Saturday, Jan 24 2009
articles: 7
SIHH 2009: Jaeger-LeCoultre Navy Seals
Marc Menant from Jaeger-LeCoulte mailed me some information on their new Master Compressor Diving Navy SEALs watches. The grade 5 titanium cases with unidirectional bezel and water resistancy of 1000 meters meet the most stringent requirements for the United States Navy …
Rare Flagship Marcello C. Senatore Chronograph Watch Available
This is a watch that I have wanted for a long time. These are almost never available from independent sellers, and it is a rare luxury to see one offered at less than retail. This is the Marcello C. Senatore watch, that I have mentioned before. This timepiece has a design …
FYI: The Marketplace is back
I’ve updated the WWR Marketplace using Amazon’s aStore system. This blog costs me money to run so if you’re shopping for anything on Amazon, watches especially, clicking through to the store before checking out would be great. All it takes for me to get a little cash is one …
Edox Grand Ocean Decentrique Date Automatic Watch
Here is another new Edox watch for 2009, the Grand Ocean Decentrique Date Automatic. If you aren't sure about the "decentrique" part of the name, just see how the face itself is "decentered." Yes, putting the suffix "ique" on just about anything gives you the ability to …
The Yeslam Aviator: Osama Bin Laden's Brother Builds The Ultimate Pilot's Watch
Sticking with today's theme of new watch releases, we're here to tell you about one of the more interesting watches we've heard about in a while. It is called the Aviator from Swiss luxury brand Yeslam. The Yeslam brand is owned by a man named Yeslam Bin Laden, who happens …
The Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Revisited: The Original Diving Watch Gets A Makeover
The Blancpain Fifty Fathoms is one our favorite vintage pieces. Not only because it was the first modern diving watch (yes, before the Rolex Submariner or Omega Seamaster), but also because it just has a certain indefinable quality that makes it more interesting than other …
Review of the Casio MRG-7500BJ-1AJF
The MRG line of Casio G-Shocks is as high-end as G-Shocks come. They are the most sophisticated, most refined, toughest, and, of course, most expensive watches Casio makes. Watches in the MRG line range from around $700 to over $3,000 with the MRG-7500 falling in the middle …
