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Victorinox Swiss Army "modded" Convoy Chrono

Modding A Victorinox Swiss Army Convoy Chrono “Franken-Watch”

By Andrew HughesConvoy, How-To Series, Quartz Movement, Victorinox Swiss Army Watch, Watch Modding

It's Alive! My Franken-Watch Lives! Practically everyone knows who Dr. Frankenstein is because books, movies, television shows have embraced his most famous creation... Frankenstein's Monster. Yeah, that giant undead guy with a flat head and electrodes protruding from his neck. Mistakenly,...

April 8, 2018

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MEET THE WATCH: Victorinox Swiss Army Lancer 200 – “Home Plate” Bezel

By Andrew HughesDive Watch, Lancer, Quartz Movement, Vintage Swiss Army Watches, Vintage Watch

The Lancer 200 is a Dive Watch with a Coin-Edge Bezel and Unique 3-D Pentagonal Markers Some readers may wonder why I am referencing American baseball's "Home Plate" in the title of an article about a Swiss Made watch. It...

March 31, 2018

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STRAP SWAP: Beware of Metal Tubes in Your Watch Bands

By Andrew HughesStrap Swap Series, Tudor Watch

At the risk of sounding like a philistine, I am going to share a hair-raising story of how I had to take a hacksaw to the watchband of a newly traded Tudor Heritage Black Bay watch. This tale is not...

January 28, 2018

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MEET THE WATCH: Lum-Tec Combat B35

By Andrew HughesAutomatic Movement, Lum-Tec Watch

Long-time readers of the Watch Hunter Blog, already know that I have a soft spot for watches made by Lum-Tec, the Ohio-based watch manufacturer. This is because Lum-Tec offers tremendous value for high-quality watches with stellar lume characteristics. Their way...

January 21, 2018

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Custom engraved Swiss Army Maverick Automatic. Photo: eBay

A Texas Metal Engraver Uses A Swiss Army Maverick Watch as His Canvas

By Andrew HughesAutomatic Movement, ETA 2824-2 Movement, Maverick Watch, Seen on eBay, Victorinox Swiss Army Watch

Intricate engraving has always fascinated me ever since I visited a history museum containing fancy armor and guns from hundreds of years ago. A perfectly normal firearm could be transformed into a work-of-art using chisels, a hammer, and nerves of steel. It is amazing that much of…

January 15, 2018

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Not a Swiss Army watch... but a watch with a Swiss Army knife

A Hilarious Novelty Watch That Commemorates the Famous Swiss Army Knife

By Andrew HughesMiscellaneous, Seen on eBay, Victorinox Swiss Army Watch

Let me start by saying that I probably spend too much time looking at watches on eBay. It is my happy hunting ground to find weird and wonderful watches. The watch in today's article fits both of those descriptions. Despite...

January 10, 2018

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Sub groups of the Swiss Army Maverick family

2018 Update on the Victorinox Swiss Army Watch Identifier Tool

By Andrew HughesVictorinox Swiss Army Watch, Watch DNA Series, Watch Sleuth

What happened to the Watch Hunter Blog in December 2017? For regular readers of the Watch Hunter blog, it might seem that December was a quiet month. Where I had been averaging one article per week for much of the...

January 7, 2018

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Introducing the Victorinox Swiss Army Vintage Ad Gallery

By Andrew HughesAnnouncement, Victorinox Swiss Army Watch, Watch Reference, Watch Sleuth

I’m a sucker for vintage Swiss Army advertising campaigns. Partly it’s because I’m in the world of advertising and corporate communications as a vocation. It is helpful for me to see what some other creative person did in the past….

November 29, 2017

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Victorinox Swiss Army Watch Identifier and Database on Watchhunter.org

Introducing the Victorinox Swiss Army Watch Identifier and Model Database

By Andrew HughesAnnouncement, Victorinox Swiss Army Watch, Watch Reference, Watch Sleuth

The Victorinox Swiss Army Watch Identifier on Watch Hunter is a new online reference for Swiss Army watch collectors complete with photos and SKU numbers of many models. Click link above on how to ID your Swiss Army watch It...

November 25, 2017

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Fortis Blue Horizon Limited Edition watch with brown sunburst dial floating over Earth

MEET THE WATCH: Fortis Blue Horizon Limited Edition B-42 Aviatis from BaselWorld 2014

By Andrew HughesAutomatic Movement, Chronograph Watch, Fortis Watch, Limited Edition, Valjoux 7750 Movement

This will be the first Fortis watch to appear on the Watch Hunter site. I have always wanted to own a Fortis ever since I learned about the Cosmonaut watches that they produced back in the 1990s. Those Cosmonaut watches...

November 17, 2017

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Modding A Victorinox Swiss Army Convoy Chrono “Franken-Watch”

MEET THE WATCH: Victorinox Swiss Army Lancer 200 – “Home Plate” Bezel

STRAP SWAP: Beware of Metal Tubes in Your Watch Bands

MEET THE WATCH: Lum-Tec Combat B35

A Texas Metal Engraver Uses A Swiss Army Maverick Watch as His Canvas

A Hilarious Novelty Watch That Commemorates the Famous Swiss Army Knife

2018 Update on the Victorinox Swiss Army Watch Identifier Tool

Introducing the Victorinox Swiss Army Vintage Ad Gallery

Introducing the Victorinox Swiss Army Watch Identifier and Model Database

MEET THE WATCH: Fortis Blue Horizon Limited Edition B-42 Aviatis from BaselWorld 2014

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