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1339 search results for: Why I Bought It

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New MAD Editions M.A.D.1S with Slimmer Case: Relatively Affordable and Totally Wild Luxury for the Wrist

August 27, 2024/0 Comments/in Highlights, Affordable Luxury, MB&F/by Ian Skellern

MB&F make fantastic watches but unfortunately, they are expensive. Fortunately for those of us with dreams bigger than out budgets,  Max Büsser launched the M.A.D.1 Editions. And here’s the new slimmer M.A.D.1S.

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Is Breguet Ready for a Comeback? And if so, How?

August 24, 2024/7 Comments/in Highlights, Breguet/by Ian Skellern

Not many brands have the same depth of history as Breguet. It is one of the oldest watchmaking brands surviving today, established in 1775 by Abraham-Louis Breguet. Raman Kalra reflects on why the brand hasn’t kept up with its peers and what they can do to bounce back.

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HYT Pares Down to the Basics with the New T1 Collection

August 22, 2024/0 Comments/in Highlights, HYT/by Ian Skellern

Martin Green has a passion for dress watches, so HYT has always been an interesting brand for him to write about, but not one he could see himself owning. The T1 has changed that.

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De Bethune Dream Watch 5 Tourbillon Season 1 by Swizz Beatz Reviewed by Tim Mosso

August 17, 2024/0 Comments/in Highlights, De Bethune/by Tim Mosso

Launched in 2008, the De Bethune Dream Watch series is a standalone collection offering just a single model at any given time. The Dream Watch 5 featured here was customized by Swizz Beatz.

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Casio G-Shock GA-2100 ‘CasiOak’ Review: Possibly the Best Watch Under $100

July 3, 2025/0 Comments/in Highlights, Affordable Luxury, Collectors and Collecting/by Raman Kalra

G-Shock is a sub-brand of Casio that is designed to withstand mechanical stress, vibrations, and shocks. It‘s a great affordable watch, but is it still worth buying? Raman Kalra certainly thinks so and explains why.

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Gary Getz Shares his Eclectic Watch Collection on Watch You Wearing from The Horology Club (video)

August 6, 2024/1 Comment/in Highlights, Collectors and Collecting, Video/by Ian Skellern

Gary Getz (aka GaryG) was interviewed recently for The Horology Club of Hong Kong. In these two videos, Gary explain how he got into watch collecting and shares some of his favorite watches and why they are special to him.

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Patek Philippe Calatrava Weekly Calendar Ref. 5212A: Patek’s First Production Steel Dress Watch in Decades

August 3, 2024/0 Comments/in Highlights, Patek Philippe/by Joshua Munchow

Patek Philippe surprised Joshua Munchow with the 2019 launch of the Weekly Calendar, a new dress watch in stainless steel and the brand’s first steel-encased production model since the 1970s. The 5212A Calatrava Weekly Calendar is a mix of modern technology, classic style, and a couple of unique touches that help it stand out […]

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Non-Vintage Champagnes: They are Getting Better and Better!

August 2, 2024/2 Comments/in Highlights, Wining, Dining and Cigars/by Ken Gargett

Non-vintage champagnes were consider second tier to their vintage superstars, but that’s now changed. Ken Gargett takes a look at the history of non-vintage champages and shares some of his favorites.

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De Bethune DB Kind of Two Jumping GMT Reviewed by Tim Mosso

July 27, 2024/4 Comments/in New for 2024, Highlights, De Bethune/by Tim Mosso

Watches like the De Bethune DB Kind of Two Jumping GMT aren’t exactly the backbone of the luxury watch hobby. Finding one is hard; buying one is harder. Tim Mosso takes a deep dive.

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Round Table: Reflections On Baselworld 2015

April 9, 2015/1 Comment/in Events, Fairs & Exhibitions, Round Table/by Elizabeth Doerr

Please join our Quill & Pad round table discussion on Baselworld 2015 as we discuss mood, trends, and timepieces we liked and didn’t like so much. The participants of this discussion are: Ian Skellern, Elizabeth Doerr, Boris Pjanic, Nancy Olson, Louis Nardin (editor-in-chief The Watches TV), and Benjamin Clymer (executive editor Hodinkee).

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