Tuesday, Aug 3 2010
articles: 8
Franc Vila “Cobra” Edition Watches
Personally, I don’t have much going on for snakes. Luckily, Franc Vila’s Cobra time piece doesn’t bite. Although a Cobra isn’t the first thing come to mind when looking at these time pieces, with some imagination I can see the resemblance of a Cobra’s head in the watch …
The Spiro Agnew Watch: A Gag That United Elizabeth Taylor, John Lennon, Democrats, & Republicans
The author's Spiro Agnew watchWhile we occasionally hear gripes about the prices of some of the watches we feature on the ‘dink, we don’t expect any of those complaints about this one: the early 1970s Dirty Time Company Spiro Agnew watch. Spiro Agnew was 55th Governor of …
Introducing The Casio G-Shock Ultimate Tough GX56 (Again): How Big Is This Thing?
Officially released last night at Casio's "Shock the World" party here in New York, the GX56 is the new big brother to the already absurdly rugged G-Shock line. We got to try out the Japanese prototype of this jumbo G Shock over in Japan and we have to say, it's huge. How …
Monaco Comparison
A comparison that I’ve meant to post for a while now is the comparison between the original Heuer Monaco and the modern TAG Heuer Monaco. While the Monaco was re-introduced by TAG Heuer in 1997, the first re-editions were black-only and it wasn’t until 2003 that collectors …
MOVAS Divers (update)
By TLex Here are the latest and most likely the final renderings of the 3 planned versions of the moVas Diver. There's a professional, GMT and an avant garde model. Each model will be available in two case colors one of which will be black. 50 pieces of each variant will be …
Tissot Watches At MotoGP Motorcycle Race
I've probably never seen more Tissot watches in a single place than at the MotoGP race at the Laguna Seca raceway in Monterey, CA recently (a bit more coverage on that event here). Tissot and MotoGP have been working together for about 10 years I believe, and the connection …
PANERAI Luminor for Paneristi's 10th Anniversary
From PANERAI Ten years have gone by since the launch of the website www.paneristi.com and in that time, the Panerai watch enthusiasts who exchange information, comments and stories on the site forum have grown from just a few dozen to several thousand from all over the …
Victorinox Swiss Army Infantry Vintage Chrono Mechanical
(Click image for gallery - 8 photos) Victorinox Swiss Army has just announced plans to release three new mechanical chronographs for winter 2010, called Infantry Vintage Mechanical Chronos. All three versions are powered by the robust and accurate mechanical self-winding …
