Monday, Dec 14 2009
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Watchismo's Top Ten Vintage Plastic Watches
Typically, when you think of plastic watches, you think of Swatch. But back in the sixties and seventies, plastic was still a very cool new medium for products. All of the watches featured here are vintage mechanical timepieces, a few with movements by Jaeger and others …
Robert Downey Jr. wearing JLC Reverso Squadra Chronograph
Actor Robert Downey Jr., star of Iron Man 2 and the new Sherlock Holmes film (to be released in a couple weeks) was wearing his Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Squadra Chronograph GMT when he had his hands put in the worldfamous sidewalk at Grauman's Manns Chinese Theatre earlier …
Rolex Worn by American CIA Agent in Afghanistan: Rough, Rugged, & As Good As Gold
If you were a CIA agent stationed in Afghanistan during the late 1970s and early 80s, what watch would you wear? The Seiko Fieldmaster would be a great choice if you were going to be fighting some Sandinistas, but in Afghanistan back then, your likely foe was a Russian. …
Review of the Abingdon Amelia
As discussed on the Jackie review, Abingdon was started by a woman pilot who couldn't find watches she liked. Abingdon Watches is the result of that frustration, and the Amelia is one of the two introductory models from the new company.
Jorg Gray JG1060 Watch Review
Have you ever been interested in an IWC Portuguese watch but couldn't afford it, or didn't want to spend the money on it? For many people, this superb classic is the epitome of luxury and style, but sometimes it is too much luxury. There are actually not too many similar …
The Buran Stingray: Big
I’ve been lax in my coverage of Russian watches lately. Most Russians do not have, how you say, very high quality but they have lots of features and plenty of style. This dude at Russia2All covers the Buran Stingray, a diver that looks like someone stole the depth gauge off …
New HourTime Podcast featuring the ugliest watch in the world
Another episode of the HourTime podcast is ready to roll, people, and it’s a doozy. This one talks about the ugliest watch in the world as well as a huge cover-up by TAG Heuer. Get your watch nerdery on! Subscribe in iTunes Download MP3
Vincent Bérard Luvorene I
Rolling Stones guitarist and painter Ronnie Wood has taken delivery of a LUVORENE I model personalised with the high art of watchmaking brand of Vincent Bérard in La Chaux-de-Fonds. A choice ambassador but by deliberate choice - the result of a meeting and reciprocal …
TAG Heuer and Tiger Woods, Rolex and Elin Nordegren
Tiger Woods, a golf pro hero that sees his career end-up in pieces in just a few weeks, only because he doesn’t live up to the high standard of being a role model for every kid in the US who wants to achieve something. Who cares what he does in his private life? He didn’t …
