...was originally intended to be their 20th Anniversary piece. In typical MB&F fashion, it had other plans. Below is from MB&F What began as a mad idea – “wouldn’t it be cool if a watch could be the head of a robot?” – turned into five intense years of creation, engineering, redesigning, problem-sol
I was in my mid-20s when I first saw it: the Omega Soccertimer 145.019 with Roulette bezel. It was one of those moments when you think to yourself: "this watch will be mine". And indeed, three of them did enter the collection. Whether it was back then, or now, looking at it stirs a total conflict of
After ten years of doxa sub ownership, checking time has become second nature and my eyes just go straight for the orange minute hand without thinking about it. Today being my first day with the new orange strap I caught myself having to recalibrate for the extra orange bits as I was experiencing mi
Hello Forum, I've purchased a VC (my first) that caught my eye, but I am finding it difficult – impossible so far – to find any information on it. The watch still has its box and guarantee, and what I know is that it's the calibre 1003/1, reference 33090/261, first sold in February 1989. Is it part
Hello dear friends! As many friends here know, besides being a watch lover and collector I also have other passions … and obsessions, e.g. knives and guns (both antique and modern) and pens. Regarding knives I have been collecting them for a bit more than fifty years and wrote and published five boo
I’m sure, like many of you I’m collecting the official Rolex books (Sub/DJ). Recently Rolex opened a new exhibition around the OP in Shanghai and I saw some images online from it. And one of the posts I noticed a new OP book displayed with the two existing books. Is this the next book to be released