The last couple of years the watch industry has seen a number of smaller, independent watch companies crop up with a scattering of affordable new offerings: Ocean 7,Boschett, Reidenschild and Deep Blue are just a few that come to mind. Prometheus Watch can now be added to this list. Prometheus is a new watch company [...]
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Introduction
During World War II a handful of watch manufactures – IWC, Laco, Stowa, A. Lange & Söhne & Wempe – designed and built watches specifically for the German Luftwaffe. Called Beobachtungs-Uhren (more commonly as B-Urh or translated as observers watch), these watches were all designed with some common traits: large in size – not for [...]
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Specs
Make: Debaufre
Model: Triton
Movement: Sellita SW-200
Dial: Black
Features: Date, Screw down crown
Material: Stainless Steel
Crystal: Sapphire
WR: 300M
Width: 45mm
Height: 14mm
Lugs: 24mm
Lug to Lug: 54mm
Weight: 133 grams (head only); 164 grams (w/ stock strap)
Date Purchased: January 22, 2008
Purchase Price: $525
Source: Direct from Debaufre
Why this watch?
Um…I’m easily influenced by others? Is that a [...]
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Seiko SNKF11K1, the “Big Freakin’ Seiko”
Specs
Make: Seiko
Model: SNKF11K1, “BFS”, “Big Freakin’ Seiko”
Movement: Seiko cal. 7S26, automatic
Dial: Black
Complications: Day, Date
Material: Stainless Steel
Crystal: Mineral
WR: 100M
Width: 44mm
Height: 12mm
Lugs: 24mm
Lug to Lug: 50mm
Weight: 85 grams (head only); 95 grams (w/ stock strap)
Date Purchased: September 19, 2007
Purchase Price: $125.00 [...]
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Side by Side: A Comparative Review of the Sandoz Submariner (Singapore) and Marcello C Nettuno3.
I recently bought the Sandoz Singapore Sub for a project, but am still waiting for some additional parts to arrive before I send it off to Duarte. Since it’s here, and I also have a Marcello C Nettuno3 I thought [...]
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This review will only be posted here and on the PMWF. Enjoy.
Why this watch?
In the past few years of watch-insanity that I have gone through I have learned that I really have two favorite complications in a mechanical watch. I have (and have had) many watches with one or the other of these, but [...]
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Why this watch?
Well that’s a good question. I had just over $200 in the old watch fund, and was shopping, but initially I did not know for what. Other than I wanted an automatic or hand wind, I did not have an idea at first of what I was looking for…
After some shopping on EBAY! [...]
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Make: Zodiac
Model: 200M Automatic Diver, Ref. # ZO8000
Movement: Automatic Claro Semang CL 888 with 18 jewels
Dial: Black
Complications: Date
Material: Stainless Steel
Crystal: Sapphire
WR: 200M
Width: 45mm
Height: 15.5mm
Lugs: 24mm
Lug to Lug: 51mm
Purchase Price: $495
Source: Nordstroms.com
Why this watch?: I first saw this watch back in March on TZ in a “New Model” post by Jorge Merino (you can view [...]
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