch is far out. Colorful. Plastic. Doesn't take itself too seriously. That's the way it should be. There's a real anti-pretentiousness thing happening here. It saved the Swiss watch industry, m…
There's something honest about Soviet engineering, man. This thing was designed for actual Russian navy divers, not guys pretending to be divers at some Malibu pool party. Pressure-locked case, alumin…
SKX007. Man, this is what a watch should be. You can wear this bowling, on the beach, wherever. Nobody's gonna care if you scratch it. Nobody's gonna say 'Dude, is that a real one?' Because who fakes …
The G-Shock, man. This thing has been through some serious situations with me - bowling, various interstate incidents, one particularly rough carpet-related event. It just keeps going. Original DW-500…
This is my kind of watch, man. Costs like fifteen bucks. If I lose it in the alley or leave it at the beach, I lose fifteen bucks. That's the mindset. Doesn't require thinking about. Doesn't require w…
The 16570 Polar is what modern Rolex used to be. 40mm case, tritium markers with beautiful patina now, 24-hour hand for orientation rather than a true GMT function, and the whole thing wears clean and…
The Saxonia Thin at 40mm is the most versatile A. Lange dress watch you can buy. It's thin enough to disappear under a shirt cuff, proportioned right for a Western wrist, and the finishing on the L093…
The Batman is the modern Rolex GMT I'd actually recommend wearing. Ceramic Cerachrom bezel done right - blue and black transitions crisply and the finish is bulletproof. Cal. 3186 is a proper GMT move…
The Tangente is the definitive modern Bauhaus watch. Clean sans-serif Arabic numerals, blued steel hands, and NOMOS' in-house Alpha movement in a case so thin it slides under any cuff. What I love abo…
The CK2998 is the first Speedmaster in space - worn by Wally Schirra during the Mercury Sigma 7 mission. The Alpha-hands, the black tachymeter bezel, the straight lugs - it's exactly what a chronograp…
The A386 is the reference - the launch El Primero, first automatic chronograph at 36,000 vph, with that unmistakable tri-color sub-register dial. The dial layout is arguably the most successful chrono…
The 1133B Monaco - the McQueen watch. That distinctive square case, the vivid blue dial, and the left-crown chronograph layout make this one of the most instantly-recognizable watches ever made. Cal. …
The 6239 is the reference that started it all - the first Cosmograph Daytona, with its unmistakable steel tachy bezel and contrasting sub-registers. Original examples with unblemished dials are the st…
The 1016 is the definitive Explorer, full stop. Produced for over 26 years, this reference basically wrote the vocabulary for what an adventure watch should be: 36mm, clean dial, riveted or folded bra…
The UG Compax reference 22704 is one of the great column-wheel chronographs of the golden age - powered by the beautiful cal. 285 or 287 depending on execution. Case sizes hover around 34-35mm which r…
The 3714 Portugieser Chronograph is one of those references that just quietly nails everything. Clean layout, restrained polished case, and the two-register chrono dial reads instantly. Yes, it's usin…
The 1675 is peak vintage GMT-Master. Its 21-year production run means there's variety to chase - gilt, matte, tritium, later crown guards. My favorite era is the mid-70s matte-dial Pepsi with modest p…