Vario Empire Tachymètre Chronograph Review: Art Deco Done Right
Vario Empire Tachymètre Chronograph Review: Art Deco Done Right Dan H. July 14, 2026 Art Deco, Priced Honestly I have known about Vario for years, mostly as that quietly prolific Singapore microbrand with beautiful vintage strap game and a design language that keeps pulling in new fans without ever raising its voice. We have been […]
Beaubleu Ecce Figura Review: Six Ways to Square the Circle
Beaubleu Ecce Figura Review: Six Ways to Square the Circle Dan H. July 14, 2026 Squaring the Circle at Micro Praha Every so often you walk past a stand at a watch fair and know within about thirty seconds that this is the one people are going to be talking about at the end of […]
Christopher Ward Twelve 36 (Ti) Pick ‘n’ Mix Review: Sweet Shop Watchmaking
Christopher Ward Twelve 36 (Ti) Pick ‘n’ Mix Review: Sweet Shop Watchmaking Dan H. December 5, 2025 Six Colours, One Sugar Stamp Some releases feel like a brand having fun with itself in the best possible way. Christopher Ward have been having a properly interesting summer, with the C60 Pool Diver landing earlier in the […]
Christopher Ward The Twelve Xander x The Dial Artist Review
Christopher Ward The Twelve Xander x The Dial Artist Review Dan H. July 20, 2026 The Dial Artist’s Territory Every so often a collaboration lands that reads less like a product launch and more like an actual studio residency. The kind where an artist gets handed the keys to something a brand has spent years […]
Laco Frankfurt 40 GMT Review: Pforzheim Pilot GMT, Downsized
Laco Frankfurt 40 GMT Review: Pforzheim Pilot GMT, Downsized Dan H. February 23, 2026 Same Pforzheim Pilot GMT, but downsized Every so often a brand goes back to one of its best selling models and does the one thing collectors have been quietly asking for the whole time. Not a new dial variant, not a […]
Straum Frozen Metal Titanium Review: The Arctic Comes Home
Straum Frozen Metal Titanium Review: The Arctic Comes Home Dan H. December 5, 2025 The Arctic Comes Home November 2025, Micro Praha, my first ever microbrand fair. I remember walking into the hall and heading toward the Straum booth relatively early in the day, both because we had been in touch already (Straum were among […]
RGM Model 151 Snoopy Flying Ace Review: Grand Feu Beagle
RGM Model 151 Snoopy Flying Ace Review: Grand Feu Beagle Dan H. December 5, 2025 Grand Feu Beagle Every so often a watch lands that you have to read twice to make sure you understood what the brand actually did. The RGM Model 151 Snoopy Flying Ace is one of those releases. RGM, the Pennsylvania […]
Favre-Bulle Three Peaks Review: A Quiet Alpine Chronograph
Favre-Bulle Three Peaks Review: A Quiet Alpine Chronograph Dan H. December 5, 2025 A Quiet Alpine Chronograph November 2025, Micro Praha, my first ever microbrand fair. I walked into the hall not really expecting to find a sport chronograph that genuinely held me at a single booth for the better part of half an hour, […]
Christopher Ward C60 Pool Diver Review: A Vacation Cheat Code
Christopher Ward C60 Pool Diver Review: A Vacation Cheat Code Dan H. June 15, 2026 A Vacation Cheat Code Every so often a dive watch lands that doesn’t really want to be a dive watch. It has the spec sheet, the bezel, the lume and the water resistance, but the brief is somewhere else entirely. […]
MAEN Hudson 38 MK5 Review: A Quiet Tool Watch Reset
MAEN Hudson 38 MK5 Review: A Quiet Tool Watch Reset Dan H. June 8, 2026 Stockholm-based DNA There’s a certain kind of microbrand release that doesn’t shout. It doesn’t lean on a new complication, a wild dial technique, or a collaboration with another brand. It just quietly fixes the things that bothered the people who […]
