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A Fresh-Faced Challenger: Hvilina Launches Nombro Hybrid Collection

Some time every week in my planner is set aside to wander through the world of watches, looking for brands that I haven’t heard about yet. It is fascinating to realize that while already spending two decades in this industry, I still find brands that were previously unknown to me. A few months ago, Hvilina...

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Aug 7, 2024 by Martin Green

Talking Shop with Frederique Constant CEO Niels Eggerding

Few brands went through such rapid developments as Frederique Constant. Within a record time, this brand evolved into one of the most respected and innovative Swiss watch manufacturers. Is it now resting on its laurels, enjoying the fruits of its current status or is it still all hence on deck as they move forward into...

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Aug 5, 2024 by Martin Green

Green Rambles: The Price Is Right?

One of the most challenging things to discuss is the price of a watch. While the prices by themselves can easily be compared, the watches often cannot. When I entered the wonderful world of watches in the late 1990s, there was a reoccurring topic on the popular forums that asked the question ‘Submariner of Seamaster?’...

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Aug 2, 2024 by Martin Green

Go Carefree with Four Fun Watches for Summer

Summer is a time most of us look forward to. It is the season to spend with friends and family, doing the things we love, catching some sun, and relaxing. Depending on your itinerary, you might not want to bring one of your fancy watches as you are looking for carefree relaxation, so no worries...

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Jul 30, 2024 by Martin Green

Hegid: The Time Transformer

This article was originally published in the November/December 2022 Issue of the WatchTime print magazine. At the Geneva Motor Show of 1995, Mercedes-Benz introduced its Vario Research Car. This frontwheel-drive car was fitted with a plastic body reinforced with carbon fiber that could be switched in about 15 minutes, allowing you to turn the vehicle from...

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Jul 23, 2024 by Martin Green

Hands-On with the Orient Star M45 F8 Skeleton

In 2021, Orient celebrated its 70th anniversary and did so by launching an improved version of its Orient Star Skeleton. Orient Star is the most premium line of the Japanese watch manufacturer, which was founded in 1951 and has, for quite some years now, been part of the Seiko Epson conglomerate. In fact, this Orient...

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Jul 22, 2024 by Martin Green

Montblanc: Old School and High Tech

This article was originally published in the November/December 2022 Issue of the WatchTime print magazine. While its name refers to one of the most iconic mountains in Switzerland, Montblanc is a German company founded in 1906 in Hamburg. It quickly made a name for itself with its high-quality fountain pens, a reputation that achieved a new...

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Jul 21, 2024 by Martin Green

Furlan Marri Turns the Past into the Present with the Disco Volante

Disco Volante, meaning flying saucer in Italian, is a term that has been used over the years for various different creations that all seem to fit that mandatory criteria when naming something in Italian: they are stunning. Whether it is the Alfa Romeos that were given this name or the wall-mounted turn table designed by...

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Jul 19, 2024 by Martin Green

ProTek Goes Automatic for Carbon Composite USMC Series

American watch brand ProTek has built quite a reputation for making watches that are as tough as nails. This makes them the natural choice for first responders, who often face challenging circumstances while doing their jobs and need a timepiece that can meet those challenges with them. ProTek is therefore also the official watch of...

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Jul 17, 2024 by Martin Green

A Tasty Proposition: Hands-on with the Nivada Chronoking Mecaquartz Salmon

A color may be a trend, but getting it right can still be a tricky business. Look, for example, at the wide variety of green-colored dials offered these days. By comparison, Salmon is still somewhat niche, perhaps because it is even more difficult to balance in the overall design of a watch. That didn’t stop...

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Jul 10, 2024 by Martin Green

Green Rambles: The Magic of a Movement

This article is from the WatchTime Archives and was originally published in June 2022. While there are, without a doubt, collectors that focus on a single type of movement, I have learned to love them all. There is an almost intimate feeling when you turn the crown to wind the mainspring with a hand wound...

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Jul 6, 2024 by Martin Green

Four Sports Watches that are Great in Gold

This article is from the WatchTime Archives and was originally published in June 2022. While stainless steel is, for many, the preferred material for luxury sports watches, gold still has its fans. In fact, after a decade or two of pink gold being on the rise, it is now yellow gold that is making a...

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Jul 5, 2024 by Martin Green

Talking Shop with Australian Artist Timothy John

This article is from the WatchTime Archives and was originally published in June 2022. The world of watches is far richer than just brands and clients. Its fabric is made of remarkable people who all express their passion for the topic in their own unique way. Recently I had the privilege of talking with Timothy...

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Jul 1, 2024 by Martin Green

Green Rambles: How Straps Elevate Your Wrist Game

This article is from the WatchTime Archives and was originally published in June 2022. I once had a charming Seiko 5 with a jade green dial that I bought for about $50. I was less excited about the bracelet, but in my drawer, I still had a light brown alligator leather strap from a watch...

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Jun 30, 2024 by Martin Green

The Carbon Cool Dive Watch: Squale’s T-183

This article is from the WatchTime Archives and was originally published in 2022. In terms of materials, a lot has changed in the last couple of decades concerning watches. It was first titanium that asserted its place next to precious metals and stainless steel before ceramic became a more common material. Then there was carbon....

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Jun 29, 2024 by Martin Green

Green Rambles: If You Don’t Have to Look Twice, You Bought the Wrong Watch

This article is from the WatchTime Archives and was originally published 2022. Among car enthusiasts, a familiar saying is that if you don’t look back at your car after you parked it, you bought the wrong one. Although slightly different, I feel that the same thing goes for watches. Here, I would say that if...

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Jun 28, 2024 by Martin Green

Green Rambles: Being Sustainable Ain’t Easy

This article is from the WatchTime Archives and was originally published in 2022. The environment is a hot topic. Quite literally, as life for us will become far less sustainable as the earth is heating up. It will make the oceans rise, the weather far more unpredictable and volatile, accelerates desertification, and the list goes...

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Jun 26, 2024 by Martin Green

Green Rambles: Why Aren’t You A Bit More Critical?

This article is from the WatchTime Archives and was originally published in March 2022. Criticism and watch journalism have always been on edge with one another. One could argue that there is a great dependency between the writing press and the watch brands. Even at WatchTime, many of the brands we cover also advertise with...

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Jun 23, 2024 by Martin Green

For Every Purpose: Hands-On with the Marathon GPM

Marathon‘s Officer’s Mechanical (also designated as GPM, which stands for General Purpose Mechanical) represents an important part of watchmaking history, the modern watch being a direct descendent of the field watches that the brand developed for the Allied forces in WWII. They are specifically designed for officers and infantry partaking in ground operations, and are...

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Jun 17, 2024 by Martin Green

Green Rambles: For the Love of Watches, Buy a Loupe

This article is from the WatchTime Archives and was originally published in May 2022. There are several accessories that I believe a (starting) watch collector would benefit from, but one of the first purchases should be, in my opinion, a good quality loupe. In watchmaking, details matter, and getting up close and personal with them...

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Jun 16, 2024 by Martin Green

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