Monthly Archives: September 2010

review of the Smiths Military PRS-29

Posted on September 21st, 2010

Eddie Platts of Timefactors acquired the rights of British brand Smiths, former purveyor of wrist watches to the military, and released a faithful re-edition of the legendary timepiece. Watcharoo.co.uk published an extensive article about the Eddie Platts re-editions.

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introducing: PJS watches

Posted on September 15th, 2010

Hat tip to Watch Otaku. Based in South Korea, PJS aims at worlwide distribution. Their offer consists of quartz watches with tritium vials, and hand wind watches powered by the Seagull ST3900, a Unitas clone. PJS mechanical models are inspired by WWII Italian timepieces and German Beobachtungsuhren (observation watches). Mechanical watches start at USD 239.

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introducing: Few Watches

Posted on September 14th, 2010

Few watches has many watches. The name of this Swedish-based watch company is not the only unusual thing about it: Like 121 Time and Blancier, their Web site features software that allows one to design a custom watch, but Few remains the most affordable option. Their cases can be fitted either with a Miyota 8205 [...]

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introducing: MMT500

Posted on September 13th, 2010

Several brands use official endorsment by armed forces as a sales pitch. One of them is Italy-based MMT500, with a flagship model allegedly being used by the national Marina Militare and the Comando Subacquei e Incursori “Teseo Tesei”. With 7458 km of coast, Italy ranks in the top 10 of countries with the highest military expenditure. Their Marina Militare (Military Navy) represents an [...]

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introducing: UhrMechanik

Posted on September 13th, 2010

UhrMechanik currently features a flagship collection, the 1000 meters, available with black dial with luminous indexes or luminous dial with black indexes. The 42 mm case features a 60-clicks 45 mm bezel, and a 7 mm thick domed saphire crystal, which bring the total thickness to 17 mm and the water-resistance do 100 barRecognized by [...]

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introducing: Wakmann Germany

Posted on September 11th, 2010

Vintage mechanical watch enthusiasts are familiar with the gorgeous Wakmann triple calendar chronographs featuring the reputable calibre Valjoux 730. The company was originally based in New York, U.S.A, but a search on U.S. and European trade mark databases reveals that the brand Wakmann has been secured by offshore company Teddy Bear Group Limited since 2002. [...]

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introducing: Hebdomas

Posted on September 10th, 2010

Founded in 1888 in Les Brenets, Neuchâtel canton, Switzerland, Hebdomas is a fairly old company, notably famous for their watches with 8 days of power reserve. In 1977, the company collaborated with young watchmaker called Vincent Calabrese, who was to become one of the most prominents craftsment and the co-founder of the AHCI. Hebdomas saw its assets frozen between [...]

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New Prometheus Manta Ray

Posted on September 10th, 2010

TLex of OceanicTime has exclusive footage of the new Manta Ray from Prometheus. Prometheus started with a collection based on an Asian Valjoux 7750 clone. The founder had the inspiration to involve forumers in the design of his second collection, Ocean Diver, which met with great success. After an Ocean Diver with extra 24h hand, [...]

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Introducing: Caudron watches

Posted on September 10th, 2010

Based in France, Caudron watches pays tribute to the Caudron brothers. The two Frenchmen pioneered aviation, founded the World’s very first flight school and designed some of the planes that flew in WWI and WWII. Hergé, creator of comic stip character Tintin, took inspiration from one of the Caudron brothers plane in his Joe & Zette [...]

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New Steinhart collection TiefSee

Posted on September 10th, 2010

Steinhart watches has been working on a new diving watch, called the TiefSee. The deep sea, or deep layer, is the lowest layer of oceans. It is considered that 70% of ocean bottoms go much deeper than 800 m. The sun light doesn’t penetrate so deep, temperatures drops to a constant 5 degrees celcius (±278 kelvin) and pressure can [...]

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