In december 2018, the annual Belgium Watch Club birthday dinner took place in Brussels. I went with 2 watches, and came home with 3. Mister Tudor gave me his Tudor Black Bay bronze to write a review on. I don’t know whether his decision was based on genuine care for the website or fishing for […]
No one asked, but yet here it is: my take on why the Code 1159 got received so poorly. Reason one is of course the flabbergastingly (is that a word?) boring time only and chrono configuration. But all jokes aside, the tourbillon and minute repeater looked oke. Not wow, but oke. The perpetual calendar, in […]
SIHH just finished and we all need some time to let everything sink. The least we can say is that opinions were very mixed this year. Let’s just start by addressing the elephant in the room: code 1159. Code 1159 has taught us a valuable lesson. It has taught us that today’s market is done […]
This article started by accident. Short recap: I went to a pub to get some beers with a fellow watchgeek. OK I lied. I got wasted on a tuesdaynight with a guy who just happened to be into watches. A mere coincidence. We did the obligated ‘watch swap’ and we started drinking. A few hours […]
Let’s start this one with a history lesson. The French navy has used several watch brands for their dive operations, from Tudor to Doxa. These military watches used to have fixed spring bars. Since a springbar can be the weakest link (pun intended) in a watch, it’s smart to weld the spring bars to the […]
It’s easy to have an interesting price-quality ratio when the price is cheap as dirt. For just over 25 euro’s, you can pick this bad boy up. But why am I so interested in a Chinese, bottom of the barrel sweatshop watch? You have watches that are made for daily use (like a Daytona), you […]
In case you live under a rock, let me break the news for you: H. Moser&Cie brought out a new watch, and it’s ugly. Not just ‘not my cup of tea’-ugly, just straight up Steve Buschemi-ugly. Take a closer look, and search for references: • The bezel shape is stolen from the Audemars Piguet Royal […]
2017 was a year filled with record breaking watch auctions. The whole 18 million dollar Paul Newman mediastorm wasn’t over yet, and the Patek Philippe 5208T Onlywatch surprised us, fetching $6.2 million. Not even a week later, the Patek 2523 caught $2.8 million in Hong Kong. And the $5 milion Rolex Bao Dai? Boring old […]
Consider yourself a victim of clickbait. But hey, it’s nothing personal, got to make money somehow! Since you are here, why don’t you just read on? Watches Smaller than 36mm? Well, it depends, vintage or new. You can rock a smaller vintage watch for sure, with a shirt or a jacket. I even wear a […]
