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Panerai is one of the oldest watch brands on the market today, dating to 1860, when founder Giovani Panerai opened his first watch shop in Italy. Today, the company is based in Switzerland and has transitioned from producing dive watches...
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As watch enthusiasts, we tend to get lost in the weeds: technical specs, brand heritage, market position, etc. When you take a step back and appreciate a watch in its simplest form, a lot comes down to the dial. After...
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2022 is the year of affordable GMTs. More than it is the year of a new dial color. The 2022 edition of the Wind Up Watch Fair in New York City highlighted a few trends—handmade dials, smaller but more robust...
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The period of the 1970s/1980s was a golden age for funky watches with complications that made sense back then but that no longer do today. Now we have smartphones that do everything for us, for example reminding us of an...
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A few weeks ago, my grandpa told me “if you’re spending more than $20 on a watch, you’re buying jewelry”. This got me thinking. What factors contribute to a watch’s value? The answers might seem obvious: build quality, movement, brand...
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Ever since I got into watches many years ago, I developed a somewhat obsession with dive watches. I love their robustness and versatility, and the fact that hundreds of variations have been made since the first diver was released in...
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Before I get started, I’d like to mention Vincent Deschamps’ Why Everyone Needs an Everyday Watch. It’s a great article detailing the concept of an everyday watch, some good examples, and Vincent’s thoughts on the matter. As he mentions, the...
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