Formex Field Automatic Review: Built for the Wild
Formex Field Automatic Review: A Swiss Titanium Beast Built for the Wild Dan H. April 20, 2026 Built for the Wild There is a certain kind of watch collector out there who doesn’t spend their weekends polishing their pieces and rotating them into felt-lined trays. They wear their watches hard. They take them up mountains, […]
Unimatic UC3 Review: The Chrono-Diver That Strips Everything Back
Unimatic UC3 Review – The Chrono-Diver That Strips Everything Back Dan H. April 11, 2026 A Chronograph that does not Overexplain Itself There is a particular kind of discipline required to design a chronograph well. The complication has a natural tendency toward excess: more subdials, more text, more architecture competing for space on a dial […]
Rosenbusch Horizon Review: Curved German Design Done Right
Rosenbusch Horizon Review – Curved German Design Done Right Dan H. April 6, 2026 A Watch that Earned its place at the Table Micro Praha holds a special place in my memory now. Walking through the doors of my first edition of the event in November 2025, I genuinely did not know what to expect. […]
MAEN Lunar Classic 36 Review: The Microbrand Moonphase Worth Every Penny
MAEN Lunar Classic 36 Review: The Microbrand Moonphase That Stole the Show at Micro Praha Dan H. March 30, 2026 Vintage Moonphase Some watches you discover online. You see the product shots, read the specs, bookmark the page and move on. Others you discover the old-fashioned way (pun fully intended): in person, under the actual […]
AWAKE Son Mai Atlantis Blue Review: Artisanship, Awakened
AWAKE Son Mai Atlantis Blue Review – Artisanship, Awakened Dan H. March 17, 2026 Artisanship, Awakened There are brands you follow for years before you ever actually hold one of their watches, and AWAKE was exactly that for me. I had been aware of Lilian Thibault’s project since its early days, intrigued by the philosophy […]
Beaubleu La Pièce Review: Coin Struck Art On The Wrist
Beaubleu La Pièce Review – Coin Struck Art on The Wrist Dan H. March 13, 2026 A Parisian microbrand which Clicks I have known about Beaubleu for years, mostly as that poetic Parisian microbrand with circular hands and great press shots that somehow never crossed my wrist in the metal. Then earlier this year at […]
Havaan Tuvali Broadway 35 Review: Vintage Soul In A 35mm Package
Havaan Tuvali Broadway 35 Review: Vintage Soul In A 35mm Package Dan H. March 9, 2026 A Microbrand Gem Discovered in Prague November 2025 is etched pretty clearly in my horological memory. It was my first time at Micro Praha, my first proper microbrand fair, and also the first time I had Havaan Tuvali’s Broadway […]
Maurice Lacroix Aikon Master Grand Date Review: Openworked Theatre on the Wrist
Maurice Lacroix Aikon Master Grand Date Review: Openworked Theatre on the Wrist Dan H. March 2, 2026 Aikon Ascending Maurice Lacroix has been quietly but steadily sharpening its presence in the steel sports watch arena, and the Aikon is very much the standard bearer of that strategy. Inspired by the Calypso of the 90s, the […]
Heinrich Radiance Guilloche Review: Neo Vintage Charm with Hypnotic Depth
Heinrich Radiance Guilloche Review: Neo Vintage Charm with Hypnotic Depth Dan H. February 16, 2026 A first encounter to Remember November 2025, Micro Praha, my first ever microbrand fair. I walked in expecting to casually browse a few familiar names and instead walked straight into a horological tractor beam. Sitting under the exhibition lights, the […]
Vario Versa Review: Reversible Dual Time Microbrand Gem
Vario Versa Review: Reversible Dual Time Microbrand Gem Dan H. February 9, 2026 Introduction In November 2025, I was lucky enough to attend my first edition of Micro Praha (check my full Micro Praha article). That event opened my eyes to some truly special microbrands, and one standout moment was meeting Ivan Chua, the founder […]
