I love it. No clue how hard to get though
I would feel like an incel wearing a Jay Chou watch.
£550 on the canvas web strap or £675 on the Bader (oyster style) bracelet. If you’ve ever handled a CW you’ll know that’s great value. I’m not bothered about the military thing but I fairness their watches are approved by the MoD to carry the military insignia. Would make a great value good quality grab and go. I don’t like chronos myself but if they did something similar with the Sandhurst field watch I’d be all over it.
The "officially approved by HMAF" leaves me a bit cold. MoD have a marketing department and sell the rights to companies to use military branding...they sell the brand to anything from Action Men to clothing. I can't speak for Sandhurst, but I don't have particularly fond memories of my time at Cranwell!
Aquastar coming with Benthos Founders edition with a specially developed movement for a mono-pusher chronographs
New cosmonaute in gold is stunning irl. Amazing really - new 41 size really suits this more elegant iteration.
Sadly, I think the quartz movement from the CW (which looks great, I think, esp. at the price point) is the same cheapo in the MoonSwatch, rather than the better movement used in other quartz chronos (Breitling, Precista, etc.) So that means no stepping hour hand for travellers.
Still a handsome watch, mind.
New Aquastar “Founder Edition” Benthos.
https://aquastar.ch/product/aquastar-benthos-500/
Limited to 300 pieces. Wanted this when the H1 was released last year but not sure I want one enough at the price plus import fees………
39mm Doxa Subs have my attention
https://www.fratellowatches.com/intr...doxa-sub-200t/
I just came specifically to post the same thing. These have definitely grabbed my attention too! The price point seems ok compared to other companies who have released a smaller sized variant (I'm looking at you Sinn U50!)
I've only ever tried a Seestern homage to the 300T so I know that the dimensions aren't exact, but found that it wore quite nicely apart from being a bit too thick for my liking. This smaller 200T seems to address that issue.
EDIT: I've just looked on the Doxa website and the UK price is slightly higher unfortunately than the mental conversion from USD would be. So not quite as good value as I was originally thinking, but probably worth waiting on it coming to SC.
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Yeah I find the 300T a little chunky. The 300 is better but the uptick on price is hard to swallow.
Apart from the 18mm lugs which I'm not too keen on these could solve the issue by being smaller and £400 cheaper
A Marmite version of a Marmite watch that I happen to really like, this one amusingly self-referential and sanely priced at CHF 1,350 -
With the bracelet/rubber strap flare as it comes away from the case, I'm guessing it will wear more like a 20mm though. I'd be interested in seeing the weight listed too (and a comparison to the 300/300T weights).
I'll look forward to seeing some reviews and real world comparison to the 300T.
No, they do seem oddly in-limbo, with just Heathrow T5 and a couple of shops in outlet centres.
New 36mm Vertex Dirty Dozen reissue
New Seiko 5 reinterpretations of the old SNXS models.
I quite like these, particularly the blue: https://www.seikowatches.com/uk-en/p...5sports/srpk87
New Moser Pioneer.
No good for my small wrists though
https://monochrome-watches.com/h-mos...w-specs-price/
They also announced a 40mm Pioneer with a cosmic green dial and the new movement.
See here.
Any idea of price for the vertex? Hoping less than the 40mm version
The new Timor modern version in DLC looks nice
The CWC version is nice looking but still too expensive at £1800 imho
With the new logo, either NATO or Stone Island. Oh… dear
What’s going on with that bracelet on the supermarine?
Zenith launches are on the website, but disappointing if that's the lot...
Skyline chrono
Orange Defy revival (looks like a Doxa)
Defy extreme diver 600m
Appears to be a rouleaux bracelet with oyster endlinks. I consider myself a fan of Bremont, but these releases are... not good at all. I've no doubt they're quality watches, but they look like the umpteenth Kickstarter project. Not a fan of the new logo and typeface either.