The best quality Smart Outdoor Watch was conceived to meet the requirements of MIL-STD-810, a United States military standard thats often used by makers of consumer products as proof of robustness. Specifically, Casio subjected the Smart Outdoor Watch to 10 tests specified in MIL-STD-810, covering drops, vibration, humidity, solar radiation,…
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The Speedmaster Mark II had a barrel-shaped case that looked totally different from the asymmetrical Speedmaster Professional case. The regular Speedmaster, which was issued to NASA astronauts, was still in production, however. Throughout all the Speedmaster Mark series, the regular Speedmaster Pro remained available. When Omega ceased production of the…
When the three new IWC Ingenieur Chronograph models were shown to the watch press for the very first time, Monochrome was there, however we were not allowed to talk about it, nor to photograph the watch. And when we were allowed to cover the new Ingenieur Chronograph models, we only had…
In watchmaking, who thinks innovative materials usually says high price. That’s somehow a rule. Look at recent watches with sapphire crystal cases. Most of them are over half a million CHF – even the cheapest one isn’t cheap… Same goes for complex ceramics, or watches associating different kind of solid, ultra-light or…
One week ago, we introduced to you the first prototype of the TAG Heuer Autavia “Jochen Rindt” reedition, one of the first customer-designed watches made by the industry in a long time. That’s already a good news on its own, and this watch was not the only point of interest, as inside…
The new 2016 Heuer Mikrograph 100th Anniversary from TAG Heuer commemorates the 100th anniversary of the “Mikrograph”, the world’s first stopwatch with a precision of 1/100 seconds that Heuer presented in 1916. Thanks to this patented stopwatch, Heuer became the official timekeeper of several editions of the Olympic Games and…
Designed in Britain and made in Switzerland, their watches take cues from mid-century timepieces and design, and mix them up with a more contemporary edge, creating stylish, sophisticated yet fun watches.Today we’ll be looking at one of their two GMT models, the Barnato. Named for the British adventurer Diana Walker…
To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the brand’s Marine collection,the new Ulysse Nardin Marine Chronograph Annual Calendar was introduced earlier this year at Baselworld. Patrik Hoffman, the brand’s CEO, talked about it in the interview that we did during Baselworld, and in the past weeks we had the privilege to wear…
Today’s watch comes with the same movement that Vacheron Constantin used for the Traditionnelle World Time. Today’s watch is not equipped with the ultra-thin calibre 1120, which is inside the Overseas Ultra-Thin ref. 2000V and also the base of the Overseas Ultra-Thin QP. During the SIHH in January we had…
The Carbon 2 is a sequel to a watch the brand first released in 2014. Earlier this week, we reviewed the new Carbon 2 dual-crown diver from Tempest Watches.Forged carbon, as some of you may know, is a relatively new synthetic composite finding increased use in the automotive industry, where…