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Swatch Automatic Chronograph
Swatch has been credited with saving the Swiss Watch Industry from the Japanese led quartz watch revolution when they introduced their range of trendy and affordable Swiss quartz watches in the early 1980’s.Now the Swatch Group are again aiming to revolutionize the mechanical watche industry by introducing the most cost effective automatic chronograph from a Swiss manufacturer. I may be wrong but at the current price point of less than 300Euros, the new automatic chronograph range may very well be the lowest priced mechanical chronograph ever from a major reputable brand, easily thumping the many manual winding chronograph watches powered by the variants of the venerable Russian Poljot 3133 manual winding chronograph calibre. Continue reading
Tag Calibre 1887 – A case of overzealous marketing?
On 2nd December 09 Tag Heuer announce the Calibre 1887 in conjunction with its 150th Anniversary celebration. The press release stated that the new Calibre 1887 was an “all-new, in-house chronograph”. The marketing department should have stopped at that.… Continue reading
Another review of the Orient 300m Professional Diver Watch
In one of my earlier posts I reviewed the Orient 300m Professional Diver watch. Recently I came across another review of the same watch, but the black dial variant, by Ariel Adams. Fans of Orient Diver Watches should definitely check out the review which comes with a cool video footage. Continue reading
Ariel Adams reviews the Orient Pocket Watch
It’s not common to find good reviews of Orient watches on the internet due to the relatively low profile of the Japanese brand outside of Asia. Hence I was pleasantly surprised when I came across a very recent and well written review of the Orient Pocket… Continue reading