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Nubeo Elysium NASA Release: Failure is not an Option
There is a certain gravitas that comes with any association to spacefaring or even the organizations involved with it. Let's go beyond the obvious example of my grail watch, the Omega Speedmaster, and look to how Bulova has made a killing with the Lunar Pilot due to astronaut Dave Scott (Apollo 15) using his Bulova after his main watch (the Speedy) broke during a moonwalk. Nubeo, who is no stranger to science fiction and collaborations, has made a bold yet surprisingly unders

Jilliano Romano
4 days ago


Pégoud Onduleur Release: Not Your Average Pilot's Watch
Pégoud is introducing the Onduleur, a six-piece collection inspired by the adventurous spirit of the brand's namesake. The Onduleur is designed as a modern pilot’s instrument, combining a 43mm faceted stainless-steel case. Two crowns flank the case, with the second operating a rotating inner ring that provides a quick reference for a second time zone. Interestingly, this crown faces upwards instead of sidways, making it seem like a plane turbine.

Jilliano Romano
Sep 4


Area Nostalgia Mantel: Taking Your Niche to the Peak
After seeing Jonny's Clocktower, I realized that Area Nostalgia was the brand of none other than Kieron of Top Tier Ticker, one of the best youtubers in the industry. The new Mantel collection launched yesterday with three distinct models - the Bloodmoon, Midnight, and Moonglow. While the main part of the 20mm dial is the same plain white (or not so plain, more on that later), Kieron has layered a brushed metal ring featuring Roman numeral hour markers to add some dynamism.

Jilliano Romano
Aug 29


Major Microbrand Watch Releases: Vario, Isotope, Monbrey, & More!
As watch enthusiasts, it’s great to stay updated, but realistically, there’s only so many watches we can track. So, I have made the ultimate sacrifice… and taken it upon myself to research some truly awesome brands, and condense it into one article. I know, I’m a saint!
All jokes aside, it was great to put together this list, and I enjoyed talking with over a dozen brand owners.

Jilliano Romano
Aug 21


Walker & Crown: An 80s Time Capsule for Modern Watch Collectors
Walker & Crown’s debut collection, the Revival series which is an Ode to 80s culture, has four unique models - the Electric Lagoon, the Memphis Beat, the Clerk, and the Laser Drift. Each comes in a sizeable, colorful box, which also includes a color-matched Saffiano leather strap, and an honest-to-goodness cassette tape. This cassette tape’s design matches the respective watch, and it even comes with a track list.

Jilliano Romano
Aug 14


Nectere - The Eclipse Release: Absolute Class
No watch is perfect, but I genuinely think that Nectere have succeeded in creating a watch that functions as both a conversation starter, and a damn good timepiece, too. I will be writing a full review about this later on, but I felt compelled to write this release article simply from how much I loved wearing this watch.

Jilliano Romano
Aug 12


Nubeo Ulysses Release: Out of This World Cool
Nubeo, as a brand, is no stranger to strange or cutting-edge, science fiction inspired designs (see the Missile Command Limited Edition Release recently), but they somehow continue to surprise me with each new release. Their latest collection, the Ulysses, is no exception, and it might just be my favorite watch from them yet.

Jilliano Romano
Jun 26


Spinnaker Croft Dolphin Project Release
There are some watches, which are built with multiple meanings in mind. These watches, in their description, try to keep it as vague as possible, so that it can appeal to as many people as possible. The newest limited edition release from Spinnaker does not care about trying to keep things general, and non-specific. As its name and design suggests, the Spinnaker Croft Dolphin Project was made to raise awareness about marine conservation prior to the upcoming World Whale & Dol

Jilliano Romano
Jun 26


Spinnaker Bradner Release: Guilloché Fumé Dials Elevate This Affordable Automatic Dive Watch
Spinnaker has been a crowd favorite - particularly in the past two years - for their robust divers at affordable price points. During a time when Seiko, who was once the Budget Diver King, has seemingly raised prices across the board outside of their Seiko 5 collection, Spinnaker seems committed to filling this vacuum with their own watches.

Jilliano Romano
Jun 23


Orphic Project 0: Wandering Through Time & Space
Most microbrands tend to compete over price - i.e. offering incredible prices for watches below what these mainstream brands would typically offer. Other microbrands try to compete by creating something entirely unique - something that you can’t just walk into any boutique to add to the collection.
Orphic Watches, like Christopher Ward with their Bel Canto, has somehow managed to combine both things with Project 0: a Wandering Hours Watch inspired by the James Webb Telesc

Jilliano Romano
Jun 1


Nubeo Watches: Ventana Atari Missile Command - Limited Edition Release
With the recent release of the new Omega Seamaster for the latest James Bond game, or even the Call of Duty x Hamilton watch, it seems that gaming collaborations with watches are a hot commodity at the moment. While it would have been easier and arguably more profitable to collaborate with something like Minecraft or Fortnite, Nubeo Watches chose to collaborate with Atari on creating a new watch that honors where it all started: Missile Command.

Jilliano Romano
May 29


Avi-8 Flyboy Lafayette Release: 110 Years in the Making
Imagine you're flying through the sky as faceless pilots do their best to shoot you down. Scary, right? Now imagine that you're doing all of this while piloting a machine that was invented less than two decades ago. This is what the volunteer pilots of the La Fayette Escadrille, a French Air Force unit comprised of both American and French pilots, during the First World War experienced every time they flew. Now that we are over a hundred years removed from the original aerial

Jilliano Romano
May 22


Cadola Slipstream: Official Release
You can see it across all of their watches - whether it’s the small-seconds subdials that look like the fuel gauges of vintage sports cars, or their bullhead chronographs that make it seem like the pushers are exhaust valves of a race car. When it came time to create a new watch, it was important for Cadola that the watch would maintain that vision, and that’s exactly what they have done with the newly released Cadola Slipstream.

Jilliano Romano
Apr 24


Christopher Ward C63 Sealander True GMT: Grand Release!
So when Christopher Ward announced the C63 Sealander True GMT, it immediately caught my attention. Not just because it’s a new Sealander, but because it introduces the brand’s fourth in-house movement and finally brings a fully integrated traveller GMT complication to their lineup.
And after looking through the details, it feels like Christopher Ward might have built something very close to what I personally want in a GMT watch.

Jay from Dang Horology
Mar 19






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