Part 1 of a 2 Part Series on Replacement Watch Bands for the Swiss Army Hunter Watches Previously, I wrote an article about some of my favorite analog-digital watches made by Victorinox Swiss Army... the Hunter Mach 1, 2 and...
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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,…
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…
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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When I first saw the term EOL on the back of a Swiss Army watch that I owned, I wondered “What does Electric Light Orchestra, a staple of 1970s pop radio, have to do with my watch? I soon found out…
I’ll admit that GMT watches are valuable time keeping tools for people who travel across different time zones. These specialty watches allow the wearers to keep track of local time plus other time zones on one dial. However, in an…