Reviews

The Royal Oak 'Jumbo' remains one of the most consequential watch designs of the 20th century, and the 16202ST does nothing to diminish that legacy. Gérald Genta's integrated bracelet and octagonal be…

Grand Seiko's hi-beat offerings occupy a fascinating space in the serious collector's consideration set - technically rigorous, aesthetically distinctive, and chronometrically exceptional. The SBGJ263…

The Speedmaster Moonwatch Professional on Calibre 3861 is, at this point, a canonical object - and the Alaska Project-inspired white lacquer dial variant adds a layer of historical narrative that make…

The Hamilton Khaki Field Titanium is the kind of watch that earns its place in a collector's rotation through sheer honest competence. The H-10 movement - a Swatch Group ETA derivative - offers a rema…

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…

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…

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…

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…

OK look, Grand Seiko is normally not my scene, man. Too fancy. But this dial? This Snowflake thing? Whatever, man. It's kinda beautiful. I saw one at some Japanese steakhouse and I sat there staring a…

This is what I'm talking about, man. This aggression will not stand. Ceramic, titanium, rubber, whatever it is. This thing looks like something Karl Hungus would wear. Watches don't have to look like …

Platinum dive watch with diamonds on the bezel. Man. Look. If you're going 600 meters deep, you don't need diamonds. Diamonds don't help you dive. The diamonds are just there because someone decided t…

Consider: this watch, costing less than a philosophy textbook, tells time with perfect accuracy. It has no ornament, no pretension, no claim to being anything other than what it is. Ought we to consid…

The Bauhaus principle, that form must follow function, is itself a philosophical position. If one accepts it fully, one arrives at this watch. If one rejects it fully, one arrives, I fear, at Hublot. …

The Submariner in its purest form. What use is a diving watch? To measure time underwater. What does it require? A rotating bezel, luminous markers, a robust case. Anything else is decoration; and dec…

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…

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 vintage Datejust. Look, I'm not saying it's a bad watch. It's actually a good watch, man. But it belongs on a certain kind of dude - accountants, lawyers, guys who wear jackets to Ralph's - and I …

In the Tangente we find the essence of the wristwatch made manifest. Numbers indicating the hours; hands indicating the position of those hours; a plate to hold both. What could be added that would no…

The Explorer poses a simple question: what does a watch need? A dial, hands, numerals at the cardinal positions, and a case robust enough to accompany one on a genuine journey. In answering this quest…

Yellow gold Submariner is one of those love-it-or-hate-it watches. On the wrist it's substantial - no getting around 150+ grams of solid 18k gold - and it commands attention in a way stainless never w…