GT & FQ Rider Automatic, A Nice Value Out Of China

By Matt Himmelstein November 11, 2015

I see quite a few watches that come out of China, anyone who looks at a lot of watches under the $1,000 mark is bound to see them, but I have not yet had the chance to check out a watch that is being sold by a Chinese brand. My chance came when Sea-Gull Watch Store reached out to us and asked if we would review their first in-house watch. The GT & FQ (the brand owners’ initials) M0001 Rider Automatic is quite an accomplished first effort for this brand, which is already expanding the line.

Pellikaan Timing Diving Dutchman, Kickstarting it Upmarket

By Matt Himmelstein November 9, 2015

Most crowd funded watches I see are start-ups that are trying to get going, and they are portraying their watches as a value versus what is on the market. Sometimes, you see an established brand going the crowd funding route for something really different, like when Bathys wanted to make an atomic wristwatch. With the Pellikaan Timing Diving Dutchman, I am seeing something else, an existing higher end brand looking for a minimal commitment to get tooling going on an expensive watch.

Watch Video Rewind for November 8, 2015

By Matt Himmelstein November 8, 2015

Thanks for stopping by on a (hopefully) lovely Sunday for our regular feature, Watch Video Rewind. This is where we take a little time to share watch related videos we are able to track down across the interwebs. This week, it is all about MB&F. If you follow the upper stratosphere level of high end watches, you are probably aware that the MB&F Legacy Perpetual Calendar was unveiled, and, of course, our friends over at A Blog to Watch have a hands on review.

Watching the Web for November 7, 2015

By Matt Himmelstein November 7, 2015

Welcome to the Saturday feature we like to call Watching the Web, where we take a few moments to point out interesting watches and watch related posts that we discover across the web, and also highlight a few of our most popular posts of the last week or so. Today, I thought I would take a walk down memory lane with a very early “smart” watch, take a look at what material science can do for our wrists, and point you toward a watch with roots in both Belgium and Mexico. From our site, we have reviews of the Smith & Bradley Springfield and the Corniche 40, as well as a look at ETA movements.

Hexa Osprey Watches on Touch of Modern

By Matt Himmelstein November 6, 2015

With the holidays right around the corner, we are going to be highlighting sales from time to time, and I wanted to bring this one to your attention. Touch of Modern is a membership site that runs short duration sales, usually for about a week. If you are not yet a member, you can join through this link, it is free. Through November 11 at noon Pacific, the site is having a sale on Hexa Osprey Dive watches.

Cobra de Calibre Crossfire, Back This Watch

By Matt Himmelstein November 5, 2015

Is it my fault? Am I not being clear enough when I review the Cobra de Calibre watches and say, “hey you should check this guy’s work out.” There have been a few great success stories with crowd funding where one project turned into two or three and then into a full blown brand (looking at you Lew & Huey). I can’t understand how John Lee has not yet developed a cult following that funds all his projects. Well, it isn’t too late to jump on board with his latest, the Cobra de Calibre Crossfire seeking funding on Kickstarter.

Normalzeit Wrist Watch, For Lovers of Vienna

By Matt Himmelstein October 29, 2015

Inspiration for watches can come from a lot of places, and industrial design is a frequent launching spot. The Swiss Railway watch is a perfect example. Now, with the Normalzeit Wrist Watch, a new historical standardizing clock is being ported to your wrist, distinctive case at all. This project, available at select locations, honors the Vienna Cube Clock, a fixture of city life there for over 100 years.

Artstate GPS Solar Watch, Keeping Time World Wide

By Matt Himmelstein October 27, 2015

If you travel, a world timer watch is a very handy complication. Switch cities, and you can easily switch time zones on your watch. But what if you want it done for you? That is where GPS watches come into play. Not GPS as in tracking watches, but GPS watches that update their clocks based on where they are in the world. Since they only update every other day (or on command), the receiver part uses little energy, so these are not power hogging watches like a GPS tracker would be. Now on Kickstarter is a new brand hoping to get into this technology with the first four Artstate GPS Solar Watch models (OK, only 2 are solar, but they are all GPS). This new brand is significantly less expensive than the other mainstream brands that are available.

Dear Hopeful Crowd Funded Watchmakers – An Open Letter from a Fan

By Matt Himmelstein October 25, 2015

Dear Hopeful Crowd Funded Watchmaker; Allow me to start by saying that I think you are doing something really cool, and that I am a huge fan. This is the first time in history where the power to build, market and sell a watch is not vested in the few, but open to anyone with an idea and a bit of money. I think that a lot of the projects that you come up with are attractive, interesting and offer a great value. Heck, I have backed a couple of projects myself. And to keep from singling anyone out, the crowdfunded projects I show here are the projects that I feel are doing it the right way.

Watching the Web for October 24, 2015

By Matt Himmelstein October 24, 2015

Hello and welcome to our weekly Saturday feature, Watching the Web. Here, we take a moment to look at some watch reviews and watch related news we find outside our own site, and then we highlight a few of our most popular recent posts. This week, I wanted to point you to a meeting of watch lovers in New York City, a review of a budget minimalist chrono, and a watch with two second-hand complications. From our site, the readers found the reviews of the Defacto Kinetic, and Chronologia Dive Watches, along with a soldier’s EDC interesting enough to make them our top recent posts. As a bonus, an old post from May of the Carnot Riviera also popped up to the top of the charts.

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