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I’ve been reviewing watches for eight years now, including the last four at aBlogtoWatch.

Parallax is the perceived shift in an object’s position when it is viewed from different angles, and Tsar Bomba has embraced this concept to inform the design of its latest horological creation.

Those who know me shouldn’t really be surprised by the fact that racing chronographs are my favorite genre of watches.

It’s time for round two of the greatest column ever written, Nobody Asked.

Enthusiast wristwatches and video game entertainment culture continue to make good bedfellows in 2026.

This week on aBlogtoWatch Weekly, Rick, David, and Ripley explore a new chapter for Hublot, Audemars Piguet’s latest venture into luxury jewelry, the 50th anniversary of the IWC Ingenieur, and much more.

There is something refreshing about a relatively simple job done well, perhaps even beyond what could reasonably be expected.

A lot of the fun of MING watches is the brand taking a feature or timepiece archetype that is common in the wristwatch collecting world and putting its own spin on it.

“Millésime” stands for the very best Yema can offer and the French watchmaker’s Millésime 2026 limited edition is this special universe-inspired timepiece, the Yema Spacegraf Heure Sidérale Tourbillon Volant Limited Edition.

I think it is safe to say that the new Maverick family is the most important collection of new wristwatches from Swiss brand Victorinox to debut in 2026.

In the five years since its introduction, the modern Tissot PRX collection has grown to become an integrated sports watch solution for nearly every taste.

Milan-based UNIMATIC has done exceedingly well with a business model that involves creating variety around a small set of core models.

German watchmaker NOMOS Glashütte has long demonstrated that minimalist design need not come at the expense of mechanical sophistication.

Last year, RZE introduced its UTD-8000 series of ultra-rugged tool watches, which paired surface-hardened titanium cases with a custom digital module.

I was intimidated to write this Citizen watch review because there is simply so much to say.

Marvin Flying Dutchman GMT Watch Revives The Brand’s Aviation Heritage Few watchmaking traditions are as closely intertwined as aviation and mechanical horology.

This week on SUPERLATIVE, aBlogtoWatch founder, Ariel Adams, is joined by Vjeko Miloradovic, founder of VELM, a men’s jewelry brand bringing the precision, craftsmanship, and engineering of Swiss watchmaking into the world of luxury accessories.

Long famed for its dynamic, show-stopping double rotor system that brings the rotating spectacle of an automatic watch movement to the dial, Perrelet has explored many different styles, colors, and sizes of these kinetic designs over the years.

This is the second watch review aBlogtoWatch has published on the new Movado Heritage Kingmatic.

I’ve been reviewing Apple Watches since the debut of Apple’s first smartwatch in 2014.

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The inaugural edition of Istanbul Watch Festival took place on October 10-11, 2026 — and I was thrilled to have the opportunity to attend the event and celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Turkish watch brand, Quantum.

This week on aBlogtoWatch Weekly, Ariel Adams is joined by David and Ripley for a conversation that covers everything from affordable G-Shocks to luxury smartwatches and some of the most unusual designs coming out of Japan.

As watches like the Hublot Big Bang celebrate 20+ years on the market, I am reminded of my overall time following the watch industry — because I distinctly remember the era when Hublot first introduced the Big Bang family of watches that have since become…

I love reviewing “left-field” watches like the Century Mastersphere because they are highly unexpected by much of the timepiece collector community and they involve layers of detail and storytelling that are part of what makes this hobby so interesting and

While its catalog has grown into several different niches over the past few years, it’s probably not controversial to state that Nivada Grenchen is at its best when it captures the feeling of finding an obscure vintage reference in the corner of a watch s…

French brands have been making splashes in the last few years.

Swiss-made watches are making a return to Fossil.

Ten years is a meaningful milestone for any independent watch brand.

Young independent Middle Eastern brand Nuncier (previously known as Nuun) has built a strong visual identity over the past few years, and its definitive, refined sporting silhouette has become a canvas for a variety of styles.

When I say “manufacture” I mean that of Zenith, not Hublot.

Back in 2023, Bamford London partnered with the popular Los Angeles-based outdoor apparel company AETHER to create a limited-edition version of its cushion-cased GMT watch.

This week on SUPERLATIVE, aBlogtoWatch founder, Ariel Adams, is joined by Hakim El Kadiri, founder of ELKA Watch Co., for a conversation about meaningful watch design, the importance of storytelling, and the future of Swiss watchmaking.

Just like Jack Mason, the famous soda company Dr Pepper originates from the state of Texas, and since 2023, the two American brands have been teaming up to create limited-edition versions of Jack Mason’s flagship Strat-o-timer GMT watch.

It’s not something that enthusiasts bring up very often, but the Glashütte Original 70s collection is technically Swatch Group’s flagship contender in the industry-spanning integrated bracelet sports watch arms race.

Geneva-based MB&F is a brand I’ve been covering since nearly the start of aBlogtoWatch.

What happens when you take a manta ray, a spaceship, a big splash of violet purple, and blend them all together to create a watch?

I recently joined Garmin for the launch of the MARQ… mark III in Mallorca, Spain.

Solar-powered watches are easily among the most practical kinds of timepieces, as they offer the advantages of a quartz movement without the need for routine battery replacements.

Like so many enthusiasts of my generation, many of my earliest memories of watches come from the deluge of advertising for the Citizen Promaster family in the ‘90s and 2000s.

This week on aBlogtoWatch Weekly, Ariel Adams returns alongside David and Ripley for a packed episode covering military watch history, controversial design decisions, and one of the most expensive G-Shocks ever made.

At Panerai, you have a wide variety of wristwatch products, but within a strict silo of styles and themes.

Virtually no other actor in history has a deeper connection to the world of watches than Steve McQueen.

Originally introduced in 2001, the Seiko Power Design Project is a unique initiative that encourages the Japanese brand’s designers to approach watches in a more whimsical manner.

Originally founded in the early 1950s, Trematic was among the numerous Swiss watch brands that closed their doors during the 1980s due to mounting pressures from the Quartz Crisis.

This week on SUPERLATIVE, aBlogtoWatch founder, Ariel Adams, is joined by Guy Allen, Head of Sales at Elliot Brown Watches.

The Bulova A-11 “Hack Watch” holds a special place in the American brand’s history, as it was one of the original military-issued timepieces that were supplied to the United States Armed Forces during WWII.

Located at the mouth of the Cape Fear River, Federal Point sits at a precipitous vantage point guarding New Inlet — a vital entrance to the river that connects the former colonial port of Brunswick and the city of Wilmington to the Atlantic.

While it may not be the longest-running brand relationship in the sport, Gerald Charles has made a serious commitment to tennis over the years.

Chopard claims that it was the first to combine diamonds with steel in 1993 with its Happy Sport line of watches, based on the Happy Diamonds collection that it introduced in 1976.