Grail watches, complete collections, exit watches — are these ever actually attained? I attained mine, or I think I did. Aside from still needing to sell off a few unloved pieces languishing in the drawer, with my most recent acquisition, I felt the sweet relief of the watch bug leaving me. “I have the watches […]

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Windup Watch Fair — a multi-day, multi-vendor watch event — has come and gone from San Francisco. Organized by our colleagues at Worn & Wound, I attended all three days. In my opinion, it was a huge success. From Friday, April 28th to Sunday the 30th, hundreds of people came, handled watches they’d never seen […]

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For my wrist, the 46mm Khaki Navy Frogman Auto is too big, and for my taste, it’s too much. The 41mm version, on the other hand, is the kind of watch you want to take with you on a hike or a day at the beach while doing active things. It’s not a watch for […]

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It took me a long, long time to get into chronographs. The first few years of my watch collecting were focused on divers, then field watches, and then exploration watches. But a good friend of mine (and a proper watch nerd) was into chronographs and convinced me to take a look. So I did. I […]

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When one thinks of a style the world associates with Germany, Bauhaus comes to mind. In architecture, furniture design or watchmaking Bauhaus was, and to some extent still is, the most prominent influence for many. The clean lines, simple shapes and the heavy usage of monochrome all became the trademarks of this era. Not too […]

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Sweden is the land of Ikea, Volvo, Saab, Nils Holgersson but also of a few watch companies, including Bravur. Based in the capital Stockholm, Bravur was founded in 2011 by Johan Sahlin and Magnus Äppelryd. Two industrial designers by trade, who wanted to design and create a watch that stands out from the crowd, have a […]

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