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The Polo is in the meantime a pretty old and established line for Piaget - even if much of the history has been quartz and 1980s driven. And as there is a new Polo out there, I somehow started to have

And here I am with 8.000 posts. Spending time with all of you is seemingly a lot of fun, otherwise I would surely neither be here so often, nor have posted so profligately So thanks for the patience s

The last couple of years have brought a new trend to horology, namely that of artificially ageing certain aspects of watches, so as to make them look well worn or vintage. And while I believe that tor

I am still in the process of getting the hang of macros but here are some early attempts of me trying it with the Grand Seiko SBGH035. I have to say I have started doubting my earlier conviction that

During the last couple of months I have been looking at watches from the 1990s in an on and off fashion, discovering what the decade of the real return of the mechanical watch has to offer. And while

Keeping with the theme of finding interesting GP watches from the 1990s (new to me, I suppose well known here), one that I have found recently is this lovely looking Ref. 2598. Part of the Vintage 196

The other day one of my colleagues surprised me during dinner claiming to have met an Austrian watch maker. While I immediately assumed it meant an encounter with the Habrings, this turned out not to

I have shown my Glashütte Original Senator Sixties semi-progenitor previously but that was before I acquired a macro lens In the interests of equality amongst comrades, the fit and finish has been 'de

I got the 5245-6000 some two months ago as my first vintage Seiko. In addition it has been my first King Seiko and my second Special (got the Grand Seiko SBGH035 first) Now two months and a macro lens

I suppose that a power reserve complication does not quite incite high passion like a date window does. Still, I have been thinking about the topic somewhat and would like your opinion on the feature.

I'm contemplating getting another watch for my father. While he definitely enjoys watches immensely, he is getting to an age where eyesight is fading, and where convenience is becoming increasingly im

The early 1990s meant independence for my country, a greater openness towards the West (we never really were behind the Iron Curtain even before, to be honest), some more watch choice at the local sho

I have had a look at Parmigiani watches before and recently managed to see and try on the Tonda 1950, one of my favourites from the brand based on pure pictorial evidence. And I have to say it worked

While hard for me to form a fully rounded opinion, as most of the IWC advertising I have seen has been in Switzerland (not sure they do the same globally), I am curious to hear my fellow Purists' opin

As it's unofficially known as the Turtle (or officially the SRPA21), I guess it does not land like an eagle But here it is - an entry level diver from Seiko in collaboration with PADI (Professional As

As Watchheirmc posted his today and I had some time (and a macro lens), here come some details from my truly, really entry level mechanical watch. You will find no guilloche or anglage, or cotes de ge

As it is not part of the current rotation, I started missing the LUC Sport and looking at some pictures on my HDD. It was also the first watch I took macros of, which show some of the details. It may

As Nico has been posting on Trieste, I felt I wanted to share, too. Last Friday we've been to Trieste with the family and I felt the Eterna Sevenday with its Italian day disc was the appropriate compa

Six months ago I started a little budget experiment by buying an Accutron II to see how I like the optics and whether to go for an original or one of the tuning fork (Cal. 214) re-editions (the latter

I was a bit luckier second time around at the Boutique and this time there was a Mille Miglia Race Edition 2016 in stock (the first time it got sold before I managed to get to it) With an in-house chr