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It's safe to say we've been nursing a healthy obsession with MIDO's revival of its 1960s Ocean Star Decompression Timer since 2020. Maybe it's the thrill of finding a vintage-inspired dive watch that nails all the tiny details. Maybe it's the colorful decompression scale that captures the imagination of watch newbies and seasoned collectors alike. Whatever the case may be, we are happy to...

Seiko has graced us before with a Naomi Uemura limited edition. Back in 2021, the brand celebrated the 80th birthday of the Japanese explorer. Unfortunately, he disappeared after reaching the summit of Mt. Denali in 1984 at age 43, but he left behind a great legacy in exploration. Today, we see the release of the next limited edition in honor of Uemura. The Seiko...

Junghans is known for its clean aesthetic. The Bauhaus design that inspires most of the models in the brand’s lineup is typically best executed in stark black and white. This is not to say that color cannot add to the execution. This is clearly the theme of Junghans’s spring novelties. The use of color, subtly in some applications and boldly in others, offers a...

GMT watches are hot! And that must be the exact reason why both Seiko and Mido have added a GMT complication to one of their classic divers. For Seiko, it also counts as the introduction of an all-new GMT movement in the 6R series. And for Mido, it actually marks the first time that the brand has released a standard-production Ocean Star GMT in...

Up until about 2018, if a non-watch person asked you, an enlightened "watch person," what (mechanical) watch they should buy, there's a pretty good chance you'd direct them to a Seiko 5, more specifically the SNK 800 series, a simple collection of 36mm watches from Seiko that, at the time, sold for $65, give or take. The SNK series was cheap and functional, with an...