This year at SIHH 2016, we heard a lot of oohs and ahhs when Audemars Piguet unveiled its newest boldly colored Royal Oak Offshore Diver Chronographs watches. That’s because these dive watches –in stores now_- are all about bright colors and brilliant performance. The new Diver Chronographs are offered with either bright blue, tangerine, lemon yellow and…
Hands On with the Affordable Tutima M2 Seven Seas Dive Watch (Baselworld 2016)
Dive watches were an impressive category at this year’s BaselWorld, and Tutima did it’s part to demonstrate the importance of rugged, durable timepieces that also have a lot to offer in the los department. With the brand’s new M2Seven Seas high-performance watch, professionals and amateurs have new options at affordable prices. The three-hand self-winding watch offers date…
Introducing the Ulysse Nardin Blue Ocean Marine Watch
Ulysse Nardin — a brand we write about often here since it is a cutting-edge brand wrought with innovative timepieces — unless the newest Marine Diver watch: The Blue Ocean. The rugged timepiece combines the brand’s dual time function with diving capabilities. The stainless -steel case is specially treated with a vulcanization process that gives it a blue rubber coating. Not…
Off the Cuff: Close Up with the Clerc Hydroscaph H1
Recently I wore a watch I never really thought I would wear. I was testing out the Clerc Hydroscaph H1 C.O.S.C certified automatic chronometer. One of the reasons I never thought I would wear this watch is because it is a brute of a timepiece. I say a brute because it is a significantly sized…
Gucci Dive Watch Houses Automatic GP Movement
With summer upon us, water sports are all the rage. But you don’t have to spend a fortune for a watch that weathers the elements with you. The all new Gucci Diver watches go beyond fashion to the realm of form and function. The 45mm pieces are built in either black PVD coated steel or in…
Las Vegas Watch and Jewelry Week Reveals a Roster of Well-Crafted Sports Watches
By Marie A. Picon Versatile, attractive and typically feature-packed, sport watches have been edging out dress watches as wardrobe essentials for years now. If your go-to daily wearer is “garage” than “gala,” “cockpit” than “conservatory,” then watchmakers had consumers like you in mind as they prepared for this year’s Couture and JCK trade…