Navigating the ever-growing number of microbrands in the watch market these days can feel a bit like a dense dark forest. Further, when it comes to picking a single watch out from the tremendous number of homages, Kickstarters and remakes, it’s downright disorienting. Luckily, BOLDR Supply Co is looking to guide watch lovers out of […]
TACS was founded by Japanese designer Yoshiaki Motegi, wanting to create watches that tell a story and are rooted in lifestyle. The brand until a couple of years ago was not known outside Aisa, but a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for to introduce the Automatic Vintage Lens to the world created enough buzz that […]
It was about a year ago that I first discovered DIRENZO Watches, founded by the Italian architect and designer, Sergio Godoy Di Renzo. Before launching the first model, the DRZ_TYPE_250F, Sergio sent me a prototype to review and now that he’s preparing the launch of his second model on Kickstart, I’m very happy to bring […]
If you are going through old watch albums from the 90’s, there a watch that will stand out from the lot thanks to its unusual vintage UFO look, the Ikepod Hemipod. Ikepod, a watch brand founded by Olivier Ike and Marc Newson in 1994, has quickly attained a cult status that did not save it […]
After having been passed around from one watch blogger to another, finally, the two travelling Draken Kalahari prototypes found their way to my door. Usually, I would spend at least two-three weeks with a watch before doing a review, but since we are in the final days of its Kickstarter campaign, I thought it would […]