The year 2016 has ended and 2017 has begun, and that always makes me contemplative. This seems to be the most popular time to think about the future and reminisce about the past… a constant in a watch collector’s psyche….
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It almost seems inevitable that Swiss Army created a chronograph model of their quartz SeaPlane watch. This is standard practice for watch makers to make 3-hand and more complicated chronograph versions of the same model because customers want variety. In...
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The first version of the Swiss Army Seaplane watch, which I will call the Tritium SeaPlane, set the tone for the 4 series that would follow. Seaplanes were marketed under their Swiss Airforce line, which has ties to aviation. But,…
Watch manufacturers often insert phrases like “limited edition” and “special edition” into their marketing. Those terms sound similar, and some buyers may be a little confused on what they are actually getting. The difference comes down to how many of…
The titanium Swiss Army limited edition Airboss chronograph is no stranger to this blog. It has appeared several times in different articles including “A Rare Pair of Titanium Airboss Watches…” and “Strap Swap for Titanium Airboss…“. This is one of…
What in the world was Swiss Army thinking by designing the SeaPlane series of watches? In my opinion, they wanted to reinvent how people wear their watches and change watch bands quickly. In the beginning of the 2000s, Victorinox Swiss...
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Writing a blog can require me to be equal parts observant sleuth and wide-eyed student. Writing about watches and this horological obsession takes effort. Nobody “just knows” about watches. It takes years of immersion, luck and maybe some intuition too. Ask…
If James Bond did not prefer to wear an Omega, Rolex or even the ticker tape Seiko below, he might like using a Swiss Army Night Vision for the sheer gadgetry of it. “Q” would approve of its design. The…
Recently a good buddy of mine (we'll call him "Bill") bought a fantastic Seiko 5 automatic. It was on sale for around $50, which is amazing considering that it uses an in-house Japanese movement and looks great in the classic...
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Victorinox Swiss Army's Family of Hunter Watches Have Common DNA Traits Victorinox Swiss Army Hunter Watches - Mach 1, Mach 3 and Mach 2 share family traits yet each has unique functions Where do I start telling the story of...
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