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The LUC Sport 2000 has been my second LUC watch, and while it is a very different proposition to the LUC Chrono One, it is a very appealing, (almost) universally usable watch. I changed the strap from

Those of you who have been to the first, legendary Vienna GTG know that Magnus is a mastermind organiser and he has surprised us Vienna based Purists with another small gem this week - an invitation b

"Nothing compares to the sensation of traditional fine Swiss watchmaking, but in a fast moving world being able to access all kinds of information digitally has become essential." Jerome Lambert, CEO

The Seiko Prospex line is meant to represent a 'professional specification'. Be it tool watches generally, or dive watches in particular, they have seemingly been living up to the promise for quite so

It may be not quite 34mm in case diameter but it has managed to worm its way under my skin almost instantly. Quiet, unassuming, anything but pretentious and without any superfluous elements. And it is

You may have noticed my relative absence here in the last couple of weeks. I have had some pretty important work committments, which had me away from home for a long period of time, and the 17h plus w

Putting a watch under a water tap is about as close as I get to professional deep sea diving. Still, your collective efforts here on the forum have convinced me that I need to at least to give diving

‘Paying tribute to Minerva’s extraordinary heritage, Montblanc takes a journey back to the glory days of motor racing with five new TimeWalker timepieces that capture the beauty, spirit and values of

Doxa is a brand most of us associate with diving watches. Still, like most watch companies they had a history before - and in the case of Doxa it goes back to 1889. This history includes pocket watche

I would like to ask you for a favour in my new moderator role - to give me some more transparency, so to speak Arie has already done a roll-call for the owners of the 1858 Tachymeter and I have had a

\' Stubbornness works very well in rallying; even if  things go wrong or you lose time, you don’t give up.\' Ari Vatanen The use of Ari quotes will become apparent later on in the week. What I can alr

"Life is incredible and at the same time you have to look forward, you must always let so much go on, we must be optimistic but we mustn’t forget what happened yesterday because what happened yesterda

This is not supposed to be a piece of Leninist dogma (title notwithstanding) - just an observation I'd like to discuss with fellow Purist comrades If you go through our brand forums (admittedly not RM

The mathematical phenomenon always develops out of simple arithmetic, so useful in everyday life, out of numbers, those weapons of the gods: the gods are there, behind the wall, at play with numbers.

A chronograph these days is often there more for the optical enjoyment or the technical appreciation of the owner. I love my chronographs to bits but could probably count on the fingers of my hands th

We had a friend stay over for the weekend and after some clothes / shoes / bag shopping the conversation turned to watches and she admitted that this was an area she's been neglecting and that she act

There are many ways to go about describing this. If we take the salt of the Earth wisdom, it goes something along the lines of 'birds of a feather flock together'. There is the more scientific nature

In a couple of hours, 2016 will be well and truly over for most of us (some have already put it behind them) and while it has been anything but a kind year in terms of celebrities\' lifespans, it has

The trend back towards smaller watches now seems to be in full flow - not as a replacement for the sizes of 40mm and above but more as a complement, offering a larger variety of options again. Fully i

'The Christmas story is penmanship of the most brilliant sort, where God crafted a beginning that would never be subject to an ending.' ? Craig D. Lounsbrough To Purists in general, and Montblanc foru