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Christopher Ward Silent Auction
Christopher Ward has announced a silent auction on November 7, 2016, for the chance to bid on the ‘000’ prototype sample of the C8 P7350 Chronometer Limited Edition. The auction will honor Remembrance...
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November Pre-Orders
Gather 'round folks. In addition to the offerings from Aevig, NTH, TiMe22, and Ventus that I've featured recently, I've found six more watches that are currently accepting pre-orders and that are worth...
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TC-9 Bronze 1970's Diver and Brass Pilot
TC-9 Watches began as a full-service watchmaker's shop in Basel and has only recently branched out into volume production. Their website is remarkably spare, even for a microbrand. There is no...
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Zelos Cosmos Steel
I own many watches – too many by any rational measure. As I became an enthusiast, I quickly abandoned the idea that I just needed a single watch to tell time. At first, I justified them by purpose,...
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Black Friday and Holiday Watch Deals
Alright folks, today is the big turkey day. Eat hearty, because tomorrow is Black Friday and you will need your all strength for some marathon shopping. Of course if you are like me, you will stay the...
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Moto Koure MK I MechaQuartz Chronograph
At the beginning of this year, I introduced my faithful readers to Moto Koure, a new Australian micro brand. Their debut model, the MK I, is a racing chronograph with hints of Heuer Silverstone...
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DaLuca Guberon Vintage Watch Strap
We watch nerds owe a debt if gratitude to Panerai. You see, fans of the brand are apparently crazy about straps, so much so that they have fueled a whole cottage industry of 24mm leather works. Daniel...
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Spinnaker Cahill
Spinnaker watches have built their brand around a nautical theme. While the much of their collection draws upon the aesthetics of competitive sailing, the Cahill takes a different tack, finding...
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Giveaway: Rotary Les Originales Ultra Slim
So we are well into December, the year's end is rapidly approaching, and I still haven't given anything away. That changes now! The Time Bum is giving away the Rotary Les Originales Ultra Slim reviewed...
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Huguenin Observer
Huguenin may not be the most familiar name among watch enthusiasts, but the Swiss company enjoyed more than a century of fine clock and watch production before shifting to other ventures in the 1990's....
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Don Kylne Chaplin Special Edition
I highlighted Don Kylne Watches last year when they released the Chaplin, a 40.5mm cushion case dress watch with a Miyota 8245 movement and a distinctly 1920's design vibe. They have recently announced...
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Giveaway: Valachio Panitam
I had a couple of items I meant to give away this year, but time has crept up on me and suddenly I've got 2017 looming large before me. Time to host some more giveaways!This one is the Valachio Panitam...
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Giveaway: TC-9 Brass Pilot
What's this? Another giveaway? Yep. I've accumulated a lot of stuff this year and I've almost run out of time to give it away. This means you get a bunch of chances to win some sweet watchy goodness...
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Giveaway: DaLuca Guberon Vintage Ammo Strap
I just can't stop myself - I must keep hosting giveaways! This time, I'm offering up a 24mm ammo strap by DaLuca.The Guberon was reviewed here. It is handmade from 40-year-old French ammunition bag...
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Giveaway: Form.Function.Form Watch Strap
Ok, one more giveaway. This time it's a 22mm Horween leather button-stud watch strap by Form.Function.Form. Retail value $42.I got the strap when I did the review I posted here, but it is not the one...
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The Time Bum's Totally Selfish Gift Guide
It is December 22. There are only three more days until Christmas and the first night of Hanukkah. I hate to break it to you, but if you haven't done your gift shopping by now, it's not looking good....
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BluShark Nylon Watch Straps
BluShark bills its products as "a better breed of nylon watch strap." This struck me as an interesting claim. It's not because I believe nylon straps can't be improved, but because nylon pass-through...
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NTH Tropics: Azores and Antilles
Chris Vail is really on to something with his new NTH line. The formula is not complicated: take a classic watch, stir in some new details, build it to modern specs, sell. He isn't the only one doing...
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Resolutions Revisited
On January 1, 2016, I made four resolutions focused on my watch hobby and glibly promised to regroup at year's end to see how I'd done. Honestly, folks, I don't know what I was thinking. Did I really...
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Orion Field Standard PVD
I’ve written about Nick Harris’s watches before. The first was the Traveler by Watches By Nick, a modified Seiko 5 with a traditional field watch dial. The second time, I reviewed the Orion Project,...
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