U-Boat Flightdeck Rattrapante Japanese Automatic Watch in Steel Casing

Christopher Ward C1000 Typhoon FGR4 Watch Review

Flight. It's perhaps the most captivating form of locomotion, as it allows us to slip the bonds of gravity, if only?for a short while. Most of us experience this only via travel on commercial airlines. The pilots of those planes, however, likely came from a much more exciting ride, as many of them are trained in the military. When it comes to military fliers and watches, we generally call to mind the evergreen flieger style. Well, the folks over at Christopher Ward?would like to change that thought with one of their latest, the C1000 Typhoon FGR4.With the Christopher Ward C1000

Citizen Eco-Drive Satellite Wave F100 GPS Watch

New for 2014,?Citizen watches releases yet another new collection of GPS watches that sync with global positioning satellites to indicate the correct time anywhere you are in the world. This newest evolution is the best looking yet, and I think they have hit upon an excellent mix of functionality and design with the Eco-Drive Satellite Wave F100.For Citizen, their modern GPS watch collection began in 2011 with the release of the original Satellite Wave (hands-on here). In 2013 Citizen followed up with the more practical Satellite Wave-Air (which actually gets some brand new designs fo

Breitling Navitimer Cosmonaute Watch

Someone recently asked me a question about watches with 24 hour dials. That is, watches that display time in the 24 hour format versus the 12 hour format that we are mostly used to here in the US. Many digital watches do this with ease (switch back and forth), but 24 hour analog dial watches are much less common. In the US, 24 hour time is often referred to as military time. If you are in the military you need to know it, otherwise you can be more or less ignorant of what 17:00 is. I guess it is about reducing confusion about when to be places and getting rid of saying "AM or PM." When

Five Things I Want To See From The Watch Industry In 2011

While people struggled to make lists of what their favorite pieces of 2010 were, I started thinking about the future. Sure, 2010 saw its share of really great pieces, but I think there is a lot we can look forward to. For me, I think 2010 did a great job at offering pretty good sub $10,000 watches. Few new movements, less tourbillons, and less glam. Instead, we saw more innovation in materials, as well as "keeping it simple." I was also surprised at the number of new brands. Good watches in the $2,000 - $4,000 range were certainly present, but I wanted to see much, much more of them. T