The Alpnach series of watches by Victorinox Swiss Army was a bit of an acquired taste for me, but once I accepted the design aesthetic, I was hooked. Some people have a real problem with the dial design, but we…
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I think that it is safe to say that most people envision round dials when they think of clocks or wristwatches. It is by far the most common shape used to represent the circular repetition of the 24-hour calendar event that…
Buddy Luv was an epic character in a movie called “Life”. Just look at that face and you will know that this guy had been through a lot. He is wearing a rare Swiss Army Seaplane XL mechanical watch. He…
Sometimes good things can drop right into one’s lap when least expected. This is what happened when Ben, a good buddy of mine, generously gave me a vintage watch with a curious history including a last minute rescue from the…
It has been said that some people look at the world through rose colored glasses, but what if the saying used a different color of glass like amber? Watch designers from Victorinox (Swiss Army) might have asked that question back…
Every now and then a brand does something unexpected by reaching outside of their comfort zone to create a product that is unlike anything that they made before or since. That is the enigma that the Legacy Reserve de Marche…
This article is about the Victorinox Swiss Army Original Chronograph 25 Year Anniversary Limited Edition Watch that I owned for about a day before I decided to trade it. Hmmm… How did that happen? At some point in every watch collector’s career, he may…
The first of this series is a rare pair of titanium limited edition watches from the 2013 Victorinox Swiss Army Airboss Professional watch collection. The Airboss series can trace its roots back to a quartz model with yellow hands, but…
Finding limited edition watches can involve a little bit of luck, especially if only 300 of them exist in the world like the Victorinox Swiss Army Airboss Limited Edition Chronograph #241599. Acquisition gets even more difficult if one does not…
I recently came across a very limited edition Swiss Army Alpnach watch bearing the United States presidential seal. Judging from the numbers on the side, only 77 were made. This piqued my interest to learn more so I contacted the...
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