I never understood mechanical watches until I saw the Apple Watch. Here's my trip from the Apple Watch to my first mechanical watch and what I’m doing here at WWR.…
Tribute divers are hot these days. The Oris Carl Brashear Limited Edition Divers Sixty-Five caught all the headlines recently, owing to its bronze case and Brashear’s legendary status as a…
The Sablier Grand Cru 2 makes subtle updates to the microbrand's first watch, with a scaled-down case, applied indices, and an upgraded movement. Untouched are the Princeton, New Jersey-based company’s…
Everwrist is jumping into the watch business to help the people of Nepal. The Alpine is their value-priced Miyota quartz three-hander, named after Mt. Everest and “created to reflect the…
DA LUCA’s value proposition is high quality, American-made watchstraps. Everything comes out of their San Diego workshop, including their “Vintage” one-of-a-kind, handmade, leather straps. They started in 2009 focused on…
Mr. Jones Watches is well known for producing whimsical and affordable timepieces, usually with basic Swiss quartz or Chinese mechanical movements. The new Whoomm and Wildstyle watches keep the whimsy,…
We reviewed the original version of this watch—the “Crash of ’29”— hands-on back in August 2015. The updated “Skyscraper” uses the same big art deco case, but changes almost everything…
Ronald Steffen Creations is Kickstarting a new pilot watch inspired by the company’s own WWII-era P-51 Mustang fighter plane. The inspiration is hard to pinpoint—the watch “shares the same dynamism,…
Newly available in the U.S., the Longines Heritage 1969 is not a travel watch, per se, but its cushion case and retro good looks can’t help but evoke the golden…
Lume was first added to watches in 1930s. The Chopard L.U.C Full Strike has no lume. Because before there was lume, there was sound. And oh boy does this new…
